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ToolsO'Grady, Justin, Lacey, Katrina, Glynn, Barry, Smith, Terry J, Barry, Thomas and Maher, Majella (2009) tmRNA - a novel high-copy-number RNA diagnostic target - its application for Staphylococcus aureus detection using real-time NASBA. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 301 (2). pp. 218-223. ISSN 1574-6968
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A real-time nucleic acid sequence-based amplification assay, targeting tmRNA, was designed for the rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus. The selectivity of the assay was confirmed against a panel of 76 Staphylococcus strains and species and 22 other bacterial species. A detection limit of 1 cell equivalent was determined for the assay. A chimeric in vitro transcribed internal amplification control was developed and included in the assay. Application of the assay in natural and artificially contaminated unpasteurized (raw) milk enabled detection of 1-10 CFUS. aureus mL(-1) in 3-4 h, without the need for culture enrichment. Staphylococcus aureus was detected in all artificially contaminated milk samples (n=20) and none of the natural milk samples (n=20). Microbiological analysis of the natural milk samples was performed in parallel according to ISO 6888-3 and confirmed the absence of S. aureus. The method developed in this study has the potential to enable the specific detection of S. aureus in raw milk in a significantly shorter time frame than current standard methods. The assay further demonstrates the usefulness of tmRNA/ssrA as a nucleic acid diagnostic target.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| Depositing User: | Sophie Buckingham |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Mar 2013 10:29 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Dec 2022 12:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/41782 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01822.x |
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