Streptococcus iniae, a human and animal pathogen: specific identification by the chaperonin 60 gene identification method

J Clin Microbiol. 1998 Jul;36(7):2164-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.36.7.2164-2166.1998.

Abstract

It was recently reported that Streptococcus iniae, a bacterial pathogen of aquatic animals, can cause serious disease in humans. Using the chaperonin 60 (Cpn60) gene identification method with reverse checkerboard hybridization and chemiluminescent detection, we identified correctly each of 12 S. iniae samples among 34 aerobic gram-positive isolates from animal and clinical human sources.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Chaperonin 60 / genetics*
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Genes, Bacterial*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization / methods
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Species Specificity
  • Streptococcus / classification*
  • Streptococcus / genetics*
  • Streptococcus / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Chaperonin 60

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AF064076