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ArticleScientific reports2020

Impact of DNA extraction on whole genome sequencing analysis for characterization and relatedness of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolates.

Stéphanie Nouws, Bert Bogaerts, Bavo Verhaegen, Sarah Denayer, Denis Piérard, Kathleen Marchal, Nancy H C Roosens, Kevin Vanneste, Sigrid C J De Keersmaecker

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Stéphanie Nouws *Transversal Activities in Applied Genomics, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Bert Bogaerts *Transversal Activities in Applied Genomics, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Bavo VerhaegenNational Reference Laboratory for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (NRL-STEC), Foodborne Pathogens, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Sarah DenayerNational Reference Laboratory for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (NRL-STEC), Foodborne Pathogens, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Denis PiérardDepartment of Microbiology and Infection Control, National Reference Center for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (NRC-STEC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium.
Kathleen MarchalDepartment of Information Technology, IDLab, Ghent University, IMEC, Ghent, Belgium.
Nancy H C RoosensTransversal Activities in Applied Genomics, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Kevin Vanneste *Transversal Activities in Applied Genomics, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Sigrid C J De Keersmaecker *Transversal Activities in Applied Genomics, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium. sigrid.dekeersmaecker@sciensano.be.
Sciensano (Belgium) · BEGhent University · BEUniversity of Pretoria · ZAVrije Universiteit Brussel · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whole genome sequencing (WGS) has proven to be the ultimate tool for bacterial isolate characterization and relatedness determination. However, standardized and harmonized workflows, e.g. for DNA extraction, are required to ensure robust and exchangeable WGS data. Data sharing between (inter)national laboratories is essential to support foodborne pathogen control, including outbreak investigation. This study evaluated eight commercial DNA preparation kits for their potential influence on: (i) DNA quality for Nextera XT library preparation; (ii) MiSeq sequencing (data quality, read mapping against plasmid and chromosome references); and (iii) WGS data analysis, i.e. isolate characterization (serotyping, virulence and antimicrobial resistance genotyping) and phylogenetic relatedness (core genome multilocus sequence typing and single nucleotide polymorphism analysis). Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) was selected as a case study. Overall, data quality and inferred phylogenetic relationships between isolates were not affected by the DNA extraction kit choice, irrespective of the presence of confounding factors such as EDTA in DNA solution buffers. Nevertheless, completeness of STEC characterization was, although not substantially, influenced by the plasmid extraction performance of the kits, especially when using Nextera XT library preparation. This study contributes to addressing the WGS challenges of standardizing protocols to support data portability and to enable full exploitation of its potential.

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Disease OutbreaksBase SequenceDNA, BacterialDrug Resistance, BacterialEscherichia coli InfectionsEscherichia coli O157FecesHumansMultilocus Sequence TypingPhylogenyPlasmidsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRed MeatSerogroupVirulenceWhole Genome SequencingDNA, Bacterial

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