Detection of “Xisco” gene for identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates

Authors

Francisco Salvà-Serra, University of Gothenburg
Gwendolyn Connolly, Technological University Dublin
Edward Moore, University of GothenburgFollow
Lucia Gonzales-Siles, University of Gothenburg

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

1.6 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 3. MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES

Publication Details

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Abstract

We describe a PCR-assay differentiating Streptococcus pneumoniae from closely-related species of the Mitis group of the genus Streptococcus and identification of pneumococcus clinical isolates, based on the “Xisco” gene discriminatory marker. The complete “Xisco” gene sequence was observed in all S. pneumoniae genomes analyzed and absent in all non-pneumococcus genomes.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.12.003

Recommended Citation

Francisco Salvà-Serra, Gwendolyn Connolly, Edward R.B. Moore, Lucia Gonzales-Siles, Detection of “Xisco” gene for identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Volume 90, Issue 4, 2018,Pages 248-250, ISSN 0732-8893, DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.12.003.