Intraspecific 16S rRNA gene diversity among clinical isolates of Neisseria species

APMIS

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 437-442

  Mechergui, Arij ^a   Achour, Wafa ^a   Hassen, Assia Ben ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Genetic diversity; Neisseria spp.

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA FLAVESCENS; NEISSERIA MACACAE; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NEISSERIA SICCA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

16S RRNA; GENETIC DIVERSITY; NEISSERIA SPP.;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84899490222     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apm.12164     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Marchandin H, Teyssier C, Simeon De Buochberg M, Jean-Pierre H, Carriere C, Jumas-Bilak E. Intra-chromosomal heterogeneity between the four 16S rRNA gene copies in the genus Veillonella: implications for phylogeny and taxonomy. Microbiology 2003;149:1493-501.
2. Sacchi CT, Whitney AM, Reeves MW, Mayer LW, Popovic T. Sequence diversity of Neisseria meningitidis 16S rRNA genes and use of 16S rRNA gene sequencing as a molecular subtyping tool. J Clin Microbiol 2002;40:4520-7.
3. Mechergui A, Touati A, Baaboura R, Achour W, Ben Hassen A. Phenotypic and molecular characterization of β-lactams resistance in commensal Neisseria strains isolated from neutropenic patients in Tunisia. Ann Microbiol 2011;61:695-7.
4. De Groot A, Chapon V, Servant P, Christen R, Saux MF, Sommer S, et al. Deinococcus deserti sp. nov., a gamma-radiation-tolerant bacterium isolated from the Sahara Desert. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005;55:2441-6.
5. Mangold KA, Regner MA, Tajuddin M, Tajuddin AM, Jennings L, Du H, et al. Neisseria species identification assay for the confirmation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae positive results of the COBAS amplicor PCR. J Clin Microbiol 2007;45:1403-9.
6. Alber D, Oberkotter M, Suerbaum S, Claus H, Frosch M, Vogel U. Genetic diversity of Neisseria lactamica strains from epidemiologically defined carriers. J Clin Microbiol 2001;39:1710-5.
7. Mechergui A, Achour W, Giorgini D, Baaboura R, Taha MK, Ben Hassen A. Molecular typing of Neisseria perflava clinical isolates. APMIS 2012;121:843-7.
8. Gee JE, Sacchi CT, Glass MB, De BK, Weyant RS, Levett PN, et al. Use of 16S rRNA gene sequencing for rapid identification and differentiation of Burkholderia pseudomallei and B. mallei. J Clin Microbiol 2003;41:4647-54.
9. Gee JM, Kovach ME, Grippe VK, Hagius S, Walker JV, Elzer PH, et al. Role of catalase in the virulence of Brucella melitensis in pregnant goats. Vet Microbiol 2004;102:111-5.
10. Sacchi CT, Whitney AM, Mayer LW, Morey R, Steigerwalt A, Boras A, et al. Sequencing of 16S rRNA gene: a rapid tool for identification of Bacillus anthracis. Emerg Infect Dis 2002;8:1117-23.
11. Harmsen D, Singer C, Rothgänger J, Tønjum T, de Hoog GS, Shah H, et al. Diagnostics of Neisseriaceae and Moraxellaceae by ribosomal DNA sequencing: ribosomal differentiation of medical microorganisms. J Clin Microbiol 2001;39:936-42.
12. Bennett JS, Jolley KA, Earle SG, Corton C, Bentley SD, Parkhill J, et al. Genomic approach to bacterial taxonomy: an examination and proposed reclassification of species within the genus Neisseria. Microbiology 2012;158:1570-80.
13. Ussery DW, Gordon SV. Two novel methods for using genome sequences to infer taxonomy. Microbiology 2012;158:1414.
14. Boucher Y, Douady CJ, Sharma AK, Kamekura M, Doolittle WF. Intragenomic heterogeneity and intergenomic recombination among haloarchaeal rRNA genes. J Bacteriol 2004;186:3980-90.
15. Liao D. Gene conversion drives within genic sequences: concerted evolution of ribosomal RNA genes in bacteria and archaea. J Mol Evol 2000;51:305-17.
16. Ohta T. Multigene families and the evolution of complexity. J Mol Evol 1991;33:34-41.
17. Feil EJ, Holmes EC, Bessen DE, Chan MS, Day NP, Enright MC, et al. Recombination within natural populations of pathogenic bacteria: short-term empirical estimates and long-term phylogenetic consequences. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2001;98:182-7.