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Rapid Identification of Vibrio vulnificus in Seawater by Real-Time Quantitative TaqMan PCR  

Wang, Hye-Young (Mol-BioNet Research Institute, Scientec Lab Center Co., Ltd. College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University)
Lee, Geon-Hyoung (Dept. of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Kunsan National University)
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Journal of Microbiology / v.41, no.4, 2003 , pp. 320-326 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to identify Vibrio vulnificus in the Yellow Sea near Gunsan, Korea during the early and late summers, the efficiency of the real-time quantitative TaqMan PCR was compared to the efficiency of the conventional PCR and Biolog identification system^TM. Primers and a probe were designed from the hemolysin/cytolysin gene sequence of V. vulnificus strains. The number of positive detections by real-time quantitative TaqMan PCR, conventional PCR, and the Biolog identification system from seawater were 53 (36.8%), 36 (25%), and 10 strains (6.9%), respectively, among 144 samples collected from Yellow Sea near Gunsan, Korea. Thus, the detection method of the real-time quantitative TaqMan PCR assay was more effective in terms of accuracy than that of the conventional PCR and Biolog system. Therefore, our results showed that the real-time TaqMan probe and the primer set developed in this study can be applied successfully as a rapid screening tool for the detection of V. vulnificus.
Keywords
Vibrio vulnificus; conventional PCR; real-time quantitative TaqMan PCR; Biolog^TM system;
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