Patent Publication Number: US-6660852-B1

Title: Probe for diagnosing infectious diseases

Description:
This application is the national stage of International Application No. PCT/JP95/02036, filed Oct. 2, 1995. 
    
    
     FIELD OF THE ART 
     The present invention relates to a probe which is useful for detecting and identifying the causative bacteria of infectious diseases, especially  Streptococcus pneumoniae  which is a representative causative bacterium of bacterial pneumonia. 
     BACK GROUND ART 
     In pathology, infection is defined as an invasion and an establishment of an anchorage for growth in a host organism by a pathogenic organism (hereinafter referred to as “bacterium”). The outbreak of a disease caused by proliferation of a bacterium in vivo depends upon the interrelationship between the resistance of the host organism and the virulence of the bacterium. 
     To improve therapeutic systems for treatment of infectious diseases, especially inflammatory diseases caused by  Streptococcus pneumoniae  and the like in pulmonary lobes and bronchia, namely bacterial pneumonia, among the infectious diseases, has been urgent problem in the field of this art. Such bacterial pneumonia is triggered by an attack with bacteria, e.g.,  Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus  and the like which cause inflammation predominantly in alveoli. When suffered from bacterial pneumonia, generally from clinical aspect, inflammatory symptoms in upper airway followed by sudden chill and shiver attach, then crisis of high fever around 40° C., and terrible cough, stethalgia and sputum have appeared. 
     Further, the bacterial pneumonia is a serious and exigent infectious diseases in which severe systemic symptoms such as malaise, anorexia and headache have involved, presenting dyspnea, cyanosis, and could be accompanied by bacteremia, cerebrospinal meningitis or arthritis as the complication thereof, finally could sometimes lead to a lethal process. 
     Thus, improvement in rapid method for therapy of bacterial pneumonia has been awaited since appropriate therapy to be put into practice in early stage based on accurate and quick diagnosis is necessary. 
     Moreover, when suffered from an infectious disease including pneumonia, it has been believed that phagocytes including neutrophils, monocytes and macrophages primarily function in defense of the body, and that exuded bacteria from the texture of the phagocyte which had predominantly grown have appeared into blood. 
     In general, bacterial pneumonia is defined as a case wherein the ability of phagocytosis by cells cannot overcome the virulence of the bacteria and then the bacteria such as  Streptococcus pneumoniae  settle on the pulmonary lobe and the tissue of bronchia to cause inflammation. In conventional method for diagnosing bacterial pneumonia, the following items should be checked: 1) clinical symptoms; 2) culture of a specimen; 3) gram-staining of the bacteria contained in the specimen; and 4) shock state. After those items have been clarified, the course of therapy has been oriented. In its typical case, the above mentioned clinical symptoms, stethendoscopic findings, and increase in neutorophils, increase in acute phase response substances such as CRP (C-Reactive Protein) make speculation of diagnosis possible, however, for definitive diagnosis, the causative bacteria must be searched and determined from the specimen such as sputum, hydrothorax or blood, and then treatment must be conducted using proper antibiotics responding to the species of the bacteria. Accordingly, rapid and reliable identification of the causative bacteria has been awaited in the clinical site. 
     Additionally, novel types of pneumonia e.g., Legionellosis and  Pneumocystis carinii  pneumonia are identified, and resistant strains such as MRSA (methicillin-resistant  Staphylococcus aureus ) have been appeared recently, the importance in searching the causative bacteria have been growing. 
     However, as a matter of fact, difficulties have usually accompanied in confirming the causative bacteria. Especially, in case of community acquired pneumonia, it is known that therapy is initiated in 30-50% of the cases under such circumstances wherein the causative bacteria thereof are not clarified yet. As a method for identifying the causative bacteria in a patient who is suspected to be suffered from bacterial pneumonia, the following common procedures are adopted: employing the sample collected from sputum, secretion from upper airway, hydrothorax, topical focus, or blood as a specimen to estimate applicability of the sample as a test material by observing inflammatory cells of smear thereof, then, determining cell type by Gram staining e.g., gram negative or positive, and coccus or bacillus, and finally, culturing the bacteria using selection medium to identify the causative bacteria. 
     In accordance with this method, however, culturing the bacteria takes long time, and contamination of indigenous bacteria could not be avoided as well. Otherwise, in case that a lot of antibiotics have been administered when bacterial pneumonia had been suspected, even though bacteria are contained in the specimen, proliferation or growth would often be prevented, thus the rate of success in culturing the bacteria from the specimen has become actually quite low. 
     Although available subroutine methods including instrumental analysis method of constituents of bacteria and metabolic products by bacteria (See Yoshimi Benno, “Quick identification of bacteria with gas chromatography”, Rinsho Kensa, Vol. 29, No.12, 1618-1623, November 1985, Igaku Shoin.), a method utilizing a specific antibody (See, Japanese Patent Provisional Publication No.60-224068.), and a hybridization method utilizing a specificity of DNA (Japanese Phase Patent Provisional Publication No. 61-502376) have been developed, any of which requires separation, culturing and growing of the bacteria. 
     On the other hand, as an established method based on the function of the phagocyte in infectious diseases, there is a method to examine a stained smear of buffy coat wherein leukocytes in the blood sample are concentrated, under an optical microscope. Generally speaking, the rate of detection of bacteria in buffy coat specimens from adult bacteremia patients is 30% at most, which is similar to that in blood specimens from an earlobe. However, it was reported that in case that the patients were newborn children, bacteria had been detected in seven cases in ten cases total (70%). Therefore, information concerning the presence of bacteria in peripheral blood obtained by a microscopic examination on a smear is an important index for therapy. 
     Since the above mentioned conventional methods necessitate the pretreatment which requires at least three to four days in total including one to two days for selective isolation of bacteria from a specimen, one day for culture, and one or more days for operation of fixation, and then the culture thereof is continued in practice until the bacteria grow. Therefore, in many cases, the pretreatment requires one week or more. Furthermore, there has been a risk on contamination of a other bacteria which could not be distinguished from the causative bacteria during the culture period. 
     As an important matter, under such circumstances above described, the number of bacteria that can be grown is small even under appropriate conditions for culture, because many bacteria in a specimen to be grown have been ingested into phagocyte, dead or on a static state due to antibiotics administered. Therefore, the actual detection rate of bacteria is as low as about 10% when the clinical specimen culture method is employed. In the other words, for the present, the presence of bacteria in 90% of the examined blood from the patient suspected clinically as suffering from pneumonia, which has been cultured for further one or more days, could not be proved after all. 
     Thus, in light of the situation above, the present practice depends on a trial and error treatment method, starting when pneumonia is clinically suspected without awaiting the detection results of the identification, wherein an antibiotic having the effectiveness for the widest range of the causative bacteria is administered first while the causative bacteria is still unknown, and if the antibiotic is not effective after one or two days, then another antibiotic will be tested, regardless of the fact that determination of the causative bacteria and selection of the suitable antibiotics are required. 
     According to the method to stain the bacteria in a specimen, the constituents of the living body are likewise stained together with bacteria, therefore, a skilled experience to identify bacteria quickly according to their image through a microscope is required, then there may be cases that can be hardly identified. 
     Although pneumonia is a disease wherein a rapid and exact diagnosis has been required as stated above, the conventional diagnosis method could not have satisfied such requirements. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention was accomplished in view of the above-described problem in the art, and according to one aspect of this invention, there is provided a probe having a specific reactivity with DNA or RNA obtained from causative bacteria of the infectious diseases, especially,  Streptococcus pneumoniae  which is the representative causative bacteria of bacterial pneumonia, and nucleotide sequences of a portion of the gene essentially included in  Streptococcus pneumoniae  being elucidated. 
     Namely, the probe of the present invention allows significant detection of remaining bacterial DNA, the bacteria being incorporated into phagocytes and destroyed, thereby quick and accurate detection method of the causative bacteria of the infectious diseases would be available without culture and/or growth of the bacteria. Moreover, when a primer is designed with reference to information on the nucleotide sequence of the probe, causative bacteria can be identified without hybridization step, through amplifying DNA by means of a PCR technique. 
     Additionally, when a non-radioactive probe, e.g., a biotinylated probe, is used for hybridization step, detection in a general laboratory can be performed as well using an optical microscope, and the detection process will be carried out rapidly and simply. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     FIG. 1 illustrates restriction enzyme maps of probes SP-22 (SEQ ID NO: 1), SP-23 (SEQ ID NO: 2), and SP-25 (SEQ ID NO: 3) for detecting  Streptococcus pneumoniae;  and 
     FIG. 2 illustrates restriction enzyme maps of probes SP-26 (SEQ ID NO: 4), SP5-15 (SEQ ID NO: 5), SP5-34 (SEQ ID NO: 6), and SP6-6 (SEQ ID NO: 7) for detecting  Streptococcus pneumoniae.   
    
