Genotyping of Salmonella spp. by random amplified polymorphic DNA and fluorescent amplified fragment Length polymorphism analysis
Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (FAFLP) analyses were executed on a total of 28 Salmonella spp., including 6 ATCC reference strains, 2 isolates from outbreaks of food poisoning in Gwangju, and 20 isolates from carcasses. For RAPD analysis, four primers, named P1254, 23L, OPA-4, OPB-17 were used producing amplification fragments ranged from 0.18kb to 2.6kb. As a result, 5 types using P1254, 5 types using 23L, 3 types using OPA-4, and 6 types using OPB-17 and a total of 18 RAPD types were achieved. For FAFLP analysis, bacterial genomic DNA was digested with endonucleases EcoRⅠ and MseⅠ, site-specific adaptors were ligated, and PCR amplification was carried out with an EcoR1 adaptor-specific primer labelled with fluorescent dye. Amplified fragments, which were separated on a polyacrylamide sequencing gel ranged from 35bp to 300bp were analysed. Results were displayed as a dendrogram with genetic distance. Twenty two Salmonella isolates and 6 reference strains were divided into 14 groups in a level of 0.136 genetic distance. In conclusion, Salmonella isolates of chicken carcasses have different genetic properties when compared to reference strains and isolates from outbreak of food poisoning.