Genus, group, species and/or strain specific 16S rDNA sequences
First Claim
1. A plurality of 16S polynucleotides immobilized to a solid support, wherein the plurality of 16S polynucleotides are subsequences of 16S rDNA and each 16S polynucleotide individually comprises at least one distinguishing moiety, which differentiates between microorganisms by genus, group, species, strain, and/or isolate.
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Abstract
Materials and methods for identifying unique sites in bacterial 16S and 23S rDNA are provided, as well as specific unique sequences of 16S rDNA in select bacteria. The distinguishing moieties will enable rapid differentiation between families, genera, groups, species, strains, subspecies, and isolates of microorganisms. Such differentiation can be performed by using rapid screening kits in combination with in silico analysis for diagnostic, prognastic, epidemiologic, phylogenetic, and other purposes.
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28 Claims
- 1. A plurality of 16S polynucleotides immobilized to a solid support, wherein the plurality of 16S polynucleotides are subsequences of 16S rDNA and each 16S polynucleotide individually comprises at least one distinguishing moiety, which differentiates between microorganisms by genus, group, species, strain, and/or isolate.
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8. A method of detecting the presence of a microorganism and determining an isolate, a strain, a species, a group, or a genus of a microorganism in a sample suspected of containing the microorganism comprising the steps of:
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(A) selecting at least one primer pair to amplify at least a portion of a 16S rDNA of the sample;
(B) amplifying the 16S rDNA of the sample with the at least one primer pair;
(C) contacting the amplified rDNA with at least one isolated nucleic acid comprising at least one distinguishing moiety;
(D) incubating the amplified rDNA and the isolated nucleic acid under hybridizing conditions which allow hybridization in a sequence-specific manner between the sample and the at least one isolated nucleic acid to form a hybridization product;
(E) detecting the hybridization product and thereby one or more distinguishing moieties of the microorganism; and
(F) determining the isolate, strain, species, group, and/or genus of the microorganism by the presence of the one or more distinguishing moieties. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A kit for the detection and identification of at least one microorganism by genus, group, species, strain, and/or isolate in a sample comprising:
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(A) at least one primer pair for amplification of at least a portion of a 16S rRNA of the microorganism;
(B) two or more nucleic acids comprising at least two critical residues of a 16S rDNA which distinguish the microorganism by genus, group, species, strain, or isolate;
(C) a hybridization buffer to allow sequence-specific hybridization between the probes and the nucleic acids present in the sample, or to allow sequence-specific hybridization between the probes and the nucleic acids of amplified products of the sample; and
(D) a detection moiety. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 28)
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- 15. A composition comprising a plurality of probes of Table 20 and/or Table 21, wherein each probe comprises at least one distinguishing moiety, and wherein the plurality of probes are immobilized on a substrate.
- 22. A database comprising a plurality of distinguishing moieties which differentiate a microorganism by genus, group, species, strain, or isolate, and wherein the database comprises at least two distinguishing moieties from Tables 2, 20, or 21.
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24. A reference database comprising a plurality of distinguishing moieties, wherein the distinguishing moieties include distinguishing moieties of Table 20 and/or Table 21 in relational form with a means for querying the reference database.
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25. A computerized storage and retrieval system of critical residues comprising:
- a data entry means;
a display means;
a programmable central processing unit; and
a data storage means having 16S rRNA distinguishing moieties and annotated information on attributes of the 16S rRNA distinguishing moieties electronically stored in a relational database. - View Dependent Claims (26)
- a data entry means;
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27. A method of identifying distinguishing moieties in a 16S bacterial rRNA or rDNA comprising the steps of:
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(A) obtaining a nucleotide sequence of a genetic locus shared by two or more different bacterial strains, species, or genera;
(B) dividing the nucleotide sequence into a set of oligomers of length “
n”
which overlap by “
x”
nucleotides, wherein “
x”
is at least one nucleotide less than “
n” and
wherein said overlapping oligomers span the length of the sequence of the genetic locus;
(C) comparing an oligomer using a comparative algorithm against at least one database of nucleotide sequences for that locus from a plurality of bacterial strains, species, or genera, wherein the nucleotide sequences are stored in at least one database; and
(D) determining whether the oligomer has a nucleotide sequence which matches, or has no more than one mismatch with, a portion of all available nucleotide sequences for the locus of the strain, species, or genus of origin, or whether the nucleotide sequence has at least two mismatches when aligned with any other strain, species, or genus, wherein the at least two mismatches when aligned correspond to distinguishing moieties which differentiate between strain, species or genus.
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