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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2004, p. 4727-4732, Vol. 70, No. 8
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.8.4727-4732.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Detection and Quantification of the Red Tide Dinoflagellate Karenia brevis by Real-Time Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification

Erica T. Casper, John H. Paul,* Matthew C. Smith, and Michael Gray

College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701

Received 22 December 2003/ Accepted 8 April 2004

Nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA) is an isothermal method of RNA amplification that has been previously used in clinical diagnostic testing. A real-time NASBA assay has been developed for the detection of rbcL mRNA from the red tide dinoflagellate Karenia brevis. This assay is sensitive to one K. brevis cell and 1.0 fg of in vitro transcript, with occasional detection of lower concentrations of transcript. The assay did not detect rbcL mRNA from a wide range of nontarget organisms and environmental clones, while 10 strains (all tested) of K. brevis were detected. By the use of standard curves based on time to positivity, concentrations of K. brevis in environmental samples were predicted by NASBA and classified into different levels of blooms per the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) system. NASBA classification matched FWC classification (based on cell counts) 72% of the time. Those samples that did not match were off by only one class. NASBA is sensitive, rapid, and effective and may be used as an additional or alternative method to detect and quantify K. brevis in the marine environment.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. Phone: (727) 553-1168. Fax: (727) 553-1189. E-mail: jpaul{at}marine.usf.edu.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2004, p. 4727-4732, Vol. 70, No. 8
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.8.4727-4732.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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