Objective To understand the genetic structures and variations of the superintegron （Sl） in Vibrio cholerae isolated in the seventh cholera pandemic. Methods Polymerase chain reaction scanning and fragment sequencing were used. Sixty toxigenic V. cholerae O1 El Tor strains isolated between 1961 and 2008 were analyzed. Results Some variations were found, including insertions, replacements, and deletions. Most of the deletions were probably the result of recombination between V. cholerae repeat sequences. The majority of the variations clustered together. The Sis of the strains isolated in the 1960s and 1970s showed more diversity, whereas SI cassette variations in strains isolated in the 1990s and after were lower, with -24 kb signature sequence deletion. This indicates the predominant Sl in the host during the epidemic in the 1990s and after. The insertion cassettes suggested the mobilization from the Sls of other V. cholerae serogroups and Vibrio mimicus. Conclusion The study revealed that structural variations of Sis were obvious in the strains isolated in epidemics in different decades, whereas the divergence was based on syntenic structure of Sis in these El Tot strains. Also, the continuing cassette flows in the Sis of the host strains during the seventh cholera pandemics were displayed.
GAO Yan PANG Bo WANG Hai Yin ZHOU Hai Jian CUI Zhi Gang KAN Biao
目的利用SYBR Green Ⅰ荧光PCR反应检测副溶血弧菌及其trh和tdh毒力基因。方法根据副溶血弧菌tlh基因设计引物,建立检测副溶血弧菌SYBR Green Ⅰ荧光PCR检测方法,利用33株副溶血弧菌分离株以及22株其他种属细菌进行特异性和灵敏度评价。根据副溶血弧菌trh和tdh毒力基因序列设计引物,建立检测副溶血弧菌毒力基因的单重和双重SYBR Green Ⅰ荧光PCR检测方法,并对这两种方法进行特异性和灵敏度评价。结果本研究中基于tlh基因的荧光PCR检测对全部33株副溶血弧菌检测为阳性,检测下限为5×101拷贝/μl,而22株其他种属细菌均为阴性。毒力基因trh和tdh均能特异性检测,其单重荧光PCR检测下限为5×101拷贝/μl,双重荧光PCR检测下限为5×102拷贝/μl。结论本研究建立了tlh作为靶基因检测副溶血弧菌的单重SYBR Green Ⅰ荧光PCR检测方法和同时检测副溶血弧菌trh和tdh毒力基因的双重SYBR Green Ⅰ荧光PCR检测方法,简化了毒力基因检测,有良好的实际应用前景。
