A quantitative competitive polymerase chain reaction (QCPCR) assay was developed for the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus. PCR primers for the rRNA gene region of P. marinus amplified DNA isolated from P. marinus but not from Perkinsus atlanticus, Crassostrea virginica, or the dinoflagellates Peridinium sp., Gymnodinium sp., or Amphidinium sp. A mutagenic primer was used to create a competitor plasmid molecule identical to the P. marinus target DNA sequence except for a 13-bp deletion. Both P. marinus and competitor DNA amplified with equivalent efficiencies. Each of 25 oysters was processed by 5 P. marinus diagnostic methods—Ray's fluid thioglycollate medium (FTM) tissue assay, FTM hemolymph assay, whole oyster body burden assay, QCPCR of combined gill and mantle (gill/mantle) tissue, and QCPCR of hemolymph. The QCPCR assay enabled detection of 0.01 fg of P. marinus DNA in 1.0 µg of oyster tissue. QCPCR of gill/mantle tissue or hemolymph as well as the body burden assay detected infections in 24 of 25 oysters. Ray's FTM tissue assay detected only 19 infections. The FTM hemolymph assay detected only 22 infections. Regression analysis of QCPCR results and FTM results indicated that the QCPCR assays were effective in quantitating P. marinus infections in oyster tissues.
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August 01 2000
A QUANTITATIVE COMPETITIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION ASSAY FOR THE OYSTER PATHOGEN PERKINSUS MARINUS
Heather A. Yarnall;
Heather A. Yarnall
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, School of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062
*Present address: HHMI/Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030.
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Kimberly S. Reece;
Kimberly S. Reece
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, School of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062
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Nancy A. Stokes;
Nancy A. Stokes
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, School of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062
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Eugene M. Burreson
Eugene M. Burreson
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, School of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062
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J Parasitol (2000) 86 (4): 827–837.
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Heather A. Yarnall, Kimberly S. Reece, Nancy A. Stokes, Eugene M. Burreson; A QUANTITATIVE COMPETITIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION ASSAY FOR THE OYSTER PATHOGEN PERKINSUS MARINUS. J Parasitol 1 August 2000; 86 (4): 827–837. doi: https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0827:AQCPCR]2.0.CO;2
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