Correlation of wbiI Genotype, Serotype, and Isolate Source within Species of the Burkholderia cepacia Complex
AUTOR(ES)
Vinion-Dubiel, Arlene D.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Gram-negative bacteria of the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) are opportunistic pathogens that can infect the lungs of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients and can be transmitted among these patients, causing epidemics in the CF community. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is an important virulence factor of many gram-negative bacteria, with the O antigen component of LPS being responsible for serotype specificity. The goal of this work was to develop a genetic method of determining the serotype of Bcc isolates based on the conserved gene wbiI. Homologues of wbiI are found in polysaccharide biosynthesis gene clusters in other bacteria. Primers to a conserved region of the Bcc wbiI gene were able to amplify by PCR a single product in 67 of 80 Bcc isolates tested. Sequencing and restriction enzyme digestion of this wbiI PCR product revealed sufficient DNA polymorphisms to distinguish and group various isolates. In five of nine instances, Bcc isolates of a single serotype had a single wbiI restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) pattern, while isolates of the other four serotypes could have multiple wbiI RFLP types. Species determination of the Bcc isolates revealed no obvious correlation between wbiI RFLP type and species. There was also no apparent correlation between wbiI RFLP type and the ability of a single Bcc isolate to infect an individual with CF. However three of five Bcc outbreaks involved isolates with the same wbiI RFLP type, indicating that wbiI RFLP typing may be a useful tool to help track Bcc outbreaks.
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