双重PCR快速鉴别无乳链球菌和海豚链球菌

Rapid identification of Streptococus agalactiae and Streptococus iniae with duplex PCR assay

根据无乳链球菌的cfb基因和海豚链球菌16SrRNA基因序列,设计、合成2对引物,优化扩增条件,建立了快速鉴别无乳链球菌和海豚链球菌的双重PCR方法.用该方法扩增无乳链球菌和海豚链球菌,可分别获得474、296bp的特异性片段,扩增嗜水气单胞菌、铜绿假单胞菌等其他常见鱼病原菌无特异性片段.该方法可实现对无乳链球菌和海豚链球菌的快速鉴别,具较高的灵敏度,可检测到基因组含量分别为3.2×10-3ng/μL的无乳链球菌和3.0×10-2ng/μL的海豚链球菌.对采集自广东与海南两省养殖罗非鱼病鱼的11份病原样品进行检测,均可获得474bp片段,测序与BLAST分析结果表明,扩增到的序列均为无乳链球菌cfb基因序列,可从分子水平上确定这些样品为无乳链球菌,与生化鉴定结果一致.

Streptococus agalactiae and S. iniae are two common pathogens of fish Streptococcus diseases. Symptoms of disease caused by both Streptococcus pathogens were quite similar, and it was difficult to distinguish the two pathogens from each other directly from the symptoms. Therefore it is necessary to develop a rapid identification method in order to control the disease effectively and rapidly. According to the cfb gene sequence of S. agalactiae and 16S rRNA gene sequence of S. iniae, two pairs of primers were designed and synthesized, and a rapid duplex PCR assay for identification of S. agalactiae and S. iniae was established by optimization of amplification conditions. A 474 bp fragment specific for S. agalactiae and a 296 bp fragment for S. iniae were produced, but no product was amplified from the other common pathogenic bacteria of fish such as Aeromonas hydrophila and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The method is quite sensitive, and can detect a template concentration as low as 3.2×10-3 ng/μL for S. agalactiae and 3.0×10-2 ng/μL for S. iniae, respectively. A total of eleven pathogen samples collected from pond-cultured tilapia in Guangdong and Hainan provinces were analyzed by duplex PCR. Sequencing and BLAST analysis revealed that all the sequences were cfb gene of S. agalactiae. Results of molecular identification were consistent with the previous results of biochemical assays. The double PCR method would provide a sensitive and accurate method for rapid identification of S. agalactiae and S. iniae.