Rapid procedure for isolation of plasmid DNA and application to epidemiological analysis
- 1 October 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 20 (4), 608-613
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.20.4.608-613.1984
Abstract
A rapid and simple plasmid isolation procedure was developed for the epidemiological analysis of plasmid-mediated antimicrobial resistance. By this method, plasmid DNA ranging in MW between 2.0 and 122 .times. 106 could be detected. Various bacteria, such as strains of the family Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus, could be analyzed. The plasmid DNA obtained could be directly used for restriction endonuclease analysis without further purification. This method made it possible to analyze several cultures at the same time.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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