RRC ID 75512
Author Takahashi M, Morikawa K, Akao T.
Title Short-length Homologous Region exhaustive Search algorithm (SHRS): A primer design algorithm for differentiating bacteria at the species, subspecies, or strain level based on a whole genome sequence.
Journal J Microbiol Methods
Abstract In fields such as the food industry, it is very important to identify target bacteria at the species level or lower for optimal product quality control. Bacteria identification at the subspecies or lower level requires time-consuming and high-cost analyses such as multi-locus sequence typing and amplified fragment length polymorphism analyses. Herein, we developed a primer design algorithm for precisely identifying bacteria based on a whole genome DNA sequence that is easy to apply. The algorithm designs primer sets that produce fragments from all input sequences and maximizes the differences in the amplicon size or amplicon sequence among input sequences. We demonstrate that the primer sets designed by the algorithm clearly classified six subspecies of Lactobacillus delbrueckii, and we observed that the resolution of the method is equal to that of a multi-locus sequence analysis. The algorithm allows the easy but precise identification of bacteria within a short time. (SHRS is available freely from PyPI under the MIT license.).
Volume 203
Pages 106605
Published 2022-12-1
DOI 10.1016/j.mimet.2022.106605
PII S0167-7012(22)00200-7
PMID 36341783
MeSH Algorithms Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis Bacteria* / genetics Lactobacillus delbrueckii* / genetics Multilocus Sequence Typing / methods
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