Species identification of medically important trematodes in aquatic food samples using PCR-RFLP targeting 18S rRNA

Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2013 Mar;10(3):290-2. doi: 10.1089/fpd.2012.1299. Epub 2013 Feb 4.

Abstract

The authors describe a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method targeting the 18S rRNA gene for the species detection of medically important trematode infecting fish and oysters, and suggest that this PCR-RFLP method based on a specific Tre-18 primer and the restriction enzymes, Acc1, Ava2, Msp1, and Hinf1, is useful for the detection of parasites in aquatic food.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • DNA Primers / genetics
  • DNA Restriction Enzymes / genetics
  • DNA, Helminth / isolation & purification*
  • Fishes / parasitology
  • Food Contamination / analysis
  • Food Parasitology
  • Helminths / classification
  • Helminths / isolation & purification
  • Helminths / pathogenicity
  • Ostreidae / parasitology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length*
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / isolation & purification*
  • Republic of Korea
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • DNA, Helminth
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
  • DNA Restriction Enzymes