Nucleic acid probes for the detection of mycoplasma pneumoniae and mycoplasma genitalium
First Claim
1. An isolated nucleic acid consisting of a nucleotide sequence fully complementary or identical to any one of probes 2295 (SEQ ID NO:
- 1), 2289 (SEQ ID NO;
2), 2296 (SEQ ID NO;
3), 2298 (SEQ ID NO;
4), 2299 (SEQ ID NO;
5), 2300 (SEQ ID NO;
6), and 2294 (SEQ ID NO;
7), and wherein said nucleic acid hybridizes to the 23S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) or ribosomal DNA (rDNA) of Mycoplasma pneumoniae under normal hybridization conditions and does not hybridize to rRNA or rDNA of non-Mycoplasma pneumoniae bacteria and humans under identical hybridization conditions.
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Abstract
Nucleic acid probes are described for detecting the principle etiological agent of primary atypical pneumonia, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, or, optionally, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Mycoplasma genitalium. Said probes are complementary to ribonucleic acid sequences found in these mycoplasmas and absent from other mycoplasma, other bacterial, animal, or plant genomes. As such, these probes can detect the rRNA, rDNA, or polymerase chain reaction amplification products from these mycoplasma species. This set of probes, plus the described amplification primers, circumscribe a method for detecting the etiological agents of atypical pneumonia, and for making a clinical diagnosis of this disease. This set of probes also circumscribes a method for identification of these infectious agents in culture media enrichments inoculated from clinical samples.
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22 Claims
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1. An isolated nucleic acid consisting of a nucleotide sequence fully complementary or identical to any one of probes 2295 (SEQ ID NO:
- 1), 2289 (SEQ ID NO;
2), 2296 (SEQ ID NO;
3), 2298 (SEQ ID NO;
4), 2299 (SEQ ID NO;
5), 2300 (SEQ ID NO;
6), and 2294 (SEQ ID NO;
7), and wherein said nucleic acid hybridizes to the 23S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) or ribosomal DNA (rDNA) of Mycoplasma pneumoniae under normal hybridization conditions and does not hybridize to rRNA or rDNA of non-Mycoplasma pneumoniae bacteria and humans under identical hybridization conditions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 15, 19)
- 1), 2289 (SEQ ID NO;
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3. An isolated nucleic acid consisting of a nucleotide sequence fully complementary or identical to probe 2297 (SEQ ID NO:
- 10), and wherein said nucleic acid hybridizes to the 23S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) or ribosomal DNA (rDNA) of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Mycoplasma genitalium under normal hybridization conditions and does not hybridize to rRNA or rDNA of non-Mycoplasma pneumoniae and non-Mycoplasma genitalium bacteria and humans under identical hybridization conditions.
- View Dependent Claims (16, 20)
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7. An isolated nucleic acid consisting of a nucleotide sequence fully complementary or identical to any one of probes 2162 (SEQ ID NO:
- 13), 2166 (SEQ ID NO;
16), and 2167 (SEQ ID NO;
8), which nucleic acid hybridizes to the 16S rRNA or rDNA of Mycoplasma pneumoniae or Mycoplasma genitalium under normal hybridization conditions and does not hybridize to the ribosomal RNA (rRNA) or ribosomal DNA (rDNA) of non-Mycoplasma pneumoniae and non-Mycoplasma genitalium bacteria and humans under identical hybridization conditions. - View Dependent Claims (8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 21)
- 13), 2166 (SEQ ID NO;
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9. A nucleic acid that is fully complementary or identical to any one of probes 2219 (SEQ ID NO:
- 12), 2202 (SEQ ID NO;
14), 2225 (SEQ ID NO;
19), and 2230 (SEQ ID NO;
20). - View Dependent Claims (18, 22)
- 12), 2202 (SEQ ID NO;
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