Mycoplasma protocols /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Miles, Roger (Roger J.), Nicholas, Robin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [1998]
Series:Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) ; v. 104.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The medical significance of mycoplasmas
  • The veterinary significance of mycoplasmas
  • Recovery of human mycoplasmas
  • Recovery of mycoplasmas from animals
  • Recovery of mycoplasmas from birds
  • Cultivation of ureaplasmas
  • Quality control testing of mycoplasma media
  • Biochemical characteristics in mycoplasma identification
  • Enzyme analysis : the rationale and use of enzyme assays in assigning function to gene nucleotide sequences and the procedures for the assay of three enzymatic functions conserved in mollicutes
  • Determination of substrate utilization rates by mycoplasmas
  • Serological identification of mycoplasmas by growth and metalbolism inhibition tests
  • Identification of mycoplasmas by dot immunobinding on membrane filtration (MF Dot)
  • Identification of mycoplasmas by immunoflurescence
  • Diagnostic application of monoclonal antibody (MAb)-based sandwich ELISAs
  • Immunohistochemical staining of fixed tissues
  • Extraction of DNA from mycoplasmas
  • Characterization of mycoplasmas by PCR and sequence analysis with universal 16S rDNA primers
  • PCR and RFLP methods for specific detection and identification of mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC
  • Characterization of mycoplasmas by RAPD fingerprinting
  • Classification of isolates by DNA-DNA hybridization
  • Insertion sequence analysis
  • Detection of mycoplasmas in cell cultures by cultural methods
  • Detection of mycoplasmas in cell culture by fluorescence methods
  • Transformation of mycoplasmas
  • Transposon mutagenesis
  • Demonstration of extrachromosomal elements
  • Expression of foreign genes in acholeplasma laidlawii
  • Mycoplasma gene expression in Escherichia coli
  • Polyacrylamide gel-electrophoresis seperation of whole-cell proteins
  • Immunological and biochemical characterization of membrane proteins
  • Detection and analysis of mycoplasma adhesins
  • Transmission electron microscopy and immunogold staining of mollicute surface antigens