Here we describe the natural occurrence of bacteria of the class Dehalococcoidia (DEH) and their diversity at different depths in anoxic waters of a remote meromictic lake (Lake Pavin) using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and quantitative PCR. Detected DEH are phylogenetically diverse and the majority of 16S rRNA sequences have less than 91% similarity to previously isolated DEH 16S rRNA seq...

PCR-RFLP with nine restriction enzymes was applied to the 16S and 23S rRNA genes of 42 rhizobial and agrobacterial strains to determine the phylogenetic position of Rhizobium galegae and increase the understanding of the evolution of ribosomal operons. The strains were selected based on previous phylogenetic studies. PCR primers were designed so that they amplified a 2.3 kb fragment of the 23S ...

Production of 16S rRNA methylase has recently drawn attention as a novel aminoglycoside resistance mechanism in pathogenic gram-negative bacteria (1). It confers very-highlevel resistance to all aminoglycosides that are currently available for parenteral formulation. Six distinct genes, rmtA, rmtB, rmtC, rmtD, armA, and npmA, encoding their respective enzymes have been identified in clinical an...

Introduction Many studies have shown epidemiological links between strains isolated in tap water, and those isolated from patients. Molecular methods linked to PCR are more reliable and faster for identification of             non- tuberculous mycobacteria(NTM). In this study molecular methods were used for identification and typing of NTM. Materials and Methods Five hundred ml of 85 water ...

background and objectives: the development of molecular biological techniques provide a method for direct detection and identification of pathogens. this study attempted to compare bacterial culture and pcr to detect s. agalactiae in cattle milk samples. the pcr method was based on using primers v1 and v2 derived from the 16s rrna gene. materials and methods: one hundred milk samples were colle...

Bacillus globisporus and Bacillus psychrophilus are one among many pairs of ecologically distinct taxa that are distinguished by very few nucleotide differences in 16S rRNA gene sequence. This study has investigated whether the lack of divergence in 16S rRNA between such species stems from the unusually slow rate of evolution of this molecule, or whether other factors might be preventing neutra...

The complete nucleotide sequence of the 16S RNA gene from the rrnB cistron of Escherichia coli has been determined by using three rapid DNA sequencing methods. Nearly all of the structure has been confirmed by two to six independent sequence determinations on both DNA strands. The length of the 16S rRNA chain inferred from the DNA sequence is 1541 nucleotides, in close agreement with previous e...