Sharma N K, Rees C E, Dodd C E
Division of Food Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, United Kingdom.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2000 Apr;66(4):1347-53. doi: 10.1128/AEM.66.4.1347-1353.2000.
We describe here the development of a single-reaction multiplex PCR assay for the enterotoxin genes from Staphylococcus aureus that utilizes a universal toxin gene primer in combination with toxin-specific primers to amplify characteristic toxin gene products. In combination with a new DNA purification method, the assay can detect enterotoxin genes A to E from a pure culture within 3 to 4 h. The test was used to characterize a diverse set of environmental S. aureus isolates, and a 99% correlation with toxin typing using standard immunological tests was found. The design of the assay allows it to be extended to include both newly characterized and as-yet-unknown toxin genes.
我们在此描述一种用于检测金黄色葡萄球菌肠毒素基因的单反应多重聚合酶链反应(PCR)检测方法的开发,该方法利用通用毒素基因引物与毒素特异性引物相结合来扩增特征性毒素基因产物。结合一种新的DNA纯化方法,该检测方法能够在3至4小时内从纯培养物中检测出A至E型肠毒素基因。该检测方法用于对多种环境来源的金黄色葡萄球菌分离株进行特征分析,发现与使用标准免疫学检测进行的毒素分型有99%的相关性。该检测方法的设计使其能够扩展到包括新鉴定的和尚未知晓的毒素基因。