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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2005, p. 2307-2314, Vol. 43, No. 5
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.5.2307-2314.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Rapid and Accurate Identification of Human Isolates of Pasteurella and Related Species by Sequencing the sodA Gene

Anne-Lise Gautier,1 Damien Dubois,1 Françoise Escande,2 Jean-Loup Avril,1 Patrick Trieu-Cuot,3 and Olivier Gaillot1*

Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, Faculté de Médecine de Rennes, Rennes,1 Centre National des Pasteurella,2 Unité de Biologie des Bactéries Pathogènes à Gram-positif, CNRS URA 2172, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France3

Received 10 October 2004/ Returned for modification 7 January 2005/ Accepted 18 January 2005

The identification of Pasteurella and related bacteria remains a challenge. Here, a 449- to 473-bp fragment (sodAint) internal to the sodA gene, encoding the manganese-dependent superoxide dismutase, was amplified and sequenced with a single pair of degenerate primers from the type strains of Pasteurella (18 strains), Gallibacterium (1 strain), and Mannheimia (5 strains) species. The sodAint-based phylogenetic tree was in general agreement with that inferred from the analysis of the corresponding 16S rRNA gene sequences, with members of the Pasteurella sensu stricto cluster (Pasteurella multocida, Pasteurella canis, Pasteurella dagmatis, and Pasteurella stomatis) forming a monophyletic group and Gallibacterium and Mannheimia being independent monophyletic genera. However, the sodAint sequences showed a markedly higher divergence than the corresponding 16S rRNA genes, confirming that sodA is a potent target to differentiate related species. Thirty-three independent human clinical isolates phenotypically assigned to 13 Pasteurella species by a reference laboratory were successfully identified by comparing their sodAint sequences to those of the type species. In the course of this work, we identified the first Gallibacterium anatis isolate ever reported from a human clinical specimen. The sodAint sequences of the clinical isolates displayed less than 2.5% divergence from those of the corresponding type strains, except for the Pasteurella pneumotropica isolates, which were closely related to each other (>98% sodAint sequence identity) but shared only 92% sodAint identity with the type strain. The method described here provides a rapid and accurate tool for species identification of Pasteurella isolates when access to a sequencing facility is available.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Rennes 1, 35034 Rennes, France. Phone: (33) 223234759. Fax: (33) 299284159. E-mail: Olivier.Gaillot{at}univ-rennes1.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2005, p. 2307-2314, Vol. 43, No. 5
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.5.2307-2314.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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