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[Molecular detection of Penicillium griseofulvum as the coastal pollution indicator]. 2010

Shumeng Bai, and Li Tian, and Zhengping Shi, and Ning Liu, and Jiuming Zhang

First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao 266061, China.

OBJECTIVE PCR method was used to detect Penicillium griseofulvum, a dominant species in marine contaminated sediments and thereby to deduce the contamination degree. METHODS According to differences in internal transcribed space (ITS) sequences of Penicillium genus and specific IAO sequence, we designed species-specific primers AS1/RS4 and IAO1/IAO2 of Penicillium griseofulvum and established the corresponding PCR systems. By using PCR and nested-PCR, the detection sensitivity was compared. RESULTS The primers could exclusively amplify destined DNA fragment from environment. Using AS1/RS4 as primers, the detection sensitivity could be 10 fg/microL and 10 spores. The detection sensitivity for the sediments was 10(2) spores/0.25 g sediments. While the detection was unsensitive when using IAO1/IAO2 as primers. CONCLUSIONS It is feasible that the species-specific primers be used as probes for the detection of environmental pollution dominant species, Penicillium griseofulvum, because the frequency of occurrence and amount of this strain could preferably indicate the pollution degree.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010407	Penicillium	A mitosporic Trichocomaceae fungal genus that develops fruiting organs resembling a broom. When identified, teleomorphs include EUPENICILLIUM and TALAROMYCES. Several species (but especially PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM) are sources of the antibiotic penicillin.	Penicilliums
D004271	DNA, Fungal	Deoxyribonucleic acid that makes up the genetic material of fungi.	Fungal DNA
D012680	Sensitivity and Specificity	Binary classification measures to assess test results. Sensitivity or recall rate is the proportion of true positives. Specificity is the probability of correctly determining the absence of a condition. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)	Specificity,Sensitivity,Specificity and Sensitivity
D014871	Water Microbiology	The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in water. This term is not restricted to pathogenic organisms.	Microbiology, Water
D016133	Polymerase Chain Reaction	In vitro method for producing large amounts of specific DNA or RNA fragments of defined length and sequence from small amounts of short oligonucleotide flanking sequences (primers). The essential steps include thermal denaturation of the double-stranded target molecules, annealing of the primers to their complementary sequences, and extension of the annealed primers by enzymatic synthesis with DNA polymerase. The reaction is efficient, specific, and extremely sensitive. Uses for the reaction include disease diagnosis, detection of difficult-to-isolate pathogens, mutation analysis, genetic testing, DNA sequencing, and analyzing evolutionary relationships.	Anchored PCR,Inverse PCR,Nested PCR,PCR,Anchored Polymerase Chain Reaction,Inverse Polymerase Chain Reaction,Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction,PCR, Anchored,PCR, Inverse,PCR, Nested,Polymerase Chain Reactions,Reaction, Polymerase Chain,Reactions, Polymerase Chain
D017931	DNA Primers	Short sequences (generally about 10 base pairs) of DNA that are complementary to sequences of messenger RNA and allow reverse transcriptases to start copying the adjacent sequences of mRNA. Primers are used extensively in genetic and molecular biology techniques.	DNA Primer,Oligodeoxyribonucleotide Primer,Oligodeoxyribonucleotide Primers,Oligonucleotide Primer,Oligonucleotide Primers,Primer, DNA,Primer, Oligodeoxyribonucleotide,Primer, Oligonucleotide,Primers, DNA,Primers, Oligodeoxyribonucleotide,Primers, Oligonucleotide