TherRNAgeneticlocusisfoundinallprokaryoticorganisms,andishighlyconservative,althoughitsrelativelystablevariationsarefoundfrequentlyindifferentbacteria.Theutilityofthislocusasataxonomicandphylogenetictoolhasbeenreportedwidely.Thisstudy,aimedat16SrRNAgene(16SrDNA)andwiththehelpofbiomolecularmethods,attemptedtoachievethegoalofrapididentificationofcommonpathogensInthisstudy,333clinicalisolatedpathogenicbacteriawerecollected。TwopairsofprimerswerechosenandlabeledwithdifferentfluorescentdyesandthenusedtoamplifythegenomicDNAextractedfrombacteria.ThePCRproductswerethendetectedbycapillaryelectrophoresis-singlestrandconformationpolymorphism(CE-SSCP).Inordertopursuehigherresolutionandpeak-separationeffect,ahighefficientseparatingmedium,linerpolyacrylamidedel(LPA),wasputtouseinthisstudy.Finally,everybacteriacolonygenerateddistinctpatternsfromeachother,whichwereeasilytobeusedforidentification.TheseresultsindicatedthatPCR-CE-SSCPwasarapididentificationmethodforbacterialidentification,withtheaspectsofhighefficiencyandhighprecision.Comparedwithtraditionalmethod,thistechnologyisofgreatutilityforclinicaluseespeciallyforitshighsensitivity.
