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  • Title: Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes serovar 1/2a, 1/2b, 1/2c and 4b by high resolution melting analysis for epidemiological investigations.
    Author: Tamburro M, Sammarco ML, Fanelli I, Ripabelli G.
    Journal: Int J Food Microbiol; 2019 Nov 16; 310():108289. PubMed ID: 31487606.
    Abstract:
    This study aimed to characterize serovar 1/2a, 1/2b, 1/2c and 4b of Listeria monocytogenes cultures based on High Resolution Melting (HRM) profiles, targeting 53 fragments in the region comprising prs, Listeria Pathogenicity Island-1 (LIPI-1) and ldh loci, and 28 fragments of inlAB operon. Fifty L. monocytogenes cultures (28 of lineage I, 22 of lineage II) were tested. Real time PCR and EvaGreen-based HRM assays were performed, and the HRM profile for each amplicon was compared to that of L. monocytogenes EGD-e strain. Considering all fragments tested, 45 HRM profiles were identified (Diversity Index = 99.35). Similarity analysis identified two main clusters: the first consisted of 25 cultures, including all 1/2a and 1/2c strains, except for three isolates from food of serovar 4b; the second group only included 1/2b and 4b isolates. Eighteen out of targeted amplicons showed constant HRM characteristics irrespective of the serovar/lineage, and hlyA displayed the most stable melting behavior. Conversely, thirteen amplicons were specific for 1/2b and 4b isolates, showing major variations within actA, followed by prs, prfA, mpl and plcB genes. A fragment targeting an intragenic region (part of plcA and part of an unknown gene) had a melting profile allowing differentiation between 4b and 1/2b isolates showing different Tm variants. Amplicons of inlA and inlB exhibited the largest intra-strain melting differences, and one inlB fragment could allow discriminating between 4b and 1/2b cultures, as well as between lineages. A greater level of genetic diversity amongst 1/2a cultures compared to 1/2c, 1/2b and 4b isolates was observed, with variations identified in LIPI-1, as well as within inlA and inlB genes. Sequencing analysis of amplicons with differential HRM profile from EGD-e confirmed point mutations. The study findings underlines that HRM-based approach may be useful for bacterial subtyping for epidemiological purposes when sequencing-based methods are not available.
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