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ArticleArchives of oral biology2015

Assessment of two multilocus sequence typing (MLST) schemes available for Streptococcus mutans.

Stephanie S Momeni, Jennifer Whiddon, Kyounga Cheon, Stephen A Moser, Noel K Childers

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Article in Archives of oral biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Stephanie S MomeniDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, SOD 304, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA. Electronic address: jenndoc@uab.edu.
Jennifer WhiddonDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, WP 230, 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249-7331, USA.
Kyounga CheonDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, SOD 304, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA. Electronic address: kcheon@uab.edu.
Stephen A MoserDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, WP 230, 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249-7331, USA. Electronic address: moser@uab.edu.
Noel K ChildersDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, SOD 304, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA. Electronic address: nkc@uab.edu.

Funding

Epidemiology of Dental Caries and Immunity in ChildrenR01DE016684 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI CHILDERS, NOEL K · 2006 to 2013
$6.8M
Dental Academic Research Training Program (DART)T90DE022736 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Amjad Javed · 2012 to 2026
$6.7M
NIDCR NIH HHS DE016684NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE016684NIDCR NIH HHS T90 DE022736
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTwo multilocus sequencing typing (MLST) schemes are currently available for Streptococcus mutans. The first, introduced by Nakano et al. in 2007, consists of 8 conserved housekeeping genes. The second, introduced in 2010 by Do et al., includes 6 housekeeping genes and 2 putative virulence genes. The purpose of the current study was to compare the two MLST schemes for use in validating repetitive extragenic palindromic polymerase chain reaction (rep-PCR) genotypes.

designThirty-three S. mutans isolates, representing the 11 most commonly occurring rep-PCR genotype groups, were selected for MLST. MLST was performed with SYBR Green™ PCR with published primers for both MLST schemes. Amplicons were purified, sequenced, and data checked against the www.PubMLST.org database for allelic and sequence type (ST) assignment. Discriminatory power, congruence, and convenience criteria were evaluated. Concatenated sequences for each scheme were analyzed using MEGA to generate phylogenetic trees using minimum evolution with bootstrap.

resultsNo significant difference in discriminatory power was observed between the two MLST schemes for S. mutans. Clonal clusters were consistent for both schemes. Overall, MLST demonstrated marginally greater discriminatory power than rep-PCR; however all methods were found to be congruent. New alleles and ST are reported for each scheme and added to the PubMLST database.

conclusionsClonality, supported by both methods and rep-PCR, indicates S. mutans genotypes are shared between unrelated subjects. Both Nakano and Do schemes demonstrates similar genotype discrimination for S. mutans isolates suggesting each are well designed and may be used to verify rep-PCR genotypes.

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Bacterial Typing TechniquesChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGenotypeHumansMaleMouthMultilocus Sequence TypingPhylogenyPolymerase Chain ReactionStreptococcus mutansDental cariesGenetic diversityGenotypingMLSTrep-PCRStreptococcus mutans

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