• 생명과학회지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.699-704
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• 2003

리스테리아를 보다 효과적으로 typing할 수 있는 방법을 찾기 위해 표준균주 13종을 대상으로 하여 RAPD, ERIC (Enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus) fingerprinting, ribotyping-PCR의 분리력을 비교해 보았다. DG107 (primer 6) 또는 DG122 (Lis 11) primer를 이용한 RAPD의 경우 11가지의 유형으로 분류되는 반면, ERIC fingerprinting은 9가지, ribotyping-PCR은 7가지씩의 유형을 보였다. 그러나 2가지 primer를 이용하여 각각 행한 RAPD 결과를 종합하거나, DG122를 이용한 RAPD와 ribotyping-PCR의 결과를 종합할 경우 13가지의 유형으로 모두 분리할 수 있었다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.267-270
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• 2010

We designed a sensitive and specific PCR-based method with enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC) primer to detect Erwinia pyrifoliae, which cause shoot blight in Asian pear, from a mixed culture and infected plant materials. The primers specifically detected only E. pyrifoliae and showed no cross-reactivity with other bacterial phytopathogens.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2004

The enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC)-PCR is a recently described DNA fingerprinting technique based on amplification of repetitive element distributed in bacteria. We applied of ERIC-PCR to clinical isolates of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and other bacteria associated diarrhea. Twenty isolates of V. parahaemolyticus were used for intragenic genotyping, which were isolated from 2001 to 2002 in Chungbuk National University hospital. For interspecies genotyping, V. vulnificus, V. alginolyticus, V. parahaemolyticus, Escherichia coli, Salmonella and Shigella spp. were used. The genotyping were analyzed by ERIC-PCR. The genotyping of V. parahaemolyticus were grouped two major pattern (A, B) and were subdivided into 10 subtypes (A1, A2, B1-B8) by ERIC-PCR. These method distinctly differentiated bacterial species associated diarrhea. Those results show that ERIC-PCR can be reliable and efficient method for genotyping of V. parahaemolyticus and bacteria associated diarrhea.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.788-797
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• 2001

The usefulness of three PCR methods were evaluated for the epidemiological typing of Staphylococcus aureus: an enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus sequence PCR (ERIC-PCR), repetitive extragenic palindromic element PCR (REP-PCR), and 16S-23S intergenic spacer PCR (ITS-PCR). The analysis was performed using a collection of S. aureus strains comprised of 6 reference and 79 isolates from patients with various diseases. Among the 85 S. aureus strains tested, 6 references and 6 isolates were found to be susceptible to methicillin, whereas the remaining 73 isolates were resistant to it. PCR methods are of special concern, as conventional phenotypic methods are unable to clearly distinguish among methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains. The ability of the techniques to detect different unrelated types was found to be as follows: ERIC-PCR, 19 types; REP-PCR, 36 types; and ITS-PCR, 14 types. On the basis of combining the ERIC, REP, and ITS fingerprints, the 85 S. aureus strains were grouped into 56 genetic types (designated G1 to G56). The diversities for the 85 S. aureus strains, calculated according to Simpson\`s index, were 0.88 for an ERIC-PCR, 0.93 for a REP-PCR, and 0.48 for an ITS-PCR, and the diversity increased up to 0.97 when an ERIC-PCR and REP-PCR were combined. The above discrimination indices imply that the genetic heterogeneity of S. aureus strains is high. Accordingly, this study demonstrates that DNA sequences from highly conserved repeats of a genome, particularly a combination of ERIC sequences and REP elements, are a convenient and accurate tool for the subspecies-specific discrimination and epidemiologic tracking of S. aureus.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.293-304
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• 2007