    
     BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION 
     Examples of the probes from  Streptococcus pneumoniae  which is a causative bacterium of infectious diseases, especially of pneumonia are described below: 
     EXAMPLE 1 
     DNA Probe from  Streptococcus pneumoniae    
     (1) Preparation of DNA Probe from  Streptococcus pneumoniae    
     Clinical isolate of  Streptococcus pneumoniae  was cultured overnight in BHI (Brain Heart Infusion) medium, then bacteria from the culture were collected, added thereto N-Acetylmuramidase SG. Thereafter genomic DNA was extracted according to Saito-Miura&#39;s Method (“Preparation of Transforming Deoxyribonucleic Acid by Phenol Treatment”,  Biochim. Biophys. Acta,  Vol.72, pp.619-629(1963)). 
     The extracted DNA was digested completely with restriction enzyme PstI and random cloned into vector pGEM-3Z. Among thus obtained clones, seven probes unique to the bacteria  Streptococcus pneumoniae,  namely probes comprising DNA fragment showing specificity to DNA from  Streptococcus pneumoniae  were then selected. 
     The selected probes were then designated as probe SP-22, probe SP-23, probe SP-25, probe SP-26, probe SP-5-15, probe SP 5-34 and probe SP-6-6 (SEQ ID NOS: 1-7, respectively), and restrictions maps of which are illustrated in FIG.  1  and FIG.  2 . 
     Reactivities between each probe and DNA from several kinds of causative bacteria of infectious diseases were examined according to the following method. 
     First, as subject strains for an examination, strains of clinical isolate and deposited strains described below in Table 1 were prepared. Human genomic DNA and control sample in Table 1 were obtained and prepared from leukocyte collected from four healthy adult men, and  Escherichia coli  K-12 JM109 transformant comprising plasmid pGem-32, respectively. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 bacterium No. 
                 strain name 
                 original source 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                 1 
                 
                   Streptococcus pneumoniae 
                 
                 NYSDH DP-2 
               
               
                 2 
                 
                   Streptococcus pneumoniae 
                 
                 clinical isolate 
               
               
                 3 
                 
                   Streptococcus pneumoniae 
                 
                 clinical isolate 
               
               
                 4 
                 
                   Streptococcus agalactiae 
                 
                 IFM 58/59 
               
               
                 5 
                 
                   Streptococcus anginosus 
                 
                 NCTC 8787 
               
               
                 6 
                 
                   Streptococcus constellatus 
                 
                 ATCC 27823 
               
               
                 7 
                 
                   Streptococcus equisimilis 
                 
                 NCTC 8543 
               
               
                 8 
                 
                   Streptococcus faecium 
                 
                 NCTC 7171 
               
               
                 9 
                 
                   Streptococcus faecalis 
                 
                 ATCC 19433 
               
               
                 10 
                 
                   Streptococcus mitis 
                 
                 ATCC 9811 
               
               
                 11 
                 
                   Streptococcus morbillorum 
                 
                 ATCC 27824 
               
               
                 12 
                 
                   Streptococcus pyogenes 
                 
                 DHI S8 
               
               
                 13 
                 
                   Streptococcus sanguis 
                 
                 ATCC 10556 
               
               
                 14 
                 
                   Streptococcus salivarius 
                 
                 ATCC 7073 
               
               
                 15 
                 
                   Staphylococcus aureus 
                 
                 ATCC 25923 
               
               
                 16 
                 
                   Staphylococcus epidermidis 
                 
                 ATCC 12228 
               
               
                 17 
                 
                   Escherichia coli 
                 
                 ATCC 25922 
               
               
                 18 
                 
                   Klebsiella pneumoniae 
                 
                 clinical isolate 
               
               
                 19 
                 
                   Pseudomonas aeruginosa 
                 
                 ATCC 27583 
               
               
                 20 
                 
                   Enterococcus agglomerans 
                 
                 clinical isolate 
               
               
                 21 
                 
                   Haemophilis influenzae 
                 
                 clinical isolate 
               
               
                 22 
                 
                   Candida albicans 
                 
                 IFM 40083-A type 
               
               
                 23 
                 
                   Aspergillus fumigatus 
                 
                 MTU 06001 
               
               
                 24 
                 
                   Cryptococcus neoformans 
                 
                 MTU 13001 
               
               
                 25 
                 
                   Mucor spinosus 
                 
                 TIMM 1322 
               
               
                 26 
                 human genomic DNA 
               
               
                 27 
                 control 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 [note] NYSDH ; New York State Department of Health (Albany, New York, U.S.A.)  
               
               
                 NCTC ; National Collection of Type Cultures (London, England)  
               
               
                 DHI ; Dairen Hygienic Institute  
               
               
                 IFM ; Chiba University, Eucaryotic Microorganism Research Center  
               
               
                 MTU ; Tokyo University, Medical Faculty  
               
               
                 TIMM ; Teikyo University, Medical Fungus Research Center  
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Then, DNA of each strain was extracted according to the method of the above Example 1 (1), and samples for dot-blot-hybridization were obtained by spotting certain amount (e.g., 5 μl) of the extracted DNA to a nylon filter and then conducting alkaline denaturation. 
     Human genomic DNA sample was prepared from the above-described leukocyte employing Saito-Miura&#39;s method (supra). Meanwhile, control sample was prepared from the above-described  Escherichia coli  K-12 JM109 transformant comprising plasmid pGem-32 applying the method for preparing plasmid DNA described in Example 2 (1) below. Hybridization on DNA probes from  Streptococcus pneumoniae  labeled with Digoxigenin-11-dUTP (BRL) was then performed overnight according to Manual of Maniatis (T. Maniatis, et al., “Molecular Cloning (A Laboratory Manual)”, Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory (1982)), under the condition of 45% formamide, 5×SSC, 42° C. 
     Samples obtained by overnight hybridization were washed twice with 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS for 20 minutes at 55° C., then, hybridization was evaluated by detection through color reaction using Anti-Dig-ALP conjugates (BRL). Experimental results on hybridization between each of the probes and DNAs from each clinical isolate are summarized in Table 2 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 2 
               
             
            
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 probe [denotation: SP−] 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 No. 
                 bacterium strain name 
                 (origin) 
                 22 
                 23 
                 25 
                 26 
                 5-15 
                 5-34 
                 6—6 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  1 
                 
                   Streptococcus pneumoniae 
                 
                 (NYSDH DP-2) 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
               
               
                  2 
                 
                   Streptococcus pneumoniae 
                 
                 (clinical isolate) 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
               
               
                  3 
                 
                   Streptococcus pneumoniae 
                 
                 (clinical isolate) 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
               
               
                  4 
                 
                   Streptococcus agalactiae 
                 
                 (IFM 58/59) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                  5 
                 
                   Streptococcus arginosus 
                 
                 (NCTC 8787) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                  6 
                 
                   Streptococcus constellatus 
                 
                 (ATCC 27823) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                  7 
                 
                   Streptococcus equisimilis 
                 
                 (NCTC 8543) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                  8 
                 
                   Streptococcus faecium 
                 
                 (NCTC 7171) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                  9 
                 
                   Streptococcus faecalis 
                 
                 (ATCC 19433) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                 10 
                 
                   Streptococcus mitis 
                 
                 (ATCC 9811) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                 11 
                 
                   Streptococcus morbillorum 
                 
                 (ATCC 27824) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                 12 
                 
                   Streptococcus pyogenes 
                 
                 (DHI S8) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                 13 
                 
                   Streptococcus sanguis 
                 
                 (ATCC 10556) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                 14 
                 
                   Streptococcus salivarius 
                 
                 (ATCC 7073) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                 15 
                 
                   Staphylococcus aureus 
                 
                 (ATCC 25923) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                 16 
                 
                   Staphylococcus epidermidis 
                 
                 (ATCC 12228) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                 17 
                 
                   Escherichia coli 
                 
                 (ATCC 25922) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                 18 
                 
                   Klebsiella pneumoniae 
                 
                 (clinical isolate) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                 19 
                 
                   Pseudomonas aeruginosa 
                 
                 (ATCC 27583) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                 20 
                 
                   Enterococcus agglomerans 
                 
                 (clinical isolate) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                 21 
                 
                   Haemophilis influenzae 
                 
                 (clinical isolate) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                 22 
                 
                   Candida albicans 
                 
                 (IFM 40083-A type) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                 23 
                 
                   Aspergillus fumigatus 
                 
                 (MTU 06001) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                 24 
                 
                   Cryptococcus neoformans 
                 
                 (MTU 13001) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                 25 
                 
