2002
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-6-1813
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Many carried meningococci lack the genes required for capsule synthesis and transport The GenBank accession number for the sequence of the cnl-1 allele is AJ308327.

Abstract: Of 830 Neisseria meningitidis isolates obtained from healthy carriers in Bavaria, Germany, 136 (164 %) lacked the operons necessary for the synthesis, lipid modification, and transport of capsular polysaccharide. These operons were replaced by a non-coding intergenic region either 113 or 114 bp in length, termed here the capsule null locus (cnl). Comparisons of the nucleotide sequence of this region in the meningococcus and its acapsulate relatives, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria lactamica, revealed six d… Show more

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“…Interestingly, seven samples were ctrA PCR-negative. All ctrA PCR-negative samples were non-groupable, so this could be explained by meningococci not possessing the genes necessary for capsule expression, as reported by Claus et al (2002). Of the seven ctrA PCR-negative samples, three were porA PCR-positive and four were nested porA PCR-positive; although potential false-positives have been reported when using IS1106 as a target (Borrow et al, 1998b), this was clearly not the case in this study.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 42%
“…Interestingly, seven samples were ctrA PCR-negative. All ctrA PCR-negative samples were non-groupable, so this could be explained by meningococci not possessing the genes necessary for capsule expression, as reported by Claus et al (2002). Of the seven ctrA PCR-negative samples, three were porA PCR-positive and four were nested porA PCR-positive; although potential false-positives have been reported when using IS1106 as a target (Borrow et al, 1998b), this was clearly not the case in this study.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 42%
“…These hyperinvasive lineages are known to be persistent, having spread worldwide over many decades (22). Our model also accommodates the phenomenon of unencapsulated meningococci occurring commonly in carriage (30). The hyperinvasive phenotype of meningococci is polygenic with the possession of a capsule a necessary but not sufficient factor; thus, within our framework it may be treated as an element of excess virulence and the lack of it may be simply explained by the frequencies of avirulent forms of all cocirculating STs.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…Isolates that are rplF negative are characterised by sequencing a fragment of the 16S (small subunit) rRNA gene to confirm genus or lack of bacterial DNA suitable for PCR amplification. All samples are also tested with an assay that sequences the capsule null (cnl) region of the meningococcal chromosome (Claus et al 2002). This region is present in genetically characterised meningococci without a capsule and in all Neisseria species other than meningococci.…”
Section: Molecular Characterisation Of Neisseriamentioning
confidence: 99%