Author, as appears in the article.: Talagrand-Reboul E; Latif-Eugenín F; Beaz-Hidalgo R; Colston S; Figueras M; Graf J; Jumas-Bilak E; Lamy B
Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
URV's Author/s: BEAZ HIDALGO, ROXANA / Figueras Salvat, María Josefa
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Abstract: Copyright © 2018 Talagrand-Reboul et al. Many virulence factors have been described for opportunistic pathogens within the genus Aeromonas. Polymerase Chain Reactions (PCRs) are commonly used in population studies of aeromonads to detect virulence-associated genes in order to better understand the epidemiology and emergence of Aeromonas from the environment to host, but their performances have never been thoroughly evaluated. We aimed to determine diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of PCR assays for the detection of virulence-associated genes in a collection of Aeromonas isolates representative for the genetic diversity in the genus. Thirty-nine Aeromonas strains belonging to 27 recognized species were screened by published PCR assays for virulence-associated genes (act, aerA, aexT, alt, ascFG, ascV, ast, lafA, lip, ser, stx1, stx2A). In parallel, homologues of the 12 putative virulence genes were searched from the genomes of the 39 strains. Of the 12 published PCR assays for virulence factors, the comparison of PCR results and genome analysis estimated diagnostic sensitivities ranging from 34% to 100% and diagnostic specificities ranged from 71% to 100% depending upon the gene. To improve the detection of virulence-associated genes in aeromonads, we have designed new primer pairs for aerA/act, ser, lafA, ascFG and ascV, which showed excellent diagnostic sensitivity and specificity. Altogether, the analysis of high quality genomic data, which are more and more easy to obtain, provides significant improvements in the genetic detection of virulence factors in bacterial strains.
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Author's mail: mariajose.figueras@urv.cat
ISSN: 19326203
Author identifier: 0000-0002-2268-8980
Record's date: 2023-02-22
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Link to the original source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0201428
Papper original source: Plos One. 13 (8): e0201428-
APA: Talagrand-Reboul E; Latif-Eugenín F; Beaz-Hidalgo R; Colston S; Figueras M; Graf J; Jumas-Bilak E; Lamy B (2018). Genome-driven evaluation and redesign of PCR tools for improving the detection of virulence-associated genes in aeromonads. Plos One, 13(8), e0201428-. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201428
Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201428
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2018
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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