Ticknor, Lawrence O. and Kolstø, Anne-Brit and Hill, Karen K. and Keim, Paul and Laker, Miriam T. and Tonks, Melinda and Jackson, Paul J. (2001) Fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of Norwegian Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis soil isolates. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 67 (10). pp. 4863-4873. ISSN 1098-5336
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Abstract
We examined 154 Norwegian B. cereus and B. thuringiensis soil isolates (collected from five different locations), 8 B. cereus and 2 B. thuringiensis reference strains, and 2 Bacillus anthracis strains by using fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). We employed a novel fragment identification approach based on a hierarchical agglomerative clustering routine that identifies fragments in an automated fashion. No method is free of error, and we identified the major sources so that experiments can be designed to minimize its effect. Phylogenetic analysis of the fluorescent AFLP results reveals five genetic groups in these group 1 bacilli. The ATCC reference strains were restricted to two of the genetic groups, clearly not representative of the diversity in these bacteria. Both B. anthracis strains analyzed were closely related and affiliated with a B. cereus milk isolate (ATCC 4342) and a B. cereus human pathogenic strain (periodontitis). Across the entire study, pathogenic strains, including B. anthracis, were more closely related to one another than to the environmental isolates. Eight strains representing the five distinct phylogenetic clusters were further analyzed by comparison of their 16S rRNA gene sequences to confirm the phylogenetic status of these groups. This analysis was consistent with the AFLP analysis, although of much lower resolution. The innovation of automated genotype analysis by using a replicated and statistical approach to fragment identification will allow very large sample analyses in the future.
Item Type: | Article |
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ID number or DOI: | 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4863-4873.2001 |
Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics Q Science > QR Microbiology |
NAU Depositing Author Academic Status: | Faculty/Staff |
Department/Unit: | College of Engineering, Forestry, and Natural Science > Biological Sciences |
Date Deposited: | 30 Sep 2015 16:23 |
URI: | http://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/351 |
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