                   Mucor spinosus 
                 
                 (TIMM 1322) 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                 26 
                 human genomic DNA 
                   
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
                 − 
               
               
                 27 
                 control 
                   
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
                 + 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 [note] 
               
               
                 “+” denotes that the hybridization signal was detected,  
               
               
                 “+” denotes that the hybridization signal was not detected, respectively.  
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Apparently from Table 2 above, any of the probes exhibited reactivity specifically with only DNA obtained from  Streptococcus pneumoniae,  and did not exhibit cross-reactivity (ability to hybridize) with any DNA obtained from bacteria other than genus Streptococcus, as well as DNA from other species of Streptococcus, thus specificity thereof to the species  Streptococcus pneumoniae  has been confirmed. 
     EXAMPLE 2 
     Analysis of Nucleotide Sequence 
     Nucleotide sequences of DNA probes (7 probes total) of which specificity to the bacterial species were verified in the Example 1, were determined according to the following method. 
     (1) Preparation of Plasmid DNA 
       Escherichia coli  K-12, JM109 transformant, comprising the subcloned insert fragment (to be sequenced) in pGem-3Z (Promega), was inoculated in 5 ml of Luria-Bactani Medium (bacto-tryptone, 10 g/1 L; bacto-yeast extract, 5 g/1 L; NaCl, 10 g/1 L; adjusted pH to 7.0 with 5N NaOH) and cultured overnight. 
     Culture medium was centrifuged (5,000 rpm, 5 min.) to collect the bacterial cell body. One hundred μl of a solution of 50 mM glucose/50 mM Tris-HCl (pH8.0)/10 mM EDTA containing 2.5 mg/ml of lysozyme (Sigma) was added to the precipitate, and left at room temperature for 5 minutes. To the suspension thus obtained, 0.2M NaOH solution containing 1% of sodium dodecyl sulfate (Sigma) was added and mixed therewith. One hundred and fifty μl of 5M potassium acetate aqueous solution (pH. 4.8) was further added thereto and mixed, then cooled on ice for 15 minutes. 
     The supernatant obtained by centrifugation (15,000 rpm, 15 min.) of the mixture was treated with phenol/CHCl 3  and added thereto ethanol of two times by volume, then the precipitate was obtained by further centrifugation (12,000 rpm, 5 min.). This precipitate was dissolved in 100 μl of solution of 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH7.5)/0.1 mM EDTA, and added thereto 10 mg/ml RNaseA (Sigma) solution, then left it at room temperature for 15 minutes. 
     Three hundred μl of 0.1M sodium acetate aqueous solution (pH 4.8) was added to this preparation and treated with phenol/CHCl 3 , then the precipitate was obtained therefrom by adding ethanol to the supernatant. This precipitate was dried and dissolved in 10 μl of distilled water to give a DNA sample. 
     (2) Pretreatment for Sequencing 
     Pretreatment for sequencing was performed with AutoRead (TM) Sequencing Kit (Pharmacia). 
     Briefly, concentration of DNA for use as a template was adjusted to 5-10 ug in 32 μl of solution. Thirty two μl of the template DNA solution was transferred to 1.5 ml mini-tube (Eppendolf), and added thereto 8 μl of 2M NaOH aqueous solution, then mixed gently. After instant centrifugation, it was left at room temperature for 10 minutes. 
     Seven μl of 3M sodium acetate (pH 4.8) and 4 μl of distilled water were added thereto, then 120 μl of ethanol was also added and mixed, and the mixture was left for 15 minutes on dry ice. Then, DNA which was precipitated by centrifugation for 15 minutes was collected, and the supernatant was removed carefully therefrom. The precipitate obtained was washed with 70% ethanol and centrifuged for 10 minutes. Then, after the supernatant was removed carefully again, the precipitate was dried under the reduced pressure. 
     The precipitate was dissolved in 10 μl of distilled water, then 2 μl of fluorescent primer (0.42 A 260  unit/ml, 4-6 pmol), (Fluorescent Primer, M13 Universal Primer; 5′-Fluoroscein-d[CGACGTTGTAAAACGACGGCCAGT(SEQ ID NO: 8)]-3′ (1.6 pmol/μl; 0.42 A 260  unit/ml); M13 Reverse Primer, 5′-Fluoroscein-d[CAGGAAACAGCTATGAC(SEQ ID NO: 9)]-3′ (2.1 pmol/μl; 0.42 A 260  unit/ml)) and 2 μL of buffer for annealing were added thereto, and mixed gently. 
     After instant centrifugation, the mixture was heat-treated at 65° C. for 5 minutes and rapidly transferred to a circumstance of 37° C. and kept the temperature for 10 minutes. After keeping the temperature, it was left at room temperature for 10 minutes or more and centrifuged instantly. Then, a sample was prepared by adding 1 μl of a buffer for elongation and 3 μl of dimethyl sulfoxide thereto. 
     Four mini-tubes were identified with any of the marks of “A”, “C”, “G” or “T”, and, according to each of the mark, respective 2.5 μl of A Mix (dissolved ddATP with dATP, dCTP, c 7 dGTP and dTTP), C Mix (dissolved ddCTP with dATP, dCTP, c 7 dGTP and dTTP), G Mix (dissolved ddGTP with dATP, dCTP, c 7 dGTP and dTTP), and T Mix (dissolved ddTTP with dATP, dCTP, c 7 dGTP and dTTP) were poured into each identified tube. 
     Each solution was preserved on ice until it was used, and was kept at 37° C. for one minute or more before use. 
     Two μl of diluted T7DNA polymerase (Pharmacia; 6-8 units/2 μl) was added to the DNA sample, and completely mixed through pipetting or mixing it gently. Immediately after the mixing was completed, the mixed solution was dispensed to 4.5 μl of the above four different solution respectively which had been thermal controlled. Fresh tip was used at each time of dispensation. 
     The solution was kept for 5 minutes at 37° C., then 5 μl of solution for terminating reaction was added to each reaction solution. Fresh tips were also used for dispensation on this dispensation step. Immediately after keeping the solution for 2-3 minutes at 90° C., it was cooled on ice. For electrophoresis, 4-6 μl of the solution per one lane was applied. 
     (3) Sequencing on Nucleotide Sequence 
     Sequencing on each nucleotide sequences of the probes disclosed in Example 1 and 2 having specificity to DNA from  Streptococcus pneumoniae  was performed using A.L.F. DNA Sequencer System (Pharmacia) under an electrophoresis condition of 45° C. for 6 hours. 
     Consequently, the entire nucleotide sequences of each of the probes: probe SP-22 (SEQ ID NO:1); probe SP-23 (SEQ ID NO:2); probe SP-25 (SEQ ID NO:3); probe SP-26 (SEQ ID NO:4); probe SP-5-15 (SEQ ID NO:5); probe SP-5-34 (SEQ ID NO:6); and probe SP-6-6 (SEQ ID NO:7) were clarified. 
     INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY 
     According to a probe of the present invention, bacteria for example, causative bacteria ingested into phagocytes can be directly detected without proliferating the bacteria, and can be identified rapidly and accurately. That is to say, according to diagnosis method using a probe of the present invention, identification of the bacteria can be accomplished with single specimen, then, the necessary time for diagnosis can be greatly reduced to about one to two days, while the conventional method (with low detection rate) required 3-4 days, and the detection efficacy is remarkably improved. Therefore, the present invention can provide breakthrough guide for the treatment of bacterial pneumonia, then enable the effective treatment in the early stage of the infectious diseases to the patient, as well as contribute to reduction in the mortality thereby. 
     Moreover, by clarifying the nucleotide sequences of the probes which specifically react with DNA from  Streptococcus pneumoniae,  one of the most closely related bacteria to attack of pneumonia among the causative bacteria of infectious diseases, artificial preparation of these probes could also be realized. Using the primers prepared by utilizing the information of the nucleotide sequences presently analyzed, DNA from the causative bacteria contained in the clinical specimen can be amplified by PCR technique, to serve rapid diagnosis of causative bacteria. 
     Further, by comparing the nucleotide sequences of genomic DNA from the clinical specimen with those analyzed in accordance with the present invention, rapid identification of the species of the causative bacteria of pneumonia can be carried out. 
     As stated above, the present invention provides a desired probe for diagnosing the infectious diseases, besides, excellent utilities are expected as a guide for preparing PCR primers and as a standard sequence suitable for the comparison and reference with genomic DNA from the clinical specimen. Additionally, the present invention exerts further outstanding effects, for example, of providing valuable clues for preparation and development of the other probes which specifically react with DNA from causative bacteria of the infectious diseases (causative bacteria of pneumonia). 
     Moreover, since the nucleotide sequences disclosed in the present application was obtained by random cloning of the genomic DNA from clinical isolates, thus, utilities of the nucleotide sequences disclosed in the present invention should be extended to the complementary sequences thereof. 
     Further, although it would be assumed that DNA obtained from the wild strain might contain a mutated portion, apparently from the disclosure of the examples above, such mutated DNA portion would never affect the utilities to be derived from the present invention such as the specificity of the probe of the present invention upon use for hybridization for diagnosis of the infectious diseases, and usage of the information on the nucleotide sequences disclosed in the present application to design the primer for PCR technique with the aim of a rapid diagnosis of the infectious diseases. 
     
