Comparative sequence analysis of the capsular polysaccharide loci of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serovars 1-18, and development of two multiplex PCRs for comprehensive capsule typing
Abstract
Problems with serological cross-reactivity have led to development of a number of PCRs (individual and multiplex) for molecular typing of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, the causative agent of porcine pleuropneumonia. Most of these assays were developed for detection of specific amplicons within capsule biosynthetic genes before the availability of complete sequences for the different serovars. Here we describe comparative analysis of the complete capsular loci for all 18 serovars of A. pleuropneumoniae, and development of two multiplex PCRs for comprehensive capsule typing of this important pig pathogen.
Citation
Bossé , J T , Li , Y , Fernandez Crespo , R , Lacouture , S , Gottschalk , M , Sárközi , R , Fodor , L , Casas Amoribieta , M , Angen , Ø , Nedbalcova , K , Holden , M T G , Maskell , D J , Tucker , A W , Wren , B W , Rycroft , A N , Langford , P R & BRaDP1T Consortium 2018 , ' Comparative sequence analysis of the capsular polysaccharide loci of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serovars 1-18, and development of two multiplex PCRs for comprehensive capsule typing ' , Veterinary Microbiology , vol. 220 , pp. 83-89 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.05.011
Publication
Veterinary Microbiology
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0378-1135Type
Journal article
Description
This work was supported by a Longer and Larger (LoLa) grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (grant numbers BB/G020744/1, BB/G019177/1, BB/G019274/1 and BB/G018553/1), the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Zoetis awarded to the Bacterial Respiratory Diseases of Pigs-1 Technology (BRaDP1T) consortium. MTGH was supported by the Wellcome Trust (grant number 098051). RS and LF were supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA 112826). Genome sequencing provided by MicrobesNG (www.microbesng.uk) was supported by the BBSRC (grant number BB/L024209/1).Collections
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