Application of real-time PCR assays to genotyping of F-specific phages in river water and sediments in Japan

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• 作者：Eiji Haramoto ; Masaaki Kitajima ; Hiroyuki Katayama ; Mari Asami ; Michihiro Akiba ; Shoichi Kunikane
• 关键词：F-specific phage ; Genotyping ; Human adenovirus ; Public health ; Sediment ; River water
• 刊名：Water Research
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：August 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：43
• 期：15
• 页码：3759-3764
• 全文大小：182 K

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Genotyping of F-specific RNA phages is currently one of the most promising approaches to differentiate between human and animal fecal contamination in aquatic environments. In this study, a total of 18 river water and sediment samples were collected from the Tonegawa River basin, Japan, in order to describe the genogroup distribution of F-specific RNA and DNA phages using genogroup-specific real-time PCR assays. F-specific phages were detected in nine (100 % ) river water and six (67 % ) sediment samples. Eighty-five phage plaques were isolated from these samples and subjected to real-time PCR assays specific for the phages. F-specific RNA phages of human genogroups (II and III) were detected in 32 (38 % ) plaques, whereas those of animal genogroups (I and IV) were detected in 17 (20 % ) plaques. No correlation was observed between the genogroup distribution of F-specific RNA phages and the occurrence of human adenovirus genomes, suggesting that genotyping of the phages alone is inadequate for the evaluation of the occurrence of viruses in aquatic environments. SYBR Green-based real-time PCR assay revealed the presence of F-specific DNA phages in four (5 % ) plaques, which were further classified into two genogroups (fd- and f1-like phages) by sequence analysis. Thirty-two (38 % ) plaques were not classified as the F-specific phage genogroups, indicating the limited applicability of these real-time PCR assays to a wide range of aquatic environmental samples worldwide.