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Lett Appl Microbiol ; 63(4): 282-8, 2016 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27473388

ABSTRACT

UNLABELLED: Yersinia enterocolitica is currently divided into two subspecies: subsp. enterocolitica including highly pathogenic strains of biotype 1B and subsp. palearctica including nonpathogenic strains of biotype 1A and moderately pathogenic strains of biotypes 2-5. In this work, we characterized 162 Y. enterocolitica strains of biotype 1A and 50 strains of biotypes 2-4 isolated from human, animal and food samples by restriction fragment length polymorphism using the HindIII restriction enzyme. Phylogenetic relatedness of 20 representative Y. enterocolitica strains including 15 biotype 1A strains was further studied by the multilocus sequence analysis of four housekeeping genes (glnA, gyrB, recA and HSP60). In all the analyses, biotype 1A strains formed a separate genomic group, which differed from Y. enterocolitica subsp. enterocolitica and from the strains of biotypes 2-4 of Y. enterocolitica subsp. palearctica. Based on these results, biotype 1A strains considered nonpathogenic should not be included in subspecies palearctica containing pathogenic strains of biotypes 2-5. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Yersinia enterocolitica strains are currently divided into six biotypes and two subspecies. Strains of biotype 1A, which are phenotypically and genotypically very heterogeneous, are classified as subspecies palearctica. In this study, European Y. enterocolitica 1A strains isolated from both human and nonhuman sources were characterized using restriction fragment length polymorphism and multilocus sequence analysis. The European biotype 1A strains formed a separate group, which differed from strains belonging to subspecies enterocolitica and palearctica. This may indicate that the current division between the two subspecies is not sufficient considering the strain diversity within Y. enterocolitica.


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Multilocus Sequence Typing/methods , Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length/genetics , Yersinia enterocolitica/classification , Yersinia enterocolitica/genetics , Animals , Chaperonin 60/genetics , DNA Gyrase/genetics , Food Microbiology , Genotype , Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase/genetics , Humans , Phylogeny , Rec A Recombinases/genetics , Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific)/metabolism , Yersinia Infections/microbiology , Yersinia enterocolitica/isolation & purification
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Int J Food Microbiol ; 129(2): 150-6, 2009 Feb 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19095324

ABSTRACT

Non-pathogenic Yersinia pseudotuberculosis-like strains were recovered from Finnish food and environmental samples. These strains could not be differentiated from Y. pseudotuberculosis strains using API 20E or other phenotypical tests. However, all of the strains were inv-, and virF-negative with polymerase chain reaction (PCR), while all Y. pseudotuberculosis strains used as controls were inv-positive and fresh Y. pseudotuberculosis strains were also virF-positive, indicating that the Y. pseudotuberculosis-like strains were non-pathogenic. Using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) with NotI enzyme and ribotyping with EcoRI and HindIII enzymes, the Y. pseudotuberculosis-like strains, which grouped genetically together, could be differentiated from true Y. pseudotuberculosis strains and from strains belonging to other sucrose-negative Yersinia species. In addition, the O-antigen gene cluster of one Y. pseudotuberculosis-like strain was characterized, and it differed from those of known Y. pseudotuberculosis serotypes. This study demonstrates that identification of Y. pseudotuberculosis from food and environmental sources using solely biochemical reactions can be incorrect, and when a strain cannot be serotyped to known Y. pseudotuberculosis serotypes, the pathogenic potential of isolates should be determined.


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Environmental Microbiology , Food Contamination/analysis , Food Microbiology , Yersinia pseudotuberculosis/isolation & purification , Bacterial Typing Techniques , Base Sequence , Colony Count, Microbial , DNA, Bacterial/chemistry , DNA, Bacterial/genetics , Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field , O Antigens/genetics , Ribotyping , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Serotyping , Virulence/genetics , Yersinia pseudotuberculosis/classification , Yersinia pseudotuberculosis/genetics , Yersinia pseudotuberculosis/pathogenicity
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