       
         
           
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             DNA 
             Artificial sequence 
             
               Synthetic probe 
             
           
            1
ctgcagcttt caaggaacct gtcaagagag ccagtttcaa attgggaaaa aggttctgta     60
aactctcaaa gtgttgctct gcgaggattt ctgttggtac cattagggca gcctgataac    120
ctgctgtcac tgccgcaaac atggccaagc cagcgactac cgttttttcc actccccaca    180
tccccttgta ggagacgatt catgtggtgg tcggacttca tatcagttaa aatttcctgc    240
aaactctttt cctgagcttg ggtcagggca aaaggaagac ttactttaac tgctgtcact    300
ttttcctgag accaattcag aaccagacca cttccctgaa ctctattttc agacttgagc    360
atctgcag                                                             368
 
           
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             1978 
             DNA 
             Artificial sequence 
             
               Synthetic probe 
             
           
            2
ctgcaggttc ccctgtattt gctggtttca ttactggttt aatcatggga gatgtgacta     60
ctggtttact tatcggtggt aacttgcaac tgttcgttct tggggttggt accttcggtg    120
gtgcttctcg tatcgacgca acttctggtg cggttcttgc gacagccttc tctgtttcac    180
aaggaattga tgcaccgctt gccattacta caatcgctgt accagtagca gctctcttga    240
cttacttcga cgttcttggt cgtatgacta ctaccttctt ngctcaccgt gtggatgctg    300
caatcgaacg ctttgactat aaggtattga acgcaactac ttgcttggtg cgattcgtgg    360
gctctatctc gtgcccttcc agtcttcttt gcccttgctt ttggtggtgc ctttgtacaa    420
tcagtagtag acttcgttga agcctacaaa tgggttgcat atggcttgac acttgcagga    480
cgtatgcttc caggtcttgg atttgcaatc ttgcttcgtt accttccagt taaacgtaac    540
cttcactacc ttgctatggg atttggtttg acagctatgt tgactgttct ttactcatat    600
gtaacaggtc ttggtggcgc tgttgctggt atcgtaggta ctcttcctgc tgaagttgct    660
gaaaaaattg gtttcgtgaa caacttcaaa ggtttgtcta tgattggtat ttctatcgta    720
ggtattttcc ttgcagtgct tcacttcaaa aatagccaaa aagtagctgt agcagcacct    780
tctacaccat cagaaagtgg ggaaatcgaa gatgacgaat tctaattaca aacttacaaa    840
agaagatttt aatcaaatca acaaacgtag cttgtttact ttccaattag gttggaacta    900
cgaacgtatg caagcttctg gttaccttta catgatcttg cctcagttgc gtaaaatgta    960
tggtgatgga actcctgaat tgaaagaaat gatgaaagtt catactcaat tcttcaatac   1020
ttcaccattc ttccatacca ttatcgctgg ttttgacctt gccatggaag aaaaagatgg   1080
tgtaggttca aaagacgccg ttaacggtat caagacaggt ttgatgggac cattcgctcc   1140
tcttggggat acaatctttg cttcacttgt acctgctatc atggggtcag tcgcagcaac   1200
tatggctatc gctggccaac cttgggggat cttcctttgg attgcagttg cagtagcgta   1260
tgacatcttc cgttggaaac agttggaatt tgcttacaaa gaaggggtta accttatcaa   1320
caacatgcaa agtaccttga cagctttgat tgacgctgca tctgtacttg gtgtcttcat   1380
gatgggtgct cttgtagcaa cagtgattaa ctttgaaatt tcttacaagt tgccaatcgg   1440
tgaaaagatg attgatttcc aagacatctt gaatcaaatc ttcccacgtt tgcttccagc   1500
aatctttact gcctttatct tctggttgct tggtaagaaa ggtatgaact ctactaaagc   1560
tatcggtatt attatcgtac ttgctttggc tctttctgcc cttggtcact ttgcacttgg   1620
aatgtaattc cttatgacta aatcattaat tttgtgagcc atggtcgctt ctgtgaggag   1680
cttagaggta gcacagaaat gattatgggc ccacaagaca acatttacac agtagctctt   1740
cttccagaag atggcccaga agaatttact gctaaatttg aagctgttat tggaggattg   1800
gatgatttcc tagtctttgc ggatcttctc ggtgggacac cttgtaatgt ggtgagtcgc   1860
ttgatcatgg aaggtcgtga tattgacctt tacgcaggga tgaatcttcc aatggtgatt   1920
gaatttatca atgcgagcct tacaggcgca gatgcggact acaagagccg tgctgcag     1978
 
           
             3 
             1124 
             DNA 
             Artificial sequence 
             
               Synthetic probe 
             
           
            3
ctgcaggttt tgtcctcaac ctcccaatca aagaaaatat gagaaatctg cgagttaaga     60
ttgagaaaaa gacgggccta ctatggaata gatggcaaac aatctatgaa aacagaccaa    120
ttttagctca accccaccgt aaaattaccc attggggtac gacattgaat tccaaggtga    180
gtgacgatga tgtcttgtaa tctgatggta gaatgacagt tagtttgtct agtttataag    240
aaagtactac ctgagcttga atagaactca ggtagctctc tatgaaagaa caaaattaat    300
actcaatgaa aatcaaagag caaactagga aactagccgc agtttgctca aagcactgct    360
ttgaggttgt agataagact gacgaagtcg tcaccatata taatccaagg cgacgttgac    420
gtggattgaa gagattttag aagagtataa acagaaaggt agagcgcgtg ttctaatttg    480
aacacgagta gaaaactttt ctaaaagcaa aaacgaaagg atgggtaaac tgtattcgct    540
gaactgaata cgggcgactc tcctctaaat caaaattaag aaaggaattg accccaccct    600
aaaagtagtg ggaaaaagat agttggtcta gcgagcatcg ctcactgcgc ccaactccta    660
ttttcccttc gctttttgat gggtttggta tctttctcaa tataaaatat aaataagaag    720
atagagcgtg tgttttgatt tgaacacgag cggaaaactc ggaaaataga taatctgact    780
gaaaaatcag gatttctcgt caggttccta attttcagtc gttttcttct cgctctttgt    840
atcataaatt atgtctatcc atattgctgc tcagcagggt gaaattgctg ataaaattct    900
tcttcctggg gatcctcttc gtgctaagtt tattgcggag aatttccttg atgatgctgt    960
ttgttttaac gaagtgcgta acatgtttgg ttacactggt acttacaagg gtcactgtgt   1020
atctgtcatg ggaactggga tgggaatgcc atctatttcg atttatgcgc gtgagttaat   1080
cgtagactac ggtgtgaaga aattgattcg tgtgggaact gcag                    1124
 
