Ribotyping of Fusobacterium necrophorum Strains Isolated from Bovine and Ovine Hepatic Abscesses

Author: Mateos E.   Valle J.   Pı´riz S.   Cerrato R.   Jiménez R.   Remujo A.P.   Vadillo S.  

Publisher: Academic Press

ISSN: 1075-9964

Source: Anaerobe, Vol.4, Iss.5, 1998-10, pp. : 213-218

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Abstract

A microbiological study was made of 100 strains of Fusobacterium necrophorum isolated from hepatic abscesses in bovine and ovine herds. Differences between the biological activity and ribotypes within the two F. necrophorum subspecies were studied. Conventional methods identified 89 isolates as F. necrophorum subsp. necrophorum and 11 as F. necrophorum subsp. funduliforme. For ribotyping, 50 strains (35 F.n. subsp. necrophorum, 11 F.n. subsp. funduliforme and 4 reference strains) were digested with restriction endonucleases (HindIII, EcoRI and BamHI) and examined after hybridization with digoxigenin-labelled cDNA probe transcribed from a 16 and 23S rRNAs from Escherichia coli. The most discriminating restriction endonuclease enzymes for ribotyping were EcoRI and BamHI. The presence or absence of two distinct band of 5 kb (EcoRI) and 10.5 kb (BamHI) differentiated the two subspecies. This technique also revealed genetic differences between isolates which could be used in the epidemiological study of clinical processes caused by F. necrophorum.