The emergence of extended spectrum $\beta$-lactamase (ESBL) producing bacteria is worldwide concern. Until recently, the most frequently identified strains in the Republic of Korea were E. coli and Klebsiella spp. The incidence of resistance to extended spectrum $\beta$-lactam antibiotics is increasing in Wonju city, Korea. Total 57 strains of ESBL producing E. coli and Klebsiella species were isolated from Wonju Christian Hospital during a 9 month-period from April to December, 2003. To determine the prevalence and genotypes of the ESBL producing clinical isolates, antibiotic susceptibility and ESBL activity test by VITEK system and double disk synergy (DDS) test, and PCR based genotyping were performed. Fourteen (82%) isolates of 17 ESBL producing E. coli were found to have $bla_{TEM}$ gene and 5 (29%) isolates were found to have $bla_{CTX-M}$ gene by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Thirty (75%) isolates of 40 ESBL producing Klebsiella species with $bla_{TEM}$ gene, 38 (95%) isolates with $bla_{SHV}$ gene, and 7 (20%) isolates with $bla_{CTX-M}$ type gene were also identified. Enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC) PCR and similarity index by dendrogram for genetical similarity to band pattern of each clinical isolates were examined. ESBL producing E. coli were grouped into 6 clusters up to 84% of similarity index and Klebsiella species were grouped into 12 clusters up to 76% of similarity index. In conclusion, ESBL producing clinical isolates were characterized with the results from antimicrobial resistance pattern and genetical similarity using ERiC PCR.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.114-118
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• 2014

충청지역병원에서 ESBL생성 장내세균 122균주를 분리하여 Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) 방법에 따라 cefotaxime과 cefotaxime/clavulanate를 이용한 combination disk test (CDT)에 의하여 항균제 감수성을 조사하고, 특이 유전자를 대상으로 multiplex PCR을 실시하여 유전형을 검출하였으며 enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC)-PCR에 의해 분자 역학조사를 실시하였다. ESBL 생성 Escherichia coli 76균주와 Klebsiella pneumoniae 46균주를 CDT로 확인한 결과, ESBL 생성 E. coli의 경우 96.1%가 양성을 나타내었으며 K. pneumoniae의 경우 93.4%가 양성을 나타냈다. Multiplex PCR 결과, E. coli의 경우 CTX-M-2형이 60.5% 양성으로 나타났으며 K. pneumoniae의 경우 VEB-1형이 56.5%가 양성으로 나타났다. ERIC-PCR을 실시한 결과 E coli는 분리지역에 따라 5개의 cluster을 형성하였고 K. pneumoniae는 4개의 cluster을 형성하였다. ESBL생성 장내세균의 유전형은 임상에서 분리한 균주의 감별과 검출에 유용하였으며 ERIC-PCR의 결과는 분리지역에 따라 cluster을 형성하여 지역 간 감염 감시체계 확립에 도움이 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 농업생명과학연구
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.53-59
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• 2016

Bacterial fruit blotch(BFB) of cucurbits caused by Acidovorax citrulli(Acc) continues to diminish fruit yields. The aim of this study was to address whether two genetically distinct populations of Acc are present in watermelon-growing fields in Korea. For this purpose, we used the enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus polymerase chain reaction(ERIC-PCR) profiling and substrate-utilization profiles. According to the results of ERIC-PCR, group I and II strains showed clearly differentiated PCR-based fingerprinting profiles. Differences between group I and II strains included amplification of unique, group-specific DNA fragments such as the 1.3-, 0.28-, and 0.25-kb fragments in ERIC-PCR. Acc stains belonging to group I did not use L-leucine, whereas group II strains did use the substrate. Our results support the genetic differentiation of Acc strains into two groups and demonstrate that Acc strains from both groups are previously existed in watermelon-growing fields in Korea. Information about the genetic diversity of Acc under the present study will help scientists and managers form strategies to control BFB.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.1005-1011
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 높은 분리능을 가지고 있을 뿐만 아니라 실험의 재현성과 경제성의 측면에서도 많은 장점을 갖고 있는 ERIC DNA sequence를 응용한 ERIC-PCR을 이용하여 Salmonella, E. coli, Shigella, Vibrio 등 4속의 주요 그람 음성 식중독유발 세균들의 분리 동정 방법을 확립하고자 하였다. ERIC-PCR 결과, E. coli의 경우 0.3kb, 0.42kb 및 1.2kb의 band가 모든 균주에서 공통적으로 확인되었고, Salmonella속으로부터는 0.22kb, 0.4kb 및 0.7kb의 band가 증폭되었다. Shigella속은 모든 표준균주와 분리균주로부터 0.33kb와 1.25kb의 band가 증폭되었으며, S. sonnei의 경우 위의 주요 2개 band 이외에도 대부분의 균주에서 0.44kb, 2.0kb 및 3.05kb의 band가 증폭되어 다른 종의 Shigella와 구별되는 fingerprinting pattern을 나타내었다. 그리고 V. parahaemolyticus의 경우 표준균주와 분리균주 모두 0.51kb와 1.5kb의 band가 증폭되어 V. cholerae, V. mimicus 등과 같은 다른 종의 Vibrio와 구별되는 fingerprinting pattern을 나타내었다. 이와 같이 4속의 모든 식중독 균주마다 ERIC-PCR후 생성되는 fingerprinting pattern에서 3-5개의 공통적인 band가 증폭되는 것이 확인되어 이를 이용한 속 수준의 분리 동정과 이러한 주요 band들 이외의 부수적인 band들을 고려하여 종 수준까지의 분리도 가능함을 확인하였다. 따라서 본 연구의 결과는 ERIC 반복적 DNA 염기서열을 이용한 ERIC-PCR이 식중독균의 분리 동정 방법으로 사용될 수 있음을 확인하였으며, 나아가 더 많은 속(genus)의 식중독세균을 대상으로 한 새로운 분리 동정 방법을 확립하는데도 응용이 될 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.239-250
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• 2000

Sixty-eight clinical isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia from inpatients of 2 university hospitals in Taegu were epidemiologically analyzed by using the minimum inhibitory concentrations of 25 antimicrobial drugs, biochemical reaction, pulsed-field gel elctropgoresis (PFGE), and PCR with enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus sequences as primer (ERIC-PCR). 1. All the strains were susceptible to minocycline. More than 57% were susceptible to sulfisomidine (Su), ciprofloxacin (Ci), Ofloploxacin (Of), nalidixic acid (Na), and chloramphenicol (Cm), and $19{\sim}35%$ to ceftazidime (Cd), trimethoprim (Tp), Ticacillin-clavulanic acid, and cefoperazone-sulbactam. Most isolates were resistant to ${\beta}$-lactam antibiotics such as ampicillin (Ap), carbenicillin (Cb), cefotaxim (Ct), cefoxitin (Cx), and aminoglycosides including gentamicin (Gm), tobramycin (Tb), amikacin (Ak). 2. All the isolates were multiply resistant of 5 to 17 drugs and showed 40 different resistance pattern types. 3. All the strains showed very similar biochemical reactions except ${\beta}$-galactosidase and nitrate reduction test. Fourteen strains selected randomly were classified 10 different pattern type by PFGE and ERIC-PCR. These two methods showed identical result. Four strains isolated from wound in 1994 showed similar MIC pattern and identical API 20NE profile, PFGE, and ERIC-PCR pattern indicating episodes of cross-infection among patients. These results indicate that PFGE or ERIC-PCR profile has comparable discriminatory power for epidemiological typing of S. maltophilia.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.13-24
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• 2012

The genetic diversity of plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial (PGPR) fluorescent pseudomonads associated with the sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) rhizosphere was analyzed. Selected isolates were screened for plant growthpromoting properties including production of indole acetic acid, phosphate solubilization, denitrification ability, and production of antifungal metabolites. Furthermore, 16S rDNA sequence analysis was performed to identify and differentiate these isolates. Based on 16S rDNA sequence similarity, the isolates were designated as Pseudomonas plecoglossicida, P. fluorescens, P. libaniensis, and P. aeruginosa. Differentiation of isolates belonging to the same group was achieved through different genomic DNA fingerprinting techniques, including randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA), repetitive extragenic palindromic (REP), enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC), and bacterial repetitive BOX elements (BOX) analyses. The genetic diversity observed among the isolates and rep-PCR-generated fingerprinting patterns revealed that PGPR fluorescent pseudomonads are associated with the rhizosphere of sugarcane and that P. plecoglossicida is a dominant species. The knowledge obtained herein regarding the genetic and functional diversity of fluorescent pseudomonads associated with the sugarcane rhizosphere is useful for understanding their ecological role and potential utilization in sustainable agriculture.