           
             4 
             5829 
             DNA 
             Artificial sequence 
             
               Synthetic probe 
             
           
            4
ttcatgcacc aatatattat aataatcttc atccaataat aaggctgata aactagcatc     60
ttggtcaaaa tgtaagggaa tttctcggcc gtccttcttt aatgtatatt ctggtaagat    120
actaaatagt tcaatcatag aaggaaactc aggattagtt gttgtaaatc gaaaaagctg    180
cgctttctca tctttcctga cttccttgat actctcccaa ttctaaaaaa tgattcaagg    240
tagtataaaa ttccttattt tttacttcat caatgatgac catatcataa tcttttgttg    300
tgcgactttt aaatccttgc gaatccaata cgatagaggt agcagttccc ccaatcagaa    360
cataatagtt ctgaaaatcc gcaaacgttt cttgaaaaat aactttcgta ttagctggca    420
tcatcttctc ccagatactg taatatcata ttttctagtg cttcactctc ttcctctata    480
cgtgggtcat catcatcttt taaggtcaaa taaagagaaa tcggatctac aaattgttta    540
tcatgattat ttttaaaatc attccaaaac tcagatacaa aaggacgata tttccatatc    600
tctagcatct ttccttttaa aatatgctga gaaagtggca aggataactg attgaatttt    660
ctctgccata tgacatagct agtattttca tccgtttcag ctaaaaaagt tgaatgcgac    720
aaagcataag caccaccata tagaaggtta gaaacagatt ttatctgctt tatatcgcca    780
tctggcaata aaatccgttt tttgatggga ttaaataaac atgacacgga ttttaagaat    840
aattctttct ttgacaccgt atatgtgtaa agcttatttt gcttgtttaa ccaatataaa    900
gctttaaaag tcctcaaaca cctataaatt gttgagtttg gaagtccagt gacttgtgaa    960
agcaaatcaa catctactac tttttgacct tttgtcaata aaaaggcaat ccacgttaat   1020
tgttcgctag gtgttaattc cttagggact tcagtatcat tcgcattgag tactagtccc   1080
aatggaggga agaagaggtt tcccttaaag tctacaaacg gaactctagc ttgaagtaat   1140
tgcttttttt cactgtctga taacttcgaa aacaccaaaa caacatccat attggctttt   1200
tcacccatag tgcgagcctg agtaacaaat gaactcaaac tcccccttct cttttcttta   1260
atcaataaaa atgattcctt atgaaaagtc atttgagtat actcaaacct ttttacaaaa   1320
ctgattgata aagtcaaagt cagttcctca atactgacat caacataaaa ggattgaaaa   1380
attgacatta tctttttgac attcatgttt tttccttatt ctatcatttt tattatattt   1440
tatcattcgg tataataaaa tataagtttt ttgataaaat aaccaaaaac tactccctat   1500
cccctctcac actaccctac atatcgtttg acatgcgact gatagttcag gaaaacttca   1560
aggagaactt ttctctcatc cactatgcag gacttactat ttcacttcta ctcctatagg   1620
ctcaatttga cacttttctt tttcgaattg ctcatatgcc tcctgaatag tgagttcgat   1680
ttatccaaat ttatttttgt ctattttgat gaatacttcc acgaagatag tctgaaaatg   1740
aatttgcacc aattttcctt ctctttttaa gcatattatt ccagatatga ttgccctctt   1800
gttcagtaat aaattacgct ttaaacgctt caatcagtat atctcctgtt gtcatatgtt   1860
ctaaagaaaa ttcttctaca tatgatttaa catctcttag gttattactt cctaatatcc   1920
cattatgctt tttcgctaag gaaatagaag ccgcttctcc cttaccaata atcttgttac   1980
tatcatgatt tcttgttaaa tctctatata atgcgtattc ttcagttcca atgtctatgc   2040
tcacaatctc agctgaaccc ttagctacca actgatctat cctagatttt aaatggggaa   2100
ttgtaggtat attgatttca tcatacacct cttgtggaat aacaatttta cccgaataga   2160
gcttttctaa aagatgttca gtaccaaccc ataaaaatac tgaaatacaa tctgcatcaa   2220
taaatacacg actagtcaaa cgacaactcc cccctcttca tctagcccat atacaatatc   2280
atatctgaaa gcatctagta acagttcctc atacttccct tgcgaaattc tgctattttc   2340
taaagtgttc agtcaattat atatatacta ataccatttc ctttttactt tctgacaaag   2400
gacgatataa acttgtatca tagcctaatc ttgaagctgt ctctataaca ctaatatcca   2460
tatttttaat ttcttctgca tcaaggtatc catcattcct caatctatat aacatagctt   2520
tatgactgat accataaaac tgacccaatt ttataatatc ttctacttca agatgagttc   2580
tattggcatt ttctctgatt tcctcaacca tcctatacag tgaaatggga aaattaaaaa   2640
ataagaagca aactgatccg cttttctttc agtttcatct ccttcaccaa tcaagataag   2700
actgactgaa ctcttcttca cctcatcata ataaagatga tacagttcat gtgctaaaga   2760
aaatctttac cttcctaatg gcatgtctga attgactgca atgagactga aatgagttcc   2820
tttataacag accccgctaa tattctttcc gagtccataa aataccagcg tcaaattttc   2880
tatcttttgt accaatttaa aaatatctat cggcgattca ccatcagctc ccaacttttt   2940
tctaagattt ggagctttat tacttaaatc cattcgtgat attcctttca cctttttcca   3000
ttttggcaat catgctttga ttcaaagaca aatactcagc aatcttatct tgagtaagat   3060
ttgaagatat tctaagttct tttattcttt ttccaacatc acatacattt atcatataca   3120
tttatcatat tcatttatca tattcataca cctctcataa aaagaatagc acactcttgt   3180
cataattttt taaataaaaa aattatgaca aaacaaggaa gcaatttatt gatgctgctt   3240
aaaaatctaa aattgatgat attaaaccta tttgatgaat tcctatcaaa aatcgtatct   3300
tcaacctcaa aacagtactt aaagctatcc gactcggttt acattgtcaa atttagattt   3360
tatttgagca taactttcta gtttgctttt tgatttttgt ttaatatagt agcaaaaatt   3420
gaaggaaata tctccacaag aaaacgcata ctattaagct ttttcaagac ctaataatat   3480
gcgctgttct gatttgaaag acattccatt attattttac tgtaatcaag ccatctggct   3540
ctactgtgaa ttctggcttg tctgccagtg ttccgtctgg tttgaggtag taccagcctg   3600
ttccgtccgc tgactggata aaggcatttg ataccatggc gccttcttta gcgtctaagt   3660
agtaccaagt gtccttgtac ttgacccagc ctgtcttcat ggcaccttct tcgttgaaat   3720
agtaccactt atcagcgatt ttcttccagc ctgtagccat ttcgcctgag ttgtcgaacc   3780
agtaccagtt gccgtctgtg tgcttcctcc agcggtctgc aagcatatag cctgaactgt   3840
caaagtagta ccaagtgcca ttgattttct caaacttgtc ttttggataa gagccgtctg   3900
agtgtacgta ccagtagcca gtgtcattct cctgccagcc tgtttcaatc gtcaagccgt   3960
tctcaatatc atgcttaaac tgctcacggc taatgcccca ttttgccaag taagggtatg   4020
gatccacatg gtctgagtgg ttgtttggtt ggttattcgt gcaatactcg tgcgttttaa   4080
ttccagctaa actccctgta tcaagcgttt tcggcaaacc tgcttcatct gctagattgc   4140
gtaagagttc gatataaagg cggtagtccg tcatgaactc ttctttagtt gaatggcttt   4200
caatcagttc aaccgctgca taggtctcag cattccaacc gcccccaacg tcccaggcac   4260
cattatcaac aggtcctacc tgcatgatgc aaccgttccc aacaatgtgc gagaaaaaac   4320
taattctggg tctttccgcc agtgataatc cgcttcattc tgtacggttg aatgcggatt   4380
cccagttgag tgtgcgtgta cttgcctata tggttgcacg ccgacttgag gcaaatctgt   4440
tcttaattta ctcacattaa tttccatatt ctactcctta tcaattaaaa caactcattt   4500
tttacaatcc aaaaccagaa actcctttat ttctacctta caaagaagac aatcttagtc   4560
acgattaggc ttgtagatag aacctcaaaa cgcactattt tgacactgta aataggactg   4620
acaaggtctg cattctatct acaataacac cccagactaa aaagcttttc aaaagtatat   4680
ttttacagtc tctatatgtc cttttcataa atactatact ttattatatc atataaaaga   4740
agtcaaaagt ctgttaaact attttcaaca ccaaactaaa gaagagaaca caagtttttt   4800
cgatgttcac tagaggaaat ggattttatt cagtaaatcc aactaggatt gcactttggt   4860
tgccaaaatt gcctttcctt cttttatcaa gggatgacgg aatagtgaga agtacagttg   4920
aactgtcatg gcaacccaga taagaggttc acaaaggata acacccttat atcctgccca   4980
aggaataatc aaaaccacaa aaacgatttt tccgattagt tcaataaagc tagaaactag   5040
aggaaggatc ttctgcccca agccctgcaa gcaatgcgat aaatcaacaa gagctcaaaa   5100
tggataaaag gctgaactgg atttgcagat agagacttcc attttctatc aagtaaccat   5160
ctgtcgaact agccaagaag gaaatcaagg ctgggctggc aaaaaagagg aaaatacaaa   5220
caaaaactgc ccaggatata cttaaacgac tgccgattcg aagaccttga gcaatgcggt   5280
caggtcgctt agctcctaga ttctgagaag caaaggtcgt cattgatgca gaaatagcgg   5340
tcataggaag aagggcaaag gtcataatgc gtcgagctgc cgtctgggca ctaataatca   5400
ctgcaccaaa tgtattaaca gaagactgta aaatcacact gccgatagat acaattgaac   5460
tcatcaagcc catagccaaa ccttgctcca agagatccgc gtacaagctt ttgtcccatt   5520
tgaaatgttt aaactgtggc aagagttctg gcacactttt acgaatataa taaaagcaga   5580
gaaccgctga taaaccttgt gaaataatgg tagcaagtcc tgcggattga actcccagat   5640
gcaattgcgt aataaaatag agatccagaa ccacattaac caaggcagag aaaatcagaa   5700
atcccagggc tgctagactg tcaccaatag accgcaacaa gcctgcaaaa agattataag   5760
caaagctgac acctacacag gtcacaatca tagaaatata ttgataagat tgaagaagaa   5820
tttctgcag                                                           5829
 
