Affiliation:
1. Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR), Christchurch Science Center
2. Kenepuru Science Center
3. National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, Christchurch, New Zealand
Abstract
ABSTRACT
To overcome some of the deficiencies with current molecular typing schema for
Campylobacter
spp., we developed a prototype PCR binary typing (P-BIT) approach. We investigated the distribution of 68 gene targets in 58
Campylobacter jejuni
strains, one
Campylobacter lari
strain, and two
Campylobacter coli
strains for this purpose. Gene targets were selected on the basis of distribution in multiple genomes or plasmids, and known or putative status as an epidemicity factor. Strains were examined with Penner serotyping, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE; using SmaI and KpnI enzymes), and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) approaches for comparison. P-BIT provided 100% typeability for strains and gave a diversity index of 98.5%, compared with 97.0% for SmaI PFGE, 99.4% for KpnI PFGE, 96.1% for MLST, and 92.8% for serotyping. Numerical analysis of the P-BIT data clearly distinguished strains of the three
Campylobacter
species examined and correlated somewhat with MLST clonal complex assignations and with previous classifications of “high” and “low” risk. We identified 18 gene targets that conferred the same level of discrimination as the 68 initially examined. We conclude that P-BIT is a useful approach for subtyping, offering advantages of speed, cost, and potential for strain risk ranking unavailable from current molecular typing schema for
Campylobacter
spp.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology
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