Cloning of the listeriolysin O gene and development of specific gene probes for Listeria monocytogenes.

AUTOR(ES)

Datta, A R

RESUMO

A clone containing 3.1 kb of Listeria DNA was selected from a gene library of Listeria monocytogenes Scott A strain. The Escherichia coli clone produced hemolysin on sheep blood agar and in sonicated extracts but very little in the culture supernatant. This 3.1-kb DNA fragment and a 650-bp HindIII fragment located within the listeriolysin gene were used as probes in a colony hybridization assay. Both probes were specific for L. monocytogenes and did not hybridize with any other Listeria strains at high stringency. Two synthetic probes, one from the 650-bp HindIII fragment and one from the carboxy-terminal region of the protein, were also specific for L. monocytogenes.

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