Bioinformatics databases and search tools are utilised to
produce polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers for the
amplification of an ABC transporter gene from the clinically important anaerobe Finegoldia magna. On sequencing, a 450 base pair amplicon showed homology with the amino acid transporter of Enterococcus faecalis. Little sequence data is available for F. magna and the newly
isolated DNA could be a useful tool in the identification of
this organism in clinical specimens
