A METHOD FOR ISOLATING A POLYNUCLEOTIDE OF INTEREST FROM THE GENOME OF A MYCOBACTERIUM USING A BAC-BASED DNA LIBRARY. APPLICATION TO THE DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIA

摘要

The present invention is directed to a method for isolating a polynucleotide of interest that is present or is expressed in a genome of a first mycobacterium strain and that is absent or altered in a genome of a second mycobacterium strain which is different from the first mycobacterium strain using a bacterial artificail chromosome (BAC) vector. The invention further relates to a polynucleotide isolated by this method and recombinant BAC vector used in this method. In addition the present invention comprises method and kit for detecting the presence of a mycobacteria in a biological sample.