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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2012

Automated pangenomic analysis in target selection for PCR detection and identification of bacteria by use of ssGeneFinder Webserver and its application to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi.

Chi-Chun Ho, Alan K L Wu, Cindy W S Tse, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Susanna K P Lau, Patrick C Y Woo

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Chi-Chun HoDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Alan K L Wu
Cindy W S Tse
Kwok-Yung Yuen
Susanna K P Lau
Patrick C Y Woo
University of Hong Kong · HKKwong Wah Hospital · CNPamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the advent of high-throughput DNA sequencing, more than 4,000 bacterial genomes have been sequenced and are publicly available. We report a user-friendly web platform, ssGeneFinder Webserver (http://147.8.74.24/ssGeneFinder/), which is updated weekly for the automated pangenomic selection of specific targets for direct PCR detection and the identification of clinically important bacteria without the need of gene sequencing. To apply the ssGeneFinder Webserver for identifying specific targets for Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, we analyzed 11 S. Typhi genomes, generated two specific targets, and validated them using 40 S. Typhi, 110 non-Typhi Salmonella serovars (serovar Paratyphi A, n = 4; Paratyphi B, n = 1; Typhimurium, n = 5; Enteritidis, n = 12; non-Paratyphi group A, n = 6; non-Paratyphi group B, n = 29; non-Paratyphi group C, n = 12; non-Typhi group D, n = 35; group E and others, n = 6), 115 Enterobacteriaceae isolates (Escherichia, n = 78; Shigella, n = 2; Klebsiella, n = 13; Enterobacter, n = 9; others, n = 13), and 66 human stool samples that were culture negative for S. Typhi. Both targets successfully detected all typical and atypical S. Typhi isolates, including an H1-j flagellin gene mutant, an aflagellated mutant which reacted with 2O Salmonella antiserum, and the Vi-negative attenuated vaccine strain Ty21a. No false positive was detected from any of the bacterial isolates and stool samples. DNA sequencing confirmed the identity of all positive amplicons. The PCR assays have detection limits as low as 100 CFU per reaction and were tested using spiked stool samples. Using a pangenomic approach, ssGeneFinder Webserver generated targets specific to S. Typhi. These and other validated targets should be applicable to the identification and direct PCR detection of bacterial pathogens from uncultured, mixed, and environmental samples.

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Bacteriological TechniquesComputational BiologyDatabases, Nucleic AcidDNA PrimersGenome, BacterialHumansInternetMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesPolymerase Chain ReactionSalmonella typhiSensitivity and SpecificityTyphoid FeverDNA Primers

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PMID22442318
PMCPMC3372160
OpenAlexW1980634821

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