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  • Title: Ribotyping on small-sized spirochetes isolated from subgingival plaque.
    Author: Fiehn NE, Bangsborg JM, Colding H.
    Journal: Oral Microbiol Immunol; 1995 Feb; 10(1):13-8. PubMed ID: 7543994.
    Abstract:
    In the present study DNA restriction patterns and corresponding ribotypes of 17 subgingival small-sized spirochetes (1:2:1 and 2:4:2 isolates), 2 Treponema socranskii strains and two Treponema denticola strains were examined. Purified chromosomal DNA was digested by BamHI, HindIII, PstI and ClaI. The DNA fragments were separated in a horizontal slab of 0.7% agarose containing ethidium bromide and transferred by nylon membranes. Hybridization was carried out with digoxigenin-labelled copy DNA of 16S and 23S ribosomal RNA from Escherichia coli. Depending on the restriction endonuclease used, up to 4 distinct bands were observed for the 2:4:2 isolates and the T. denticola strains. For each of the endonucleases used, identical band patterns were always observed for this group of isolates, and these patterns differed persistently from the T. denticola strains. For the 1:2:1 strains, up to 11 distinct bands were observed after digestion with HindIII, whereas a maximum of 6 bands were observed when PstI or ClaI was used. By using ClaI, the examined 1:2:1 isolates were separated into 8 groups, whereas PstI and HindIII separated these isolates into 5 groups. The ribotyping showed that the tested 1:2:1 spirochetes were more heterogeneous than the 2:4:2 spirochetes examined.
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