Characterization of noncapsulate Haemophilus influenzae by whole-cell polypeptide profiles, restriction endonuclease analysis, and rRNA gene restriction patterns.

AUTOR(ES)

Bruce, K D

RESUMO

Thirty-four clinical isolates of noncapsulate Haemophilus influenzae representing isolates with either related or dissimilar patterns of whole-cell polypeptide profiles on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) were further characterized by restriction enzyme analysis (REA) and rRNA gene restriction patterns. Total cellular DNA was extracted by a rapid, microcentrifuge-scale method and digested with BamHI, which gave a pattern of about 18 discrete bands. This confirmed the five closely related groupings suggested by SDS-PAGE. Isolates dissimilar by SDS-PAGE were also distinguishable by REA. However, there was no correlation between the degrees of similarity estimated from whole-cell polypeptide profiles and those obtained from REA for the dissimilar isolates. Therefore, inferences of genetic relatedness made on the basis of these data should be interpreted with caution. rRNA gene restriction patterns also confirmed the groupings suggested by the other two techniques. We conclude that the three methods were highly discriminatory and that whole-cell polypeptide patterns or REA with BamHI would be appropriate techniques for epidemiological studies of noncapsulate H. influenzae.

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