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The Use of Whole-cell DNA Probes for the Identification of Bacteroides intermedius Isolates in a Dot Blot Assay

Departments of Oral Biology and Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

L. Strockbine

Departments of Oral Biology and Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

P. Braham

Departments of Oral Biology and Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

J. Karlinsey

Departments of Oral Biology and Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

M.C. Roberts

Department of Pathobiology, Public Health & Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

Bacteroides intermedius includes two distinct groups of organisms that are phenotypically indistinguishable by conventional methods. These two groups are represented by the type strain of the species ATCC 25611^T (B. intermedius type I) and by ATCC 33563 (B. intermedius type II). Members of each group can be distinguished from each other by analysis of the cellular protein composition by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and by DNA-DNA homology studies, because they share less than 40% homology. The purpose of this study was to prepare specific DNA probes for the two groups of Bacteroides intermedius and to test them against field isolates. Whole-cell DNA probes were prepared from B. intermedius types I and II and tested against 253 field strains of Bacteroides which had been identified by conventional phenotypic tests as B. intermedius. Of these, 170 (67%) hybridized with the B. intermedius type I DNA probe, 28 (11%) with the type II, and 23 (9%) failed to react with the B. intermedius probes but did hybridize with either B. melaninogenicus, B. loescheii, or B. corporis whole-cell DNA probes. The 32 (13%) remaining isolates failed to hybridize with any of the fzve Bacteroides probes or with probes to B. asaccharolyticus, B. buccae, B. buccalis, B. denticola, B. gingivalis, B. oralis, or B. oris. These data demonstrate the usefulness of whole-cell DNA probes for the identification of phenotypically similar or identical field isolates.

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 67, No. 10, 1267-1270 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345880670100401


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