NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES HYBRIDIZING SPECIFICALLY WITH A GENOMIC NUCLEIC SEQUENCE OF CAMPYLOBACTER

摘要

The present invention relates to a nucleic acid sequence isolated from C. coli which hybrizes specifically with the genomic nucleic acid of strains belonging to the species C. coli and which does not hybridize in usual conditions with the nucleic acids of campylobacteria which do not belong to said species, neither with the genomic nucleic acids of bacteria close to the genus Campylobacter. Fragments of said sequence may be used as specific primers for the amplification of specific sequences of Campylobacter coli and as nucleic probes specific to nucleic sequences of Campylobacter coli. The invention also relates to a method for detecting the presence of strains of Campylobacter coli in a biological sample as well as to a kit for implementing such method.