Establishment of a Method for Extracting Bacterial Genome DNA from Frozen Archenterons
In order to establish a direct method for extracting bacterial genome DNA from frozen archenterons,two samples of frozen archenterons were pretreated by combination of shake-elution,filtration via metal mesh and gradient centrifugation technique;then the bacterial genome DNA was extracted by use of phenol-chloroform for agarose gel electrophoresis and measurement of OD260/OD280 ratio;taking the bacterial genome DNA as the template,16S rDNA was amplified by PCR assay,then the clone libraries were constructed. Three bacterial colonies were randomly selected from each of the two libraries for PCR identification and DNA sequencing of 16S rDNA. The results showed that the concentration and purity of DNA extracted from the samples were relatively high,and the OD260/OD280 ratio ranged from 1.8 to 2.0;one out of six selected bacterial colonies was negative,and others were positive,furthermore,the five species of bacteria belonged to Enterococcus and Weissella. In conclusion,the bacterial genome DNA extracted from frozen archenterons was of good quality,which could be used to study the diversity of bacteria in frozen archenterons by culture-independent method. With the method established in this study,it was possible to conduct further study on bacterial diversity,community structure and variation by using modern molecular biology technologies.