TABLE 1.
List of bacterial species and PCR-RFLP patterns of 158 study strains
| Species | Reference straina | No. of clinical strains | RFLP pattern (band sizes [bp])
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| DdeI | TaqI | BsrI | |||
| Arcobacter butzleri | ATCC 49616 | 13 | A1 (421, 353, 183) | A1a (795, 135, 120) | |
| Arcobacter cryaerophilus | ATCC 43158 | 2 | A1 (421, 353, 183) | A1b (725, 201, 135) | |
| Arcobacter skirrowii | ATCC 51400 | 9 | A1 (421, 353, 183) | A1c (915, 135) | |
| Arcobacter butzleri-like | CDC 2887 | 3 | A2 (421, 353, 125) | ||
| Campylobacter coli | NCTC 11353 | 16 | C1 (272, 247, 153, 120, 95) | C1ab (572, 247, 224) | |
| Campylobacter jejuni | NCTC 11847 | 19 | C1 (272, 247, 153, 120, 95) | C1ab (572, 247, 224) | |
| Campylobacter lari | NCTC 11352 | 6 | C1 (272, 247, 153, 120, 95) | C1b (470, 247, 225, 83) | |
| Campylobacter concisus | ATCC 33237 | 4 | C2 (553, 264, 244) | ||
| Campylobacter curvus | ATCC 35224 | 0 | C3 (515, 405, 265) | ||
| Campylobacter helveticus | ATCC 51209 | 1 | C4 (427, 151, 140, 109, 96) | ||
| Campylobacter hyointestinalis | ATCC 35217 | 6 | C5 (704, 208, 91) | C5a (590, 220, 160, 105) | |
| Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus | ATCC 27374 | 4 | C5 (704, 208, 91) | C5a (590, 220, 160, 105) | |
| Campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis | ATCC 19438 | 0 | C5 (704, 208, 91) | C5a (590, 220, 160, 105) | |
| Campylobacter mucosalis | ATCC 43264 | 0 | C6 (425, 263, 205) | ||
| Campylobacter sputorum subsp. bubulus | ATCC 33662 | 1 | C7 (750, 380, 110) | ||
| Campylobacter sputorum subsp. fecalis | ATCC 33771 | 0 | C7 (750, 380, 110) | ||
| Campylobacter sputorum subsp. sputorum | ATCC 35980 | 0 | C7 (750, 380, 110) | ||
| Campylobacter upsaliensis | ATCC 43954 | 16 | C8 (425, 248, 145, 108, 95) | ||
| Helicobacter bilis | ATCC 51630 | 0 | H1 (730, 260, 150) | ||
| Helicobacter canis | ATCC 51401 | 2 | H2 (750, 230) | H2a (546, 238, 125, 100) | |
| Helicobacter cinaedi | ATCC 35683 | 6 | H2 (750, 230) | H2a (546, 238, 125, 100) | |
| Helicobacter muridarum | ATCC 49282 | 2 | H2 (750, 230) | H2b (362, 231, 183, 138) | |
| Helicobacter pullorum | ATCC 51802 | 17 | H2 (750, 230) | H2c (542, 233, 145, 117) | |
| Helicobacter fennelliae | ATCC 35684 | 0 | H3 (750, 280, 170, 140) | ||
| Helicobacter mustelae | ATCC 43772 | 1 | H4 (618, 234, 123) | ||
| Helicobacter pylori | ATCC 43504 | 4 | H5 (517, 257, 102, 75) | ||
a
ATCC, American Type Culture Collection; NCTC, National Collection of Type Cultures; CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Ga.).
b
Hippuricase PCR was used to differentiate between C. coli and C. jejuni.