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Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA analysis provides rapid differentiation among isolates of the fish pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum and among Flavobacterium species

1997; Inter-Research; Volume: 31; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/dao031187

1616-1580

C. Chakroun, María C. Urdaci, D. Faure, F. Grimont, Jean‐François Bernardet,

Microbial infections and disease research

DAO Diseases of Aquatic Organisms Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials DAO 31:187-196 (1997) - doi:10.3354/dao031187 Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA analysis provides rapid differentiation among isolates of the fish pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum and among Flavobacterium species Chehid Chakroun1, Maria C. Urdaci2, Didier Faure2, Francine Grimont3, Jean-François Bernardet1,* 1Unité de Virologie et d'Immunologie Moléculaires, Institut National de la RechercheAgronomique, F-78352 Jouy-en-Josas Cedex, France2Laboratoire deMicrobiologie, Ecole Nationale des Ingénieurs des Travaux Agricoles de Bordeaux,1 cours du Général de Gaulle, BP 201, F-33175 Gradignan Cedex, France3Unité desEntérobactéries, Unité 389 de l'Institut National de la Santé et de la RechercheMédicale, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris Cedex 15, France *Addressee for correspondence. E-mail: jfb@biotec.jouy.inra.fr Flavobacterium psychrophilum is the agent of cold-water disease and rainbow trout fry syndrome in salmonid fish. Originally isolated in North America only, the bacterium is now also responsible for severe mortalities in many salmonid hatcheries in Europe, as well as in Japan, Chile and Tasmania. The random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique was used to analyze the genetic diversity among a collection of 177 F. psychrophilum strains isolated from different fish species and in different geographical areas. Forty 10-mer primers were tested and 5 of them were selected for further analysis of the bacterial DNAs. The primers OPH 06, OPH 08, OPG 08, OPG 14, and OPG 16 generated several reproducible profiles during a preliminary screening of the whole collection of strains. Based on these results, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products of a selection of 60 bacterial DNAs were submitted to slow agarose gel electrophoresis for numerical analysis of the DNA fingerprintings. No correlation occurred between the combined RAPD profiles of the primers and the geographical origin of the strains, while some profiles were clearly associated with the fish species from which the strains were isolated. Another primer, OPG 10, yielded a unique RAPD profile common to all F. psychrophilum strains whereas the 9 other valid Flavobacterium species, several of which coexist in freshwater environments and may also be isolated from fish, displayed other profiles. Thus, depending on the primer used, both the typing of F. psychrophilum strains for epidemiology studies as well as the identification of this fish pathogen and its differentiation from related bacterial species could be achieved by using RAPD. Flavobacterium psychrophilum · Flavobacterium spp. · Cold-water disease · Rainbow trout fry syndrome · RAPD · Epidemiology Full text in pdf format PreviousNextExport citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in DAO Vol. 31, No. 3. Publication date: December 30, 1997 Print ISSN:0177-5103; Online ISSN:1616-1580 Copyright © 1997 Inter-Research.