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THE DIVERSITY OF ENTEROCOCCI ISOLATED FROM JAPANESE QUAIL CHICKS HATCHED DURING A SPACE FLIGHT

Kmeť, V., Boďa, K.*, Kmeťová, M.**

Institute of Animal Physiology SAS
Šoltésovej 4
040 01 Košice
The Slovak Republic		 * Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine
900 28 Ivanka pri Dunaji
The Slovak Republic		 **Department of Medical Microbiology
Faculty of Medicine
P. J. Šafárik University
Tr. SNP 1
040 66 Košice

Summary

The diversity of chromosomal DNA of ten faecal enterococci isolated from Japanese quail chicks hatched on board the space ship was compared. The method of polymerase chain reaction, namely the so-called ERIC (enterobacterial intergenic repetitive consensus), PCR and UP (universally primed) PCR were used. The results of both reactions showed the fingerprint uniformity of chromosomal DNA, which indicates the same source of enterococci when the intestinal tract of Japanese quails was colonized.

Key words: Japanese quails; Enterococcus spp.; space flight; hatching

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