Aquatic Microbes Section, National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Canal Ring Road, PO Dilkusha, Lucknow, 226 002 India.
Indian J Microbiol. 2008 Dec;48(4):453-8. doi: 10.1007/s12088-008-0056-8. Epub 2009 Jan 8.
Aerolysin is a hemolytic toxin encoded by aerolysin gene (1482 bp) that plays a key role in the pathogenesis of Aeromonas hydrophila infection in fish. New speciesspecific primers were designed to amplify 326 bp conserved region of aerolysin gene for A. hydrophila. Twenty-five isolates of A. hydrophila recovered from fish and pond water were studied for detection of aerolysin gene. Aerolysin gene was detected in 85% of the isolates during the study. The designed primers were highly specific and showed no cross reactivity with Escherichia coli, Aeromonas veronii, Vibrio cholerae, Flavobacterium spp., Chyseobacterium spp. and Staphylococcus aureus. The sensitivity limit of primers for detection of aerolysin gene in the genomic DNA of A. hydrophila was 5 pg.
气溶素是一种溶血毒素,由气溶素基因(1482bp)编码,在鱼类致病性嗜水气单胞菌感染中发挥关键作用。设计了新的种特异性引物来扩增气溶素基因的 326bp 保守区,用于检测嗜水气单胞菌。从鱼类和池塘水中分离出的 25 株嗜水气单胞菌进行了气溶素基因检测。在研究期间,85%的分离株检测到气溶素基因。设计的引物具有高度特异性,与大肠杆菌、维氏气单胞菌、霍乱弧菌、黄杆菌属、希瓦氏菌属和金黄色葡萄球菌无交叉反应。引物用于检测嗜水气单胞菌基因组 DNA 中气溶素基因的灵敏度限为 5pg。