Objective To establish a fluorescent quantitative PCR method that can
detect common mycoplasma in laboratory animals.
Method Design a pair of primers and probes for the more conservative
regions in the 16 s rRNA genes of mycoplasma susceptible to mycoplasma in mice
and mice, establish a fluorescent quantitative PCR method and test its
specificity, sensitivity and repeatability.
Results The method showed a good linear relationship between the template
concentration of 5×100-5×106copies/μL (R²=0.9972) and the amplification
efficiency was 98.11%; it has strong specificity and can distinguish and detect
common Staphylococcus aureus Pathogenic bacteria; high sensitivity, the lower
limit of detection is 5 copies/μL. The detection sensitivity is 100 times higher
than that of conventional PCR; the repeatability is good, the coefficient of
variation of the repeatability test within and between groups for different
concentrations of templates is less than 2%. Fluorescence quantitative PCR and
ordinary PCR methods were used to detect 120 clinical samples from different
sources and types. The results showed that the positive rates of mycoplasma
detection in mice were 3.33% (2/60) and 1.67% (1/60), respectively. Cell samples
were Mycoplasma The positive rate of detection was 5% (3/60).
Conclusion The fluorescence quantitative PCR method established in this
study is fast, specific, highly sensitive, and reproducible, and can be used for
rapid diagnosis of common mycoplasma in laboratory animals.