           
             5 
             3568 
             DNA 
             Artificial sequence 
             
               Synthetic probe 
             
           
            5
ctgcaggata tttctgcctt gtattgccag tggtttagcg ccacagccac atatctttta     60
cggtttttta ccgagaaaat caggtcagca gaagcaattt ttttggcttg aaaaaagatt    120
atcctgaaac acagattttt tatgaatcac ctcatcgtgt agcagacacg ttggaaaata    180
tgttagaagt ctacggtgac cgctccgttg tctctggtca gggaattgac caaaatctat    240
gaagaatacc aacgaggtac tatctctgag ttattagaaa gcattgctga aacgccactc    300
aagggcgaat gtcttctcat tgttgagggt gccagtcagg gtgtggagga aaaggacgag    360
gaagacttgt tcgtagaaat tcaaacccgc atccagcaag gtgtgaagaa aaaccaagct    420
atcaagggaa gtcgctaaga tttaccagtg gaataaaagt cagctctacg ctgcctacca    480
cgactgggga gaaaaacaat aaagggagac aggatgtaat aattctgtct gtttctgttt    540
aacttaatta gtgatgataa tataaagatg tatcacttgg tatagaagct ttggtattaa    600
gttttttatt aagcccatac ggaataccga tggttggagc agcagttata gcgttcttag    660
aaggtataaa tagaaaaata aggtcatttt aaatcaaagg attgataaat cagaaagaag    720
gtgatttttt gcgaacatac gaaaataaag aagaactaaa agctgagata gagaaaacat    780
ttgagaaata tattttagaa tttgataata ttccagaaaa tttaaaagat aagagagctg    840
atgaagttga cagaactcca gcagaaaacc ttgcttatca ggttggttgg accaacttgg    900
ttcttaaatg ggaagaagat gaaagaaagg ggcttcaagt aaaaacacca tcggataaat    960
ttaaatggaa tcaacttggt gaattatatc agtggttcac agatacctac gctcatttat   1020
ctctgcaaga gttgaaagca aaattaaatg aaaatattaa ttctatctct gcaatgattg   1080
attcgttgag tgaggaagaa ttatttgaac cgcatatgag aaagtgggct gatgaagcga   1140
ctaaaacagc gacttgggaa gtgtataagt ttattcatgt aaatacggtt gcactttttg   1200
gaactttcag aactaaaatc agaaaatgga agaagatagt attataaatt atatttttaa   1260
ctttaaaaaa tttcataaaa atggttacca aaggcgatag aagaaaaact atcgtctttt   1320
tctttgcaaa tttttaagaa ggggaggtga tcttgcatgg actttgaata tttttataac   1380
agagaagcgg aaagatttaa cttcttaaaa gtaccggaga tattagttga tagagaagaa   1440
tttcggggct tatcagcaga agcaattatt cctttattcc atacttctta aacagacagg   1500
aatgtcattt aagaataact ggatagacaa ggaaggcaga gtatttatct attttactgt   1560
cgaagaaatt atgaaaagaa gaaatatctc aaagccaact gccataaaaa cattagatga   1620
gcttgatgta aaaaaaggaa taggactgat cgaaagagta aggcttggac ttggtaagcc   1680
gaacatcatt tatgttaaga ctttatgagt atatttcagg taaaagaaaa tgacttacag   1740
aagtcaaaaa acttaacttc agaagtaaaa gattttaacc tcagaagtaa agaaaatgaa   1800
cttcaagagg ttaagaacct tgactctaac tatatagaga ataataagag taagtatagt   1860
aagagagaat atagttttgg tgaaaacgga cttggaacat ttcaaaatgt gtttttagct   1920
gctgaagata tatcggattt acaaatcata atgaactcac agcttgagaa ttacattaga   1980
ctttctgcaa aactagaatc ctagttcatg attgataata ccagcaatca aattcattcg   2040
taatccgaag cgtttacgat gattttgata ggttgttgaa aacattttaa acgtttttac   2100
tttggcaaag atgttctcaa ccttgcttct ctccttagat agcgcatggt tacaggcttt   2160
atcttcaact gttagcggct tgagtttgct ggatttacgt gaagtttgtg cttgaggata   2220
tatcttcatg agcccttgat aaccactgtc agccaagatt ttaccagctt gtccgatatt   2280
tctgcgactc attttgaaca acttccatat catgacaata gttcacagtg atatccaaag   2340
aaacaattct cccttgactt gtgacaatcg cttgagtctt catagcgtga aatttctttt   2400
taccagaatc attcgctaat tcttttttta gggcgattga tttttacttc cgtcgcatca   2460
atcattaccg tgtcctcaga gctgagagga gttcttgaaa tcgtaacacc actttgaaca   2520
agagttactt caacccattg gctccgacgg agtaaagttg ctttcgtgaa taccaaaatc   2580
agccgcaatt tcttcataag ttcgatattc tcgcacatat tgaagagtag ccataagaag   2640
gtcttctagg cttaatttag gttttcgtcc accttttgcg tgtttaagtt gataagctgt   2700
ttttaataca gctaacatct cttcaaaagt cgtgcgctga acaccaacaa aacgcttaaa   2760
tcgtgcatca gttagttgtt tacttgcttc atcattcata gaactactat accatatttt   2820
gtttcgcagg aagtctattg gaaagtaaga aatattgaag ctgaggctat tagaagaaat   2880
tgtgagcgtg gtgctatttt ttcaggtaaa ataaaatatc acgaagattc acagtttaaa   2940
ggagatcact atgttgaatg ttatgctgtt ttagataata cggttatagc aagagataga   3000
ataacagtcc ctatcgatcc gttatgtgga aaagatttta tagagtagca tataattgat   3060
tcttaactgg aatactcact atctctttac atcaagaaaa tgactaaaca gggaagtttg   3120
ccttcttccc tttttttgtt atactagtag aagaaaaaat agaaagattt gtgggagtga   3180
aaagtcctgt ggactttttc agcctgagcc aagaaactcg aaagctcgta agtctgattg   3240
gctttttcaa tgtgaatctt aacttcatac tcccaaagag gtattagtgt cgtgtctcaa   3300
tcttatatca atgttatcgg tgctggtttg gcaggttctg aagcagccta cccaaaatcg   3360
cagagcgtgg gtattccagt taaactttat gaaatgcgtg gtgtcaagtc aacacctcag   3420
cacaaaacag acaattttgc tgagttggtt tgttccaatt ccttgcgtgg agatgatttg   3480
acaaatgctg ttggcctcct taaggaagaa atgcgtcgct tgggttctgt gattttggaa   3540
tctgctgagg ctacacgtgt tcctgcag                                      3568
 
