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Abstract

A rapid method for identifying filamentous actinomycete genera was developed based on 16S rRNA gene restriction fragment patterns. The patterns were generated by using specific restriction endonucleases to perform digestions on the 16S rRNA gene sequences of all validly published filamentous actinomycete species. The method was applied to identifying actinomycete isolates from soil. Amplified 16S rDNA of soil actinomycetes was restricted with selected endonucleases and electrophoresed on agarose gels. The restriction fragment patterns of the unknown isolates were easily compared to the established patterns. Significantly, the genus could be differentiated from all other actinomycete genera by using only four restriction endonucleases, 3AI, I, I and I. This could be achieved in a time period of as little as a week, following PCR-template DNA isolation by a simple method. The identification method allowed unknown, non- soil isolates to be identified to a genus or small subgroup of genera. The genera in these subgroups could, in some cases, be distinguished by virtue of colony-morphology differences.

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