HYBRIDIZATION PROBES WHICH DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN STREPTOMYCETES AND MADUROMYCETES

摘要

The invention provides a method to differentiate between bacteria from the maduromycetes and the streptomycetes taxa using a specific nucleic acid probe that is complementary to a conserved region of the maduromycetes 16S rRNA genes. The probe permits the rapid detection of DNA coding for the 16S rRNA in a sample differentiating streptomycetes from maduromycetes within the Actinomycetales order. The method is accurate and reproducible.