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Comparison of various repetitive DNA elements as genetic markers for strain differentiation and epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Unit Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.

ABSTRACT

Five different genetic elements have been found to be associated with genetic rearrangements in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains. Of these elements, the insertion sequence IS6110 is presently the most frequently used genetic marker for strain differentiation of M. tuberculosis. In the present study we compared five genetic elements for their potentials to differentiate a given cluster of M. tuberculosis strains. Because of the presence of only a single copy of IS6110 or two IS6110 copies at the same chromosomal locus, a large number of strains could not be differentiated by IS6110 fingerprinting. Most strains, including the low-copy-number IS6110 strains, could be differentiated by fingerprinting with the 36-bp direct repeat or the polymorphic GC-rich repetitive DNA element. Less discriminative power was obtained with the major polymorphic tandem repeat and the insertion element IS1081. One strain which did not contain IS6110 DNA was encountered. Until now, this element has invariantly been found to be present in all M. tuberculosis complex strains. On the basis of classical taxonomic criteria and sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene, this strain was shown to be a genuine M. tuberculosis strain. Therefore, the use of this element as a target for polymerase chain reaction-facilitated detection of M. tuberculosis should be reconsidered.

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