Optimisation of transverse alternating field electrophoresis for strain identification of Leuconostoc oenos
1993
Daniel, P. | Waele, E. de | Hallet, J.N.
Genomic DNA of several strains of oenological lactic bacteria belonging to the species Lactobacillus plantarum, Leuconostoc oenos and Pediococcus pentosaceus was digested by the rare-cutting endonucleases ApaI and SmaI. The restriction products were separated by transverse alternating field electrophoresis (TAFE). The size of the genome of L. oenos estimated by adding the molecular size of the ApaI fragments was on average 1320 kb. A strong polymorphism was observed between the strains, which could be easily differentiated except for two industrial strains of L. oenos. A simple modification of the TAFE apparatus is proposed to improve the separation of the DNA fragments.
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