Single-nucleotide-polymorphism-specific PCR for quantification and discrimination of Chlamydia pneumoniae genotypes
Jan Rupp1, Werner Solbach, Jens Gieffers
1Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck, Germany.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|May 5, 2006
Abstract:
Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are targets to discriminate intraspecies diversity of bacteria and to correlate a genotype with a potential pathotype. Quantification of polygenotypic populations supports this task for in vitro and in vivo applications. We present a novel assay capable of quantifying mixtures of two genotypes differing by only one SNP.