           
             6 
             4528 
             DNA 
             Artificial sequence 
             
               Synthetic probe 
             
           
            6
ctgcagattg gtatttatcg ccaccatctc cgtaagtctt agtacctgta aggacaattt     60
tcttagcctt aattgtctta ccaaaatcaa tgtcttttgg cttattgtta tctggccaat    120
cagttgcagt aaaggtatgc tccttgccag actcatctgt cacaacaagt ttcacatcac    180
gcaagttacc atttgaacct gatccacgtg gaacataacg aagtccagtg atttcagttg    240
cttctttcaa gaccatggtt gcaggcttgc ctacatctcc tccgccccat gatgtatgcc    300
ataaactaga taagtttcca tcaaaggcat ttgcaagacc ttcttgagcc tgagcaggag    360
ctgtaagact tgcaaagtca tctgctacca aagccgtttt cttctgaacc aaagcattct    420
tcaaggcttc aatcttggca atctctgcac gcgcttcttc cacactgata tcatcatcgg    480
cctgactgag gttaaagacc gcctctttca aagcatccat agactctttg gtgtagttag    540
tcatggcaac cgttggcaag tagttcttca gagcattttc tgtcaacatc ttacctgtta    600
gggtaatttc ttcgatttga agattatcca tcatgaagtc gttataacca cggaagttgg    660
catttccacc agaatcacca cgagtattac ttgcatttcc agttgagtag atacctaccc    720
aagtatcccc tgtttctgca cctgtcacga ggaaggttgc cttcttggct ttcttagaat    780
ctgtccaagt atttggcaat tcatgcattt ccaagttgct tgcttgagta ccacgacgac    840
ctgactggaa ttctccctta ccgactacaa aagcataggt attgtctgaa cctgcttcgt    900
attcaaaggt tacacggtag gtcttacctg cttcaaaacg gaagttttgc ggaatagttt    960
ggtaaaccaa gttacgacgg ctcactagtc catttgtctt gagtgaccaa tttccttcga   1020
taacatcatc gactttctta ccattccaac cacgttgtgt atatggatcg tgtttttcag   1080
acaagtgagt gcggttgtct tcgacacctt cgacaccacc cactacaaat gggaagatac   1140
cctgagcaac attttcaaag tcttgcttga aggtgccttt acctgtatca tgcttgtctc   1200
cgtacatgct tgaattgttt tcaaaggtac gaatttcatc aaagtaagtt gcttcatcac   1260
cagcttcacg actcaatgtc agagtaacat ttgatacgtc cgatccagtt gtaaagaagg   1320
cgtacatgtt ttggaagtaa cttgtatcgt caactgtagc attgttacga cgtgtattgt   1380
gggcataggc ttttacatag ttgagggcga gagacttatt ggtataagta gtcacttctt   1440
tttcaccagt atttacagtg atgctcgcct tggcattact acggttatcg acaccgacat   1500
aaacggcata cttggtattt ggtttcaagc cagttaattt ctgagtgaga ctaacttttt   1560
ctttgtttcc ttgaatacga agcatatcgt ttgccccttg agacttgaca atttctgcct   1620
tagaagcatc gcctgaaatg gtccaatgtt tcaaggtacc actgttaaat ccttggtcat   1680
agatgtgcat gccttcactc catgacattt caggattggt ttgtttcgaa cgatagagaa   1740
cgtatggttg atttgctaga agatctaggg taattttacc atcttttaca gttagttctt   1800
gctcttctgt cttaccttgg tcagttagct tgtaaaggta aaccttgctc tttgcccaat   1860
cgcttggaag ggtccaagtt gttgcaccgg cctgcgtatt gaagtagtac atcttttcct   1920
tatcagtaga aagtttctta ccatttgcat cccagttcca aggagtcaag taagctgaac   1980
catcttggat gacacgtccg ttgagagtta ctgtacgttc gcgatattgt ggactattga   2040
catcatttga cttacgagtt acaactactt tattattgtc agcatctacc aattccactc   2100
gcatttctgg agtccattta taggtgctac cgttatcggt catagtccac cggtgtacca   2160
ttttcccatt tacttacagt gaagtgttgg aagtacttgg tcatgacgtc atgggcaaat   2220
aagttagtta catagccatt gtagtcactt cttccttgcc agccttcaaa gtctttcatg   2280
ctgtagccac ctagcagtgg atagttggct gcaccaccat aacttctgta gtcccctacc   2340
caagcatctt tttggtggtt acgtataaag cgggtgatgg cactgttgat acctttattg   2400
gtgtagccac cgtaggtcaa gtcagctgcc cagtgatgga aggtagagtc gtactcacca   2460
ccatggcccc actcgatcgc aaagcgccag ccttgtttgt taatttcttt agcaagaacg   2520
tgggtagccc aggcaccgtt atcacctgat tgaccattac cccaaacgtc cacatagata   2580
aagtcgagac cgtcaccaag ttttttcttc aaatcttccc aacgtgccaa acgaccatga   2640
gctaggtcat aggcagcatc aatgttgata ccttgatcta gccagttcca accatagcta   2700
tagcttccat ctggattctt acggagaatt ttttcattga agtatttaga ctcaggataa   2760
gtttctgaag cgttaacgtg gatacctaga tgagctccat atttcttagc cttctcaatt   2820
agggtcttga agtcttcgac accaccgata cgcttaccaa tatcagcata gttcaagtga   2880
ccagagtcat ggccttcgct accatatcct ttaaggagaa caccttgccc aagaccatct   2940
gtgtggagat tgattttctt gataccatcc aaggtcataa ggaatgggtt ttgtgcttga   3000
gaaccaaagt tcatcgcgat acggtaagct gtgatatcct taactttttt ccaaccttga   3060
ggattgttca taatgctacg ataagcaatg gcaccatcct gccaatcgac tttcttgtct   3120
gcattggcat cttcagtgat aacaacctta gcacttggaa gttccttcgt gtattctggg   3180
aaaacaatgc ccttataagc tttttcccat tgccattcag agctgtggat tcctacatag   3240
ttggcatttc cgactgtttc tttataggct gtcaaacgag tccagtcatt cgaaccacca   3300
ccatagctgt tttgagagtt actccaaaca ccagcagcaa gcttatctgt agaaacaaat   3360
ccatacatgt aacccttggc tagatctttc attggattgg ttacatcgat atgatcatct   3420
ccgctgacat gcgtattgtt tgacatggtt gccccatcaa acttagcacc agtttgatca   3480
ctagaaacag agactaaagc attgccgagg aaactaatag aagaaagtag ttttctttcg   3540
tcatcaatct tttgacctgg agtgacttga ttgtggttga caatcttggt cacatcaaag   3600
tgcaattgat tgtccacaac ttgcaagcgt actgtcattt ccgcattgat taagtgagca   3660
tcatcgcgaa gcttcatcaa gtactctgct gttgtctcat tgattttctt ataagtgact   3720
tcaggggtga ttcggtggtt attgataaag acttggttga actgttgaac ctgtcctggc   3780
aaagtatgtc cattcaagct gtattccttg acacgaggga aggcttggtc aatcactgct   3840
ttgagaacct tagactgaat cgtgtcataa gtcaccttgc tatcatcaac ttcaggacct   3900
gtttcttttt cagcaggggt atcctctgtt tttaccccct cttggttatc cgttttaacg   3960
ctaacaactg ttcgctcatc gtcataagag cccgccttga gaagaatctt cttctcattt   4020
ttaagatggt cattgaccgc agctggtaga gtcactgtgt caaagagatt gacatcgtta   4080
ttgctggcat ttagctgacc gtctgacttg agagtgatag agagacggtt tgtgatctgt   4140
ttcagagcag caacacgact acctctatac caagtgctag ttgttggaga tttatactcc   4200
cagaaccagc catccttgtc ataaccgaca aaaacattat tcttggtatc tttaaatttc   4260
aagaagacac caaagcgtga tttgcccttt tcagaatcat ctttgaaggt taaatcaaca   4320
gttgcatttc cattggcatc aacggtcaag cccttctttt caaacagggc tggtttacct   4380
gcgttatcat tttgagcagt tgaggataat tggttgtagc ggacaccttt ttcttctcgg   4440
atagtgactg ttccctgttg ttcttttttc tctaccgttt gccattcagg ggttaccgtc   4500
ttaggtgttt caggtttagc agctgcag                                      4528
 
           
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             DNA 
             Artificial sequence 
             
