A new double digestion ligation mediated suppression PCR method for simultaneous bacteria DNA-typing and confirmation of species: an Acinetobacter sp. model.

We have designed a new ddLMS PCR (double digestion Ligation Mediated Suppression PCR) method based on restriction site polymorphism upstream from the specific target sequence for the simultaneous identification and differentiation of bacterial strains. The ddLMS PCR combines a simple PCR used for species or genus identification and the LM PCR strategy for strain differentiation. The bacterial identification is confirmed in the form of the PCR product(s), while the length of the PCR product makes it possible to differentiate between bacterial strains.

Lack of intracellular trehalose affects formation of Escherichia coli persister cells.

Persisters are dormant antibiotic-tolerant cells that usually compose a small fraction of bacterial populations. In this work, we focused on the role of trehalose in persister formation. We found that the ΔotsA mutant, which is unable to synthesize trehalose, produced increased levels of persisters in the early stationary phase and under heat stress conditions.

The new LM-PCR/shifter method for the genotyping of microorganisms based on the use of a class IIS restriction enzyme and ligation mediated PCR.

This study details and examines a novel ligation-mediated polymerase chain reaction (LM-PCR) method. Named the LM-PCR/Shifter, it relies on the use of a Class IIS restriction enzyme giving restriction fragments with different 4-base, 5' overhangs, this being the Shifter, and the ligation of appropriate oligonucleotide adapters. A sequence of 4-base, 5' overhangs of the adapter and a 4- base sequence of the 3' end of the primer(s) determine a subset of the genomic restriction fragments, which are amplified by PCR.

Usefulness of PCR melting profile method for genotyping analysis of Klebsiella oxytoca isolates from patients of a single hospital unit.

The development of rapid and simple typing methods is required in order to identify possible sources of human exposure to opportunistic pathogens. Klebsiella spp. belongs to a group of bacteria that are opportunistic pathogens responsible for an increasing number of multiresistant infections in hospitals.

[Elaboration of PCR MP diagnostic kit for genetic typing of bacterial strains].

The rules of diagnostic kit elaboration for genetic typing of microorganisms, designed for epidemiological studies, have been shown in this paper. PCR MP method has been used for diagnostic kit elaboration. Well defined epidemiologically Enterococcus faecium strains have been applied as a research model.

PCR melting profile method for genotyping analysis of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from Hematological Unit patients.

A number of Enterococcus strains with high-level inducible resistance to vancomycin have been identified, and the relative incidence of these strains has increased significantly in the last years. The first outbreak caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Poland was reported in 1999. Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium is known for its propensity to cause infections which are difficult to eradicate.