Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/42229
Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: Identification and molecular analysis of yeast in droppings of domestic pigeons in Montes Claros, Brazil.
Authors: Josiane dos Santos
Alessandra Rejane Ericsson de Oliveira Xavier
Mauro Aparecido de Sousa Xavier
Léia Cardoso
Sérgio Avelino Mota Nobre
Ricardo Rodrigues Bacchi
Carlos Humbertp Chamone Cangussu
Anna Christina de Almeida
Luciana Nobre Leite
Nair Amélia Prates Barreto
Abstract: Pigeon droppings carry microorganisms such as Candida spp., which have high genetic variability and are the most common opportunistic pathogens in humans. There is a need to establish fast, reliable and simple laboratory methods to differentiate pathogenic from non-pathogenic yeast species in pigeon droppings, as they can be a source of contamination for humans. We examined yeasts isolated from domestic pigeon droppings through a proteomic approach using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI-TOF). We also examined genetic characteristics of the isolates by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) PCR and enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus sequences PCR methods. Five colonies isolated from domestic pigeon droppings collected at three different sampling locations on the roof of a Brazilian university building were identified as Candida krusei and Candida rugosa by MALDI-TOF. Phylogenetic studies using the two PCR-based molecular methods were able to differentiate the species C. krusei and C. rugosa into different groups. These genomic methods gave similar results and proved useful for genetic diversity analysis and interspecific differentiation of Candida isolates.
Subject: Levedos
Filogenia
language: eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Brasil
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials: UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department: ICA - INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS
Rights: Acesso Aberto
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: https://doi.org/10.4238/gmr18521
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/42229
Issue Date: 2020
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://www.geneticsmr.com/articles/identification-and-molecular-analysis-yeasts-found-domestic-pigeon-droppings-montes-claros
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Genetics and Molecular Research
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