               Synthetic probe 
             
           
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ctgcaggctt ccctttagca gttacagcct gtttcttacg gtctttttca ctccggccaa     60
tcggcgcttc aattacacca cgatcattag gcagatttcc atgaacaatc gcccaatatt    120
tgcggagaga ctttttatct ttgagttctt gggcaagtac tagatgcgca tcatcgtttt    180
tagcaatcat gagaagacct gacgtatcct tatcaatacg gtgaacaatc cctggacgca    240
gaaccccatt gatacccgac aagtccttaa tatgatacat gagggcattt actagggttc    300
cactggtatg accagcactc gggtgcacaa ccattccctg aggtttgtta acgacagcca    360
catcctcatc ttggtagact atttctagcg gaagatcctc agccacatac tctaatacct    420
ctggttctgg cacatggtaa gtgacgacat caccctcttg gactgtgtat ttagctttct    480
tgacttgacc attgaccaag acctggcctg atttaatttg ttcattcgcg agactacgtg    540
ataattctga caaatctgac aaagccttat ccaaacgcag accaccagtt tcaattttaa    600
tttccattta tttcctcttt tagcattgca atcaataaaa taatcactcc aaccgtcaga    660
tagctatctg ccacattgaa aattgcaaag ttgataaagt caaggtggaa catatccaca    720
acaaagccct gactgaccct gtcaataaag tttccaagac cacccgcgat tattagagtc    780
aaacccaaga ccatccagaa tgagtcctcc atgtgtttat gtaaatacca aatggcacct    840
atcacgacaa ccagagtaat gacagcgaat aacagctgct gatcttgtaa gatagaaaag    900
gctgcacctc gattttgcag gtaggtcaag ctaacgaaat tgggaatcca ggagcgcact    960
tcacccagtg gaatctgctg gacgatatag gatttgacca actgatccag cccaattaaa   1020
agcagtacaa tgactgccac tattgctctt tttttcatga tttcctcttt tgatcaaaat   1080
attcttgcat gacttctacg aagagagtcc cagcttgact aagctccact tcttcacgtt   1140
taacatagac catgcggtta tctaggttat ccttgagacg aataactgta atgccattaa   1200
cactgtcact atctaaaaat ccagaacctg tcgcataggc gtccgtccgc tccaaaatac   1260
cattcaaggt ggcacggtct gtcacattaa acatctgtga gctagcgctg gtatcgacaa   1320
agttctctga ataataaagg tactcgtctt tctcttgagt gaaacagacc gttggtaaat   1380
ccgctaaatc ctccatgact aattcctctt tctgggctaa aggatgaccc tcacagagat   1440
aaatatgggt atggaaggaa tcaattcgat gacctccaga cctaactttt caacccgttg   1500
cataatcccc tttttatttt gattgtggag gtagataatc ccaatctcac tatgcccttg   1560
cgccacttca tctaatattt gaacagtagt tgattcaaaa atacggaagt tcttatagtc   1620
aggatagcgc tctgaaaagg ccgtaatagt tggtggtaag aagtcatagt gctggctagc   1680
aacggaaaat tcatcttttt cttcttcagg attggcatac tgattttgaa aaatatcaaa   1740
tcctttaacc aattcttgcg ctttttcata aaattccatc ccacgacggg tcaagaaagt   1800
ccctgagctg gtccgacgga aaatcttaaa gcccaactct ttttccaaat cacgaacaga   1860
aatagacaga ctcggctgac taacatacat cttttcagca gcttcacgaa aagtaccact   1920
attggcaata gccacaacat agcgtaattg ttgaatgttc atcttctacc cccaacttct   1980
ttatcttttc attataccat attttagaag ttttccaaaa aggaaaaaag aacatcctat   2040
tcttcttaac tatcttcact atctgccttt ctcacgccaa tcttattttc aaaatcaatt   2100
caaaaaaata agtggctaca caccacttca gtatcggaaa gaaaaacgtt gactatttgt   2160
gaaaaaagaa aatgccggaa aattccgaca tttttttagt aagctaactt cctgaaaata   2220
ggagtaacca aacatcccag aaggcagtga tattgatgag aatatgaact agtattggat   2280
agtagagatt tttagtcatg cgatacaata gagctaaaat cagacctcca ctagcataaa   2340
tgaaaaaagc aagaggagtt aaagcaaaat tgatatgaat ataaccgaaa ataatagcag   2400
aaagcaaaac atctccgtac caaggtgagt ttttgaaaaa ggttgtcata agcacacctc   2460
gataaatcaa ttcctcagca ataggggcga tgaagcaaac gatgagcaag aaataaggga   2520
actcctgtct ccccatcatt tctatcgttt cattcaaaga aatctgattt gaagacaggg   2580
atatgaaata cgaaaagagg aagtcagaca tatatgaaat gatgtagccc agtaaaaggt   2640
agatgaagta cctcagctgc cacttgaaat gaaaaatttt ctttcctgca aaaaccagta   2700
gatagatgac cgctaagaaa agaactccgc tctccatcaa aagcagaatc tgaaaaaatt   2760
cacgacttgc tggtagatag ggctttgcga ggtgattgaa aactctccaa aaccaagttg   2820
atttgtaaaa aattaaggac aatgctagta aaatttgaat agcccgtttt ttcatattaa   2880
attctctgct ttctcccctt gtttcttcat attactaata aattttactt aaaatctcgc   2940
agcacttcct ttgcaaagat gattgcctcc tccaatatat cctaaatcat aggtgcctct   3000
gggacaaaat ccatgaaccg gcagagttaa tactggttct atttcccaat cgtacctacc   3060
attaggattt ttaccatatg aatctgctcc accttgtatc agctctaatt cttcatttgt   3120
tagatttata ttttttgtca ttaaaatcat gatatatttc ctccattatt cttcagatta   3180
gttgagtaat ctgatactca tacctactta caaaaaaact attatattaa gttggttttt   3240
taatttgtct agttgcaaca ttgacaaaca tagtatagca tatctttgcg aaatatcctc   3300
ttcaaatcat gaattgtcat caaaacatct taaactataa aatcaattag tctcaagctt   3360
tctatcaatt tcttctccaa aatatgctat aataatagca aaagataaag aaggaagacc   3420
tatgattaaa ctactagcct tggatatgga cggcaccctc ctcaatgaag ccaaggaaat   3480
cccacaagct cacattactg ctattcacaa agccattgaa aaaggtgtca aactggttct   3540
ctgtacggtc gccccctttt cggtgttcct cccctactac aaaaaactgg gactcgacct   3600
ccagaatgag tatgtgattg ttaacaacgg ttgttcaact caccagacta gcgactgggg   3660
cttggttgac tggcaagaac ttagtccagc tgacatcgaa tacctctatg accttgctga   3720
aaagagtgat gttcagttga cactttttga cgagtcacat tattttgttc tcggtggaaa   3780
gcccaatcaa gttattgaaa atgatgctaa actagtattt tcagacctga ctgaaatttc   3840
tcttgaggaa gcgactagtg gaaagttccg gatgttccaa ggtatgtttt taggaacaaa   3900
agaacaaaca gacgattttg agcagcgttt tgctgaagag ctttgccaac gattcagtga   3960
gttcgttcgc agcctgtcat ttatgaagca atgccacttg gaacgacaaa ggctactgct   4020
cttcacgact agctgagatt ttgaagattg attcctcaga gattatggcc atgggcgatg   4080
ctaataacga tatcgaaatg ctccagtttg cagggcttgg gattgcaatg ggaaatgcca   4140
gcgattatgt caaatctctt gcggatgccg ttacctcaag caacgaagaa gacggcgttg   4200
cgcgtgctat tgagaaatat attctataaa aaagaaaagc aaatagacag aagttactgc   4260
tatttgcttt tttgctaata ttttaaaata cggactaatc aatagagaag aatagcgaat   4320
cataaaaatc gatttactag atgccatagt atcttatagt tgctaataag aagttagtct   4380
agcagaatga atctctcatt tctcccacac taatctgtaa tttgtctata cattttctgg   4440
tcttctatct cgaaacaagc cccagtttag gcgttcactt gctcccttgt ctaggttata   4500
agtagctaac agaacagctt cttcttgtct ttcagctcgt tctagaatag ctcctgtttc   4560
atccgtcata aaggaggaac cgtagaagtc aagactggaa ctctgtccgc cattttcctc   4620
actaggagta acctcctcta aaccataacg attggctgcg atgactggaa caatattcgc   4680
tgctgcgtgc ccttgcatag tacgttgcca gtgaccacaa ctatctgtat ccaaaattgg   4740
ctctgaaccg atagctgtag gataaaagag caattcagca ccattcaatg caagacagcg   4800
cgctgtttca gggaaccatt gatcccaaca gataccgata ccaatcttag catagcgagt   4860
attccagacc ttgaaaccag tgttaccagg cgtgaaatag aatttttctt gataataatg   4920
gtcatctggt atatgggtct ttcgataaac gcccagcact tccccatctg catcaatgac   4980
ggcaatagag ttatacaaga cattaccatc tttttcatag aaactgattg gtaaaacaac   5040
ttgtagttcc ttagcaatca ccttaaaatg ctgaatggca gtattttccg ctacagattg   5100
ggcatactgg tagtagtcat actgacgttc ctgacagaaa tagggatgtt caaacaactc   5160
gggcaagaga ataatttggg ctccttgctc agcagcctga cgtactaaac gctctgcggt   5220
ttggatattt gttgccacat ccttagcgca ttgcatctga atggttgcaa ctcttacatt   5280
tctcatcttt ttctcctatt ctggaatttg ttgggtgata cagtggatat tgccaccacc   5340
taagagaata tctctggctg gtattccgac aactttacgg tctgggaaac acttgctgag   5400
gatatctaag gccacttggt cgtttacatc ctcaaactgt ggaaccaaga cagccttgtt   5460
ggcgatataa aagtttacgt aggaagctgc tagtcgttca cctgcgtatc gctcttcttc   5520
tccttcttca tagatgtagc ctggcaaatc ttcttctgtc acaacttgtc gaactgcag    5579
 
           
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             DNA 
             Artificial sequence 
             
               Synthetic primer 
             
           
            8
cgacgttgta aaacgacggc cagt                                            24
 
           
             9 
             17 
             DNA 
             Artificial sequence 
             
               Synthetic primer 
             
           
            9
caggaaacag ctatgac                                                    17