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Gong X, Li J, Zhang Y, Hou S, Qu P, Yang Z, Chen S. Molecular typing of Legionella pneumophila from air-conditioning cooling waters using mip gene, SBT, and FAFLP methods. J Microbiol Methods 2017; 139:1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2017.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2016] [Revised: 03/25/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Khodr A, Kay E, Gomez-Valero L, Ginevra C, Doublet P, Buchrieser C, Jarraud S. Molecular epidemiology, phylogeny and evolution of Legionella. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2016; 43:108-22. [PMID: 27180896 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.04.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2016] [Revised: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 04/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Legionella are opportunistic pathogens that develop in aquatic environments where they multiply in protozoa. When infected aerosols reach the human respiratory tract they may accidentally infect the alveolar macrophages leading to a severe pneumonia called Legionnaires' disease (LD). The ability of Legionella to survive within host-cells is strictly dependent on the Dot/Icm Type 4 Secretion System that translocates a large repertoire of effectors into the host cell cytosol. Although Legionella is a large genus comprising nearly 60 species that are worldwide distributed, only about half of them have been involved in LD cases. Strikingly, the species Legionella pneumophila alone is responsible for 90% of all LD cases. The present review summarizes the molecular approaches that are used for L. pneumophila genotyping with a major focus on the contribution of whole genome sequencing (WGS) to the investigation of local L. pneumophila outbreaks and global epidemiology studies. We report the newest knowledge regarding the phylogeny and the evolution of Legionella and then focus on virulence evolution of those Legionella species that are known to have the capacity to infect humans. Finally, we discuss the evolutionary forces and adaptation mechanisms acting on the Dot/Icm system itself as well as the role of mobile genetic elements (MGE) encoding T4ASSs and of gene duplications in the evolution of Legionella and its adaptation to different hosts and lifestyles.
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- A Khodr
- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des Bactéries Intracellulaires, France; CNRS, UMR 3525, 28, Rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris, France
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- CIRI, International Center for Infectiology Research, Inserm, U1111, CNRS, UMR 5308, Université Lyon 1, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon F-69008, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des Bactéries Intracellulaires, France; CNRS, UMR 3525, 28, Rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris, France
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- CIRI, International Center for Infectiology Research, Inserm, U1111, CNRS, UMR 5308, Université Lyon 1, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon F-69008, France; French National Reference Center of Legionella, Institut des agents infectieux, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CIRI, International Center for Infectiology Research, Inserm, U1111, CNRS, UMR 5308, Université Lyon 1, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon F-69008, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des Bactéries Intracellulaires, France; CNRS, UMR 3525, 28, Rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris, France
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- CIRI, International Center for Infectiology Research, Inserm, U1111, CNRS, UMR 5308, Université Lyon 1, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon F-69008, France; French National Reference Center of Legionella, Institut des agents infectieux, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Kahlisch L, Henne K, Draheim J, Brettar I, Höfle MG. High-resolution in situ genotyping of Legionella pneumophila populations in drinking water by multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis using environmental DNA. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:6186-95. [PMID: 20656879 PMCID: PMC2937494 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00416-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2010] [Accepted: 07/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Central to the understanding of infections by the waterborne pathogen Legionella pneumophila is its detection at the clonal level. Currently, multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA) of L. pneumophila isolates can be used as a tool for high-resolution genotyping. Since L. pneumophila is difficult to isolate, the isolation of outbreak strains often fails due to a viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state of the respective environmental population. Therefore, we developed a cultivation-independent approach to detect single clones in drinking water. This approach is based on the extraction of DNA from drinking water followed by PCR using a set of eight VNTR primer pairs necessary for MLVA genotyping of L. pneumophila. The PCR amplicons were analyzed by single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) and capillary electrophoresis to obtain the respective MLVA profiles. Parallel to the high-resolution analysis, we used the same environmental DNA to quantify the number of L. pneumophila cells in drinking water using real-time PCR with 16S rRNA gene-targeted primers. We used a set of drinking water samples from a small-scale drinking water network to test our approach. With these samples we demonstrated that the developed approach was directly applicable to DNA obtained from drinking water. We were able to detect more L. pneumophila MLVA genotypes in drinking water than we could detect by isolation. Our approach could be a valuable tool to identify outbreak strains even after the outbreak has occurred and has the potential to be applied directly to clinical material.
