provides direct evidence that this arthropod is a competent vector (4). We report the first identification and characterization of an HGE-like agent in a blacklegged tick collected in a tick-endemic area of Canada (6). Sixty male and 60 female I. scapularis were collected from five white-tailed deer shot on Long Point Peninsula, Ontario, during November 1999. Live ticks were cut longitudinally ...

Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas) is a phloem-limited bacterium transmitted by the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri, and the presumptive causal agent of citrus greening disease. The current method of detection for CLas within plant and insect samples is by a presence/absence qPCR assay using the CLas 16S rDNA gene target. Although qPCR is highly sensitive, low bacterial titers or s...

We analyzed the phylogenetic composition of bacterial community in the effluent leachate of a full-scale recirculating landfill using a culture-independent molecular approach. 16S rRNA genes were amplified directly from leachate DNA with universally conserved and Bacteria-specific rDNA primers and cloned. The clone library was screened by restriction fragment length polymorphism, and representa...

The objective of this study was to determine whether different isolates of Babesia microti could be distinguished from morphologically similar isolates of B. gibsoni by using a ribosomal DNA (rDNA) probe. A Babesia-specific rDNA probe was obtained by polymerase chain reaction amplification of sequences from B. microti DNA using universal primers directed against highly conserved portions of the...

We describe a rapid oligonucleotide probe design strategy based on subtractive hybridization which yields probes for 16S rRNA or rRNA genes of individual members of microbial communities that are specific within the context of those communities. This strategy circumvents the need to sequence many similar or identical clones of dominant members of a community. Radioactively labeled subfragments ...

Primer sets were designed to target specific 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequences of photosynthetic bacteria, including the green sulfur bacteria, the green nonsulfur bacteria, and the members of the Heliobacteriaceae (a gram-positive phylum). Due to the phylogenetic diversity of purple sulfur and purple nonsulfur phototrophs, the 16S rDNA gene was not an appropriate target for phylogenetic rDNA ...

Different strains related to Vibrio splendidus have been associated with infection of aquatic animals. An epidemiological study of V. splendidus strains associated with Crassostrea gigas mortalities demonstrated genetic diversity within this group and suggested its polyphyletic nature. Recently 4 species, V. lentus, V. chagasii, V. pomeroyi and V. kanaloae, phenotypically related to V. splendid...

A study was carried out to identify the microbial diversity in wastewater from tuna industry, samples were obtained at different points process, analysis using molecular tools such as metagenomics, Electrophoresis technique Denaturation Gradient Gel (DGGE) and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). The sensitivity of these techniques allowed amplification 16S rDNA gene fragments by means specific pri...

The present study was designed to identify phenotypically and genotypically two Arcanobacterium (A.) pyogenes strains isolated by post mortem examinations of a bearded dragon and a gecko. The A. pyogenes strains showed the typical biochemical properties and displayed CAMP-like synergistic hemolytic activities with various indicator strains. The species identity could be confirmed genotypically ...