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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2000, p. 1615-1622, Vol. 38, No. 4
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Genetic Structure of Population of Bacillus cereus and B. thuringiensis Isolates Associated with Periodontitis and Other Human Infections

Erlendur Helgason,1,2 Dominique A. Caugant,2 Ingar Olsen,3 and Anne-Brit Kolstø1,*

Biotechnology Centre of Oslo and Institute of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo,1 Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Public Health, 0462 Oslo,2 and Department of Oral Biology, University of Oslo, 0317 Oslo,3 Norway

Received 22 September 1999/Returned for modification 8 December 1999/Accepted 29 December 1999

The genetic diversity and relationships among 35 Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis isolates recovered from marginal and apical periodontitis in humans and from various other human infections were investigated using multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. The strains were isolated in Norway, except for three strains isolated from periodontitis patients in Brazil. The genetic diversity of these strains was compared to that of 30 isolates from dairies in Norway and Finland. Allelic variation in 13 structural gene loci encoding metabolic enzymes was analyzed. Twelve of the 13 loci were polymorphic, and 48 unique electrophoretic types (ETs) were identified, representing multilocus genotypes. The mean genetic diversity among the 48 genotypes was 0.508. The genetic diversity of each source group of isolates varied from 0.241 (periodontal infection) to 0.534 (dairy). Cluster analysis revealed two major groups separated at a genetic distance of greater than 0.6. One cluster, ETs 1 to 13, included solely isolates from dairies, while the other cluster, ETs 14 to 49, included all of the human isolates as well as isolates from dairies in Norway and Finland. The isolates were serotyped using antiflagellar antiserum. A total of 14 distinct serotypes were observed. However, little association between serotyping and genotyping was seen. Most of the strains were also analyzed with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, showing the presence of extrachromosomal DNA in the size range of 15 to 600 kb. Our results indicate a high degree of heterogeneity among dairy strains. In contrast, strains isolated from humans had their genotypes in one cluster. Most strains from patients with periodontitis belonged to a single lineage, suggesting that specific clones of B. cereus and B. thuringiensis are associated with oral infections.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Biotechnology Centre of Oslo, University of Oslo, PB 1125, 0316 Oslo, Norway. Phone: 47 22958460. Fax: 47 22694130. E-mail: annebko{at}biotek.uio.no.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2000, p. 1615-1622, Vol. 38, No. 4
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