1Department of Microbiology, Kassala University, Sudan
2Department of Microbiology, Khartoum University, Sudan
3Virology Department Central lab, Sudan
4Consultant Physician and Gastroenterology, Sudan
5Department of Bioinformatics, Africa City of Technology, Sudan
6Division of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Tübingen, Germany
American Journal of Microbiological Research.
2015,
Vol. 3 No. 2, 50-54
DOI: 10.12691/ajmr-3-2-1
Copyright © 2015 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Mona Mamoun, Elsanousi S. M., Khalid A. Enan, Abdelmounem E. Abdo, Mohamed A. Hassan. Molecular Identification 0f 16s Ribosomal RNA Gene of
Helicobacter pylori Isolated from Gastric Biopsies in Sudan.
American Journal of Microbiological Research. 2015; 3(2):50-54. doi: 10.12691/ajmr-3-2-1.
Correspondence to: Mona Mamoun, Department of Microbiology, Kassala University, Sudan. Email:
mnmamoun@gmail.comAbstract
H. pylori are a ubiquitous microorganism infecting up to half of the world’s population. A total of 81 gastric biopsies taken from patients complaining of gastric disorders in Khartoum state, Sudan screened for H.pylori. Eighteen samples (22.2%) yielded positive culture results. The majority of them were males. Also results indicated higher prevalence of H. pylori in patients with gastritis. Further identification performed using PCR targeted a region of 16S ribosomal RNA gene of H. pylori and gene amplified on 12 samples. Six of isolated sequences subjected to BLAST analysis that showed high similarity to GenBank strains of H. pylori.Multiple sequence alignments were performed between isolated 16S rRNA gene sequences and most related H.pylori strains deposited on GenBank. One isolate differed on one base-pair substitution (G-A) from other isolates and selected reference H.pylori strains. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences reflects that H.pylori could be originated from Africa.
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