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J Clin Microbiol. 1993 May; 31(5): 1143-1147

DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium bovis strains by restriction fragment analysis and hybridization with insertion elements IS1081 and IS6110.

D M Collins, S K Erasmuson, D M Stephens, G F Yates and G W De Lisle

New Zealand Pastoral Agricultural Research Institute, Wallaceville Animal Research Centre, Upper Hutt.

ABSTRACT

Strains of Mycobacterium bovis, the causative organism of bovine tuberculosis, can be clearly distinguished from each other by restriction fragment analysis. This method of DNA fingerprinting has been used for many epidemiological studies in New Zealand, but the technique presents practical difficulties that hinder its widespread use. The insertion element IS6110 is being widely used as a DNA probe for distinguishing restriction fragment polymorphisms among strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Both this element and another recently sequenced element, IS1081, are also present in M. bovis. We assessed the usefulness of these two elements for distinguishing between 160 strains of M. bovis. These strains, most of which were isolated in New Zealand, were selected to be representative of the 95 different types that were identified among 530 strains that were previously typed by restriction fragment analysis. Fifteen IS6110 types were identified, but more than half of the strains representing 46 restriction types had the same IS6110 type. Virtually all M. bovis strains as well as strains of M. tuberculosis and Mycobacterium africanum had the same IS1081 type. The results indicate that for M. bovis, IS1081 cannot be used to type strains, IS6110 can be used to distinguish strains into broad groups, but only restriction fragment analysis is sufficiently sensitive for detailed epidemiological studies. An investigation of the host range of IS1081 revealed that, apart from its presence in species of the tuberculosis complex, it is also present in a strain of Mycobacterium xenopi.

J Clin Microbiol. 1993 May; 31(5): 1143-1147




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