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In this study, two designed primers were evaluated to identify soil Streptomyces and to detect streptomycin production by strb1 targeted PCR. Potential Streptomyces-specific signatures were identified in their 16S rDNA sequences in regions located around nucleotide positions 576 and 995. Primer pair RI7/RI8 derived from these regions was investigated for its specificity in detecting and identifying Streptomyces isolates by PCR assays using DNA from pure cultures. The constructed primer pair showed high specificity in detecting and identifying Streptomyces type strains as well as soil isolates. Streptomycin-producers were detected by PCR assays through the selective amplification of streptomycin biosynthetic gene (strb1). Results suggest that PCR assay facilitates the differential identification of Streptomyces-specific antibiotic producers and a resident population of Streptomyces in Jordan with the capacity of streptomycin-production is present.
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Curr Microbiol
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Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Life Science, Kyonggi University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea.
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Department of BioSciences, Rice University, MS-140, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.
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September 2025
The Regional Department of Clinical Microbiology, Zealand University Hospital-Koege, Køge, Denmark.
Sequencing of the 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene is an important tool in addition to conventional methods for the identification of bacterial pathogens in human infections. In polymicrobial samples, Sanger sequencing can produce uninterpretable chromatograms. This limitation can be overcome by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) of the 16S rRNA gene.
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SKL of Marine Food Processing & Safety Control, National Engineering Research Center of Seafood, School of Food Science and Technology, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, China. Electronic address:
In the present study, cockles were utilized as the raw material to investigate how different salt concentrations and fermentation periods influence the physicochemical indices, microbial community shifts, and volatile flavor components of cockle paste. Through the analysis of volatile flavor substances via GC-IMS, a total of 77 volatile flavor compounds were identified, among which aldehydes accounted for the largest proportion. High-throughput 16S rDNA sequencing was applied to decode the composition of dominant microbiota in the cockle paste samples.
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