Molecular detection of Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium bovis BCG (Pasteur) in soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1946-1952

  Young, Jamie S ^a   Gormley, Eamonn ^b   Wellington, Elizabeth M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES; RNA; SOILS;

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA;

DNA; RNA 16S;

DETECTION METHOD;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CATTLE DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; IRELAND; MICROCOSM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TURNOVER TIME;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BCG VACCINE; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; IRELAND; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 17444430048     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.4.1946-1952.2005     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Broccolo, F., P. Scarpellini, G. Locatelli, A. Zingale, A. M. Brambilla, P. Cichero, L. A. Sechi, A. Lazzarin, P. Lusso, and M. S. Malnati. 2003. Rapid diagnosis of mycobacterial infections and quantitation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis load by two real-time calibrated PCR assays. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41:4565-4572.
2. Duffield, B. J., and D. A. Young. 1985. Survival of Mycobacterium bovis in defined environmental conditions. Vet. Microbiol. 10:193-197.
3. Dundee, L., I. R. Grant, H. J. Ball, and M. T. Rowe. 2001. Comparative evaluation of four decontamination protocols for the isolation of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from milk. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 33:173-177.
4. Gormley, E., L. Fray, L. Sandall, G. Ke, C. Dupont, and E. Carpenter. 1999. Detection of Mycobacterium bovis lymphocyte stimulating antigens in culture filtrates of a recombinant Mycobacterium smegmatis cosmid library. Vaccine 17:2792-2801.
5. Ibekwe, A. M., and C. M. Grieve. 2003. Detection and quantification of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in environmental samples by real-time PCR. J. Appl. Microbiol. 94:421-431.
6. Iivanainen, E., P. J. Martikainen, and M. L. Katila. 1997. Comparison of some decontamination methods and growth media for isolation of mycobacteria from northern brook waters. J. Appl. Microbiol. 82:121-127.
7. Iivanainen, E., P. J. Martikainen, P. Vaananen, and M. L. Katila. 1999. Environmental factors affecting the occurrence of mycobacteria in brook sediments. J. Appl. Microbiol. 86:673-681.
8. Little, T. W., P. F. Naylor, and J. W. Wilesmith. 1982. Laboratory study of Mycobacterium bovis infection in badgers and calves. Vet. Rec. 111:550-557.
9. Marois, C., C. Savoye, M. Kobisch, and I. Kempf. 2002. A reverse transcription-PCR assay to detect viable Mycoplasma synoviae in poultry environmental samples. Vet. Microbiol. 89:17-28.
10. Marsh, P., N. Z. Morris, and E. M. H. Wellington. 1998. Quantitative molecular detection of Salmonella typhimurium in soil and demonstration of persistence of an active but non-culturable population. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 27:351-363.
11. Mostowy, S., A. G. Tsolaki, P. M. Small, and M. A. Behr. 2003. The in vitro evolution of BCG vaccines. Vaccine 21:4270-4274.
12. Romanowski, G., M. G. Lorenz, G. Sayler, and W. Wackernagel. 1992. Persistence of free plasmid DNA in soil monitored by various methods, including a transformation assay. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 58:3012-3019.
13. Tanner, M., and A. L. Michel. 1999. Investigation of the viability of M. bovis under different environmental conditions in the Kruger National Park. Onderstepoort J. Vet. Res. 66:185-190.
14. Wellington, E. M. H., N. Cresswell, and V. A. Saunders. 1990. Growth and survival of streptomycete inoculants and extent of plasmid transfer in sterile and nonsterile soil. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56:1413-1419.
15. Young, J. S. 2003. Molecular detection of Mycobacterium bovis in the environment. Ph.D. thesis. University of Warwick, Warwick, United Kingdom.