SPECIES-SPECIFIC GENETIC IDENTIFICATION OF MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS

摘要

An M. paratuberculosis gene referred to as hspX provides a useful target region for the construction of suitable probes and primers that are speciesspecific for distinguishing M. paratuberculosis from related mycobacteria in a test sample. The Figure is a schematic diagram that shows a BamHI fragment containing the hspX open reading frame, as well as the position of an M. paratuberculosis species-specific probe (MP probe). M. paratuberculosis is the causative agent of Johne's disease and has been isolated from human patients with Crohn's disease.