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AN ANALYSIS OF THE ERWINIA AMYLOVORA PAN-GENOME IDENTIFIES NOVEL CHROMOSOMAL TARGETS FOR MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

Article number
896_3
Pages
45 – 50
Language
English
Abstract
A genomic-based pipeline has been developed to identify chromosomal targets for improved PCR-based diagnostics for Erwinia amylovora. The genomes of six strains of E. amylovora were compared to determine the core genome of the species (DNA sequence present in all strains). The core genome of E. amylovora was then compared to genomes of closely related bacteria and other sequence data available in GenBank to identify species-specific regions of sequence.
A selection of these core E. amylovora chromosomal regions that are likely to be absent in other bacterial species, will be presented as potential targets for the development of molecular-based diagnostic tests.
PCR primer sets targeting these regions will be assessed and validated by cooperating researchers throughout the world, with the aim of identifying robust primer sets to be used for accurate detection of E. amylovora.

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Authors
R. Powney, S.V. Beer, T. Sawbridge, K. Plummer, J. Luck, B. Rodoni
Keywords
PCR detection, fire blight, genomics, plant biosecurity
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