Volume 29, Number 2—February 2023
Research
Novel Species of Brucella Causing Human Brucellosis, French Guiana
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Figure 2. PCR typing of newly discovered Brucella isolates obtained from 2 patients in French Guiana, 2020. Genomic DNA from bacterial isolates BRSO-2020-213 and BRSO-2021-230 (numbers in bold) were used as a template for Bruce-Ladder (5) (A) or Suis-Ladder (6) (B) multiplex PCR. The profiles obtained after agarose gel electrophoresis were compared with the profile of type strains 16M (Brucella melitensis), 2308 (B. abortus), 1330 (B. suis bv1), Thomsen (B. suis bv2), 686 (B. suis bv3), 40 (B. suis bv4), 513 (B. suis bv5), RM6/66 (B. canis), Rev1 (B. melitensis vaccine strain), F8/08–60 (B. papionis), CCM 4915 (B. microti), or 5K33 (B. neotomae). Molecular-weight size markers in bp are shown at left. bv, biovar; Ø, negative control.
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