Specificity of a Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron marker for human feces

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2005 Aug;71(8):4945-9. doi: 10.1128/AEM.71.8.4945-4949.2005.

Abstract

A bacterial primer set, known to produce a 542-bp amplicon specific for Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, generated this product in PCR with 1 ng of extracted DNA from 92% of 25 human fecal samples, 100% of 20 sewage samples, and 16% of 31 dog fecal samples. The marker was not detected in 1 ng of fecal DNA from 61 cows, 35 horses, 44 pigs, 24 chickens, 29 turkeys, and 17 geese.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Domestic / microbiology
  • Bacteroides / genetics*
  • Cattle
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis*
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification
  • Dogs
  • Feces / microbiology*
  • Genetic Markers / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sewage / microbiology
  • Water Pollution / analysis*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Genetic Markers
  • Sewage