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- Leila Kahlisch
- Department of Vaccinology and Applied Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Vaccinology and Applied Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Vaccinology and Applied Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Vaccinology and Applied Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Vaccinology and Applied Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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Foley SL, Zhao S, Walker RD. Comparison of molecular typing methods for the differentiation of Salmonella foodborne pathogens. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2007; 4:253-76. [PMID: 17883310 DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2007.0085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Bacteria belonging to the genus Salmonella are among the leading causes of foodborne disease of bacterial etiology. These bacteria are also widely disseminated throughout the animal kingdom. The ability to identify the food source from which a human pathogen originated would be of great value in reducing the incidence of foodborne disease and the extent of disease outbreaks due to Salmonella. To date, efforts to identify the origin of these pathogens have centered on phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Salmonella isolates. This review focuses molecular or genotypic techniques that are currently being used for typing, and examines their strengths and weaknesses for determining the source of Salmonella foodborne infections.
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- Steven L Foley
- National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449, USA.
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Pourcel C, Visca P, Afshar B, D'Arezzo S, Vergnaud G, Fry NK. Identification of variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) sequences in Legionella pneumophila and development of an optimized multiple-locus VNTR analysis typing scheme. J Clin Microbiol 2007; 45:1190-9. [PMID: 17251393 PMCID: PMC1865833 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02078-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The utility of a genotypic typing assay for Legionella pneumophila was investigated. A multiple-locus variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) analysis (MLVA) scheme using PCR and agarose gel electrophoresis is proposed based on eight minisatellite markers. Panels of well-characterized strains were examined in a multicenter analysis to validate the assay and to compare its performance to that of other genotyping assays. Excellent typeability, reproducibility, stability, and epidemiological concordance were observed. The MLVA type or profile is composed of a string of allele numbers, corresponding to the number of repeats at each VNTR locus, separated by commas, in a predetermined order. A database containing information from 99 L. pneumophila serogroup 1 strains and four strains of other serogroups and their MLVA profiles, which can be queried online, is available from http://bacterial-genotyping.igmors.u-psud.fr/.
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- Christine Pourcel
- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Bât 400, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay cedex, France.
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van Belkum A, Tassios PT, Dijkshoorn L, Haeggman S, Cookson B, Fry NK, Fussing V, Green J, Feil E, Gerner-Smidt P, Brisse S, Struelens M. Guidelines for the validation and application of typing methods for use in bacterial epidemiology. Clin Microbiol Infect 2007; 13 Suppl 3:1-46. [PMID: 17716294 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01786.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 530] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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For bacterial typing to be useful, the development, validation and appropriate application of typing methods must follow unified criteria. Over a decade ago, ESGEM, the ESCMID (Europen Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) Study Group on Epidemiological Markers, produced guidelines for optimal use and quality assessment of the then most frequently used typing procedures. We present here an update of these guidelines, taking into account the spectacular increase in the number and quality of typing methods made available over the past decade. Newer and older, phenotypic and genotypic methods for typing of all clinically relevant bacterial species are described according to their principles, advantages and disadvantages. Criteria for their evaluation and application and the interpretation of their results are proposed. Finally, the issues of reporting, standardisation, quality assessment and international networks are discussed. It must be emphasised that typing results can never stand alone and need to be interpreted in the context of all available epidemiological, clinical and demographical data relating to the infectious disease under investigation. A strategic effort on the part of all workers in the field is thus mandatory to combat emerging infectious diseases, as is financial support from national and international granting bodies and health authorities.
