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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2008, p. 1019-1025, Vol. 46, No. 3
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02058-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Genetic Classification and Distinguishing of Staphylococcus Species Based on Different Partial gap, 16S rRNA, hsp60, rpoB, sodA, and tuf Gene Sequences{triangledown}

B. Ghebremedhin,*{dagger} F. Layer,{dagger} W. König, and B. König

Otto-von-Guericke University, Clinical Microbiology, Magdeburg, Germany

Received 23 October 2007/ Returned for modification 7 December 2007/ Accepted 24 December 2007

The analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences has been the technique generally used to study the evolution and taxonomy of staphylococci. However, the results of this method do not correspond to the results of polyphasic taxonomy, and the related species cannot always be distinguished from each other. Thus, new phylogenetic markers for Staphylococcus spp. are needed. We partially sequenced the gap gene (~931 bp), which encodes the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, for 27 Staphylococcus species. The partial sequences had 24.3 to 96% interspecies homology and were useful in the identification of staphylococcal species (F. Layer, B. Ghebremedhin, W. König, and B. König, J. Microbiol. Methods 70:542-549, 2007). The DNA sequence similarities of the partial staphylococcal gap sequences were found to be lower than those of 16S rRNA (~97%), rpoB (~86%), hsp60 (~82%), and sodA (~78%). Phylogenetically derived trees revealed four statistically supported groups: S. hyicus/S. intermedius, S. sciuri, S. haemolyticus/S. simulans, and S. aureus/epidermidis. The branching of S. auricularis, S. cohnii subsp. cohnii, and the heterogeneous S. saprophyticus group, comprising S. saprophyticus subsp. saprophyticus and S. equorum subsp. equorum, was not reliable. Thus, the phylogenetic analysis based on the gap gene sequences revealed similarities between the dendrograms based on other gene sequences (e.g., the S. hyicus/S. intermedius and S. sciuri groups) as well as differences, e.g., the grouping of S. arlettae and S. kloosii in the gap-based tree. From our results, we propose the partial sequencing of the gap gene as an alternative molecular tool for the taxonomical analysis of Staphylococcus species and for decreasing the possibility of misidentification.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Otto-von-Guericke University, Clinical Microbiology, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, Germany. Phone: 49-391-6713328. Fax: 49-391-6717802. E-mail: beniam.ghebremedhin{at}med.ovgu.de

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 3 January 2008.

{dagger} These authors contributed equally to this work.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2008, p. 1019-1025, Vol. 46, No. 3
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02058-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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