Proposal of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serovar 19, and reformulation of previous multiplex PCRs for capsule-specific typing of all known serovars
File(s)Manuscript Serovar 19 Vet Micro_accepted.docx (127.56 KB)
Accepted version
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Two serologically and molecularly non-typeable isolates of the porcine lung pathogen Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae have been identified from diseased swine in two different continents. Genome sequencing was carried out to identify their diagnostically relevant genotypes. Both isolates are biovar 1 and encode genes for production of ApxIV and ApxII (apxIICA structural genes, and apxIBD export genes). They both possess the same novel type II capsule locus (most similar to serovar 1, but with two capsule genes not previously found in A. pleuropneumoniae) but differ in their O-Ag loci. Strain 7213384-1 from Denmark, which we propose as the reference strain for serovar 19, has a serogroup 3/6/8/15 O-Ag locus; the Canadian isolate A08-13 has a serogroup 4/7 O-Ag locus. We have expanded the second of our two previously described A. pleuropneumoniae mPCRs to include capsule gene-specific primