Identification of Vibrio alginolyticus virulent strain-specific DNA regions by suppression subtractive hybridization and PCR

Journal of Applied Microbiology
Zhen-Yu XieXiao-Ni Cai

Abstract

Vibrio alginolyticus was frequently isolated from diseased farmed fish in coaster water of Hainan Island in the past two decades. In this study, we attempted to identify candidates of virulent strain-specific DNA regions for this pathogen. Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) and PCR were successively performed between the typical virulent strain and avirulent strain of V. alginolyticus, in which they shared 99.54% homology of 16S rDNAs. Out of 2873 subtracted clones, 9 clones were finally indicated to harbor virulent strain-specific DNA fragments. The receivable functions of the major fragments in the 9 clones were believed to encode methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein (n=1), type VI secretion system-associated FHA domain protein TagH (n=1), diguanylate cyclase (n=1), AraC family transcriptional regulator (n=1), ABC-type uncharacterized transport system permease component (n=1) and hypothetical proteins (n=4). Two hypothetical proteins contain several disordered regions. Some specific DNA regions existed in the virulent strain of V. alginolyticus, and the SSH assay could be a highly sensitive method for identifying virulent regions in pathogens. This report is the first to describe the identification of virulent strain-...Continue Reading

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