Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2007, p. 3715-3718, Vol. 73, No. 11
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/AEM.02398-06
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Variable-Number Tandem Repeats as Molecular Markers for Biotypes of Pasteuria ramosa in Daphnia spp.
Laurence Mouton,1*
Guang Nong,2
James F. Preston,2 and
Dieter Ebert1
Zoologisches Institut der Universität Basel, Evolutionsbiologie, Vesalgasse 1, 4051 Basel, Switzerland,1
Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-07002
Received 11 October 2006/
Accepted 24 March 2007
Variable-number tandem repeats (VNTRs) have been identified in populations of Pasteuria ramosa, a castrating endobacterium of Daphnia species. The allelic polymorphisms at 14 loci in laboratory and geographically diverse soil samples showed that VNTRs may serve as biomarkers for the genetic characterization of P. ramosa isolates.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Zoologisches Institut der Universität Basel, Evolutionsbiologie, Vesalgasse 1, 4051 Basel, Switzerland. Phone: 41 (0)61 267 03 75. Fax: 41 (0)61 267 03 62. E-mail: laurence.mouton{at}unibas.ch
Published ahead of print on 30 March 2007.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2007, p. 3715-3718, Vol. 73, No. 11
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/AEM.02398-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2007 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.