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- A van Belkum
- Erasmus MC, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Deplano A, De Mendonça R, De Ryck R, Struelens MJ. External quality assessment of molecular typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates by a network of laboratories. J Clin Microbiol 2006; 44:3236-44. [PMID: 16954254 PMCID: PMC1594732 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00789-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A network of laboratories designated Centres for Molecular Diagnosis was funded in 2000 by Belgian National Health Insurance to provide clinically relevant molecular diagnostic tests. These included typing of nosocomial pathogens as a service to local hospital infection control programs. Two external quality assessment (EQA) surveys were performed in 2001 and 2003 to evaluate the proficiencies of the laboratories at Staphylococcus aureus typing. EQA panels included S. aureus isolates with either indistinguishable, clonally related, or unrelated pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns. A hypothetical hospital outbreak problem was also submitted for analysis. Typeability, reproducibility, discrimination (D) index, and epidemiological concordance were evaluated. Ten centers participated in each survey. Seven centers performed PFGE analysis, while others used repetitive-element or randomly amplified polymorphic DNA PCR, amplified fragment length polymorphism, or spa typing. Full typeability (100%) was achieved by all centers, and all but one showed 100% reproducibility. Discrimination was appropriate (D index, >or=96%) for centers performing PFGE analysis but not for all those using other methods (D index range, 72% to 97%). Correct answers to the epidemiological questions were provided by 7/10 and 10/10 centers in 2001 and 2003, respectively. Individual feedback of results was provided to each center together with specific technical recommendations for improving performance. Our findings indicate that surveys of lab proficiency are useful for validation and optimization of molecular typing services to local hospital infection control programs.
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- A Deplano
- Laboratoire de Référence MRSA-Staphylocoques, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital Erasme, 808, route de Lennik, 1070 Brussels, Belgium.
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Trybush S, Hanley S, Cho KH, Jahodová Š, Grimmer M, Emelianov I, Bayon C, Karp A. Getting the most out of fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1139/b06-096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP™) is one of the most widely applied molecular marker detection systems used today. Among the reasons for its popularity are its reproducibility, capacity to generate large numbers of data points in a single assay, and “off-the-shelf” universal applicability. The original AFLP protocol was developed using radioactive detection. The transfer of this technique to fluorescent detection on automated DNA fragment analysers not only removed the undesirable requirement for radioactivity but also provided the possibility for increased effectiveness and detection throughput. Unfortunately, a number of problems are frequently encountered with fluorescent AFLPs, particularly failure to amplify high molecular-weight fragments and generation of nonuniform peak distributions. Here, we describe an improved generic protocol for fluorescent AFLPs achieved mainly thorough optimization of the multiplexed selective amplification reaction. This improved protocol gives increased production of valuable high molecular-weight markers and uniform peak intensities, facilitating unambiguous scoring. The protocol has been successfully applied, without further optimization, to species of Salix and Populus (Salicaceae), Melampsora (Melampsoraceae, rust fungi) and Heracleum (Apiaceae), as well as sugar beet ( Beta vulgaris L. subsp. vulgaris , Amaranthaceae), the endangered species Ranunculus kadzunensis Makino (Ranunculaceae), and to Aphidius ervi Haliday (Braconidae), a parasitoid wasp.
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- Sviatlana Trybush
- Plant and Invertebrate Ecology Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
- Broom's Barn, Higham, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6NP, UK
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- Plant and Invertebrate Ecology Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
- Broom's Barn, Higham, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6NP, UK
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- Plant and Invertebrate Ecology Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
- Broom's Barn, Higham, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6NP, UK
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- Plant and Invertebrate Ecology Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
- Broom's Barn, Higham, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6NP, UK
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- Plant and Invertebrate Ecology Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
- Broom's Barn, Higham, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6NP, UK
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- Plant and Invertebrate Ecology Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
- Broom's Barn, Higham, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6NP, UK
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- Plant and Invertebrate Ecology Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
- Broom's Barn, Higham, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6NP, UK
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- Plant and Invertebrate Ecology Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
- Broom's Barn, Higham, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6NP, UK
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