International Journal of Oral Biology

The Korean Academy of Oral Biology (대한구강생물학회)
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Development of Species-Specific PCR Primers for the Detection of Streptococcus sobrinus

  • Kim, Sang-Gon (Department of Human Biology, School of Dentistry, Chosun University) ;
  • Yoo, So-Young (Department of Oral Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, Chosun University) ;
  • Kook, Joong-Ki (Department of Oral Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, Chosun University)
  • Received : 2009.12.24
  • Accepted : 2010.01.29
  • Published : 2010.03.31
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Abstract

This study was undertaken to develop species-specific forward and universal reverse PCR primers for the detection of Streptococcus sobrinus. These primers target the variable regions of the 16S ribosomal RNA coding gene (rDNA) and their specificity was tested against 10 strains of S. sobrinus strains and 20 different species of oral bacteria using serial dilutions of the purified genomic DNA of S. sobrinus ATCC $33478^T$. Our data show that species-specific amplicons were obtained from all the S. sobrinus strains tested but not from other species. Both direct and nested PCR could detect as little as 400 pg and 4 fg of genomic DNA from S. sobrinus ATCC $33478^T$, respectively. This result suggests that these PCR primers are highly specific and sensitive and applicable to the detection of S. sobrinus.

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