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Appl Environ Microbiol, January 1998, p. 363-365, Vol. 64, No. 1
U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt1;
School of Hygiene and
Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
212052; and
Center of Infectious
Diseases, University of Texas, Houston, Texas3
Received 17 June 1997/Accepted 30 September 1997
Differential sensitivity for the release of PCR-detectable genomic
DNA upon boiling in water is reported for 45 Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli strains isolated in
Egypt. All of the strains released PCR-detectable DNA when treated with
proteinase K and sodium dodecyl sulfate. When DNA was extracted from
these strains by boiling in water, nine (20%) of the strains were PCR negative or resistant to boiling, suggesting the presence of
boiling-sensitive and boiling-resistant phenotypes.
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Differentiation of Campylobacter
Isolates on the Basis of Sensitivity to Boiling in Water as
Measured by PCR-Detectable DNA
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