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Molecular identification of Yersinia enterocolitica isolated from pasteurized whole milk using DNA microarray chip hybridization.

Myers KM, Gaba J, Al-Khaldi SF

Division of Microbiological Studies, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD 20740-3855, USA.

A DNA microarray chip of four virulence genes and 16S ribosomal DNA gene conserved region among all Gram negative species, including Yersinia, as a positive control was developed and evaluated using 22 Yersinia enterocolitica isolates. Eight different oligonucleotide probes (oligoprobes) with an average size of 22 bp, complementary to the unique sequences of each gene, were designed and immobilized on the surface of chemically modified slides. Multiplex PCR was used to simultaneously amplify DNA target regions of all five genes, and single stranded DNA (ssDNA) samples for microarray analysis were prepared by using a primer extension of amplicons in the presence of one primer of all genes. The presence of genes in Y. enterocolitica was established by hybridization of the fluorescently labeled ssDNA representing different samples of the microarray gene-specific oligoprobes and confirmed by PCR. Results of the study showed specificity of genotyping Y. enterocolitica using multiple microarray-based assays. Final validation of the chip's ability to identify Y. enterocolitica genes from adulterated pasteurized whole milk was confirmed and successful. The limit of chip detection of virulence genes in pasteurized whole milk was found to be 1000 CFU per hybridization.

Published 10 March 2006 in Mol Cell Probes, 20(2): 71-80.
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