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Chromosomal DNA, iron-transport systems, outer membrane proteins, and enterotoxin (heat labile) production in Salmonella typhi strains

ID de revista: PMC267832

PMID: 1972158

Autor principal: Faundez G

Revista: J Clin Microbiol

Año: 1990

Plataforma de Búsqueda: PubMed

DOI: 10.1128/JCM.28.5.894-897.1990

Metodología: Experimento

Grupo de estudio: Microorganismos

Abstract

We examined a representative collection of Salmonella typhi strains from Chile, Peru, Mexico, India, and England for the presence of several properties. Ail strains had a conserved pattern of outer membrane proteins, as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The electrophoresis profiles of chromosomal DNA digested with EcoRI and PstI restriction enzymes were similar for all the strains. A conserved pattern of hybridization was observed when digested chromosomal DNA was hybridized with DNA probes for the 36-kilodalton porin, enterobactin synthesis, and enterobactin receptor genes. AUl the strains produced enterobactin but not aerobactin in bioassays. None of the strains produced heat-labile toxin, as measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Colony and Southern hybridizations with DNA probes for aerobactin synthesis and its receptor and heat-labile toxin genes were negative. These results indicate that S. typhi strains from different origins have similar phenotypic and genetic properties and, as has been suggested, constitute a clone.

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC267832/pdf/jcm00053-0081.pdf


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