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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 1999, p. 5421-5426, Vol. 65, No. 12
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Precise Detection and Tracing of Trichoderma hamatum 382 in Compost-Amended Potting Mixes by Using Molecular Markers

Pervaiz A. Abbasi,dagger Sally A. Miller,* Tea Meulia, Harry A. J. Hoitink, and Jin-Man KimDagger

Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691

Received 1 July 1999/Accepted 21 September 1999

Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis and the PCR assay were used in combination with dilution plating on a semiselective medium to detect and enumerate propagules of Trichoderma hamatum 382, a biocontrol agent utilized in compost-amended mixes. Distinct and reproducible fingerprints were obtained upon amplification of purified genomic DNA of T. hamatum 382 with the random primers OPE-16, OPH-19, and OPH-20. Three amplified DNA fragments of 0.35 (OPE-160.35), 0.6 (OPH-190.6), and 0.65 (OPH-200.65) kb were diagnostic for T. hamatum 382, clearly distinguishing it from 53 isolates of four other Trichoderma spp. tested. Some isolates of T. hamatum shared these low-molecular-weight fragments with T. hamatum 382. However, RAPD analysis of isolates of T. hamatum with all three random primers used in consecutive PCR tests distinguished T. hamatum 382 from other isolates of T. hamatum. These three RAPD amplicons were cloned and sequenced, and pairs of oligonucleotide primers for each cloned fragment were designed. Use of the primers in the PCR assay resulted in the amplification of DNA fragments of the same size as the cloned RAPD fragments from genomic DNA of T. hamatum 382. A combination of dilution plating on a semiselective medium for Trichoderma spp. and PCR, with the RAPD primers OPH-19, OPE-16, and OPH-20 or the three sequence-characterized primers, was used successfully to verify the presence of T. hamatum 382 propagules in nine different soil, compost, and potting mix samples. All 23 Trichoderma isolates recovered on semiselective medium from commercial potting mixes fortified with T. hamatum 382 were identified as T. hamatum 382, whereas 274 Trichoderma isolates recovered from the other nine samples were negative in the PCR assay. Thus, this highly specific combination of techniques allowed detection and enumeration of propagules of T. hamatum 382 in fortified compost-amended potting mixes. Sequence-characterized amplified region markers also facilitated the development of a very simple procedure to amplify DNA of T. hamatum 382 directly from fortified compost-amended potting mixes.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University/OARDC, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691. Phone: (330) 263-3678. Fax: (330) 263-3841. E-mail: miller.769{at}osu.edu.

dagger Present address: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, SCPFRC, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3 Canada.

Dagger Present address: Department of Biological Engineering, Yosu National University, San 96-1, Doonduck-dong, Yosu, CheonNam 550-250, Korea.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 1999, p. 5421-5426, Vol. 65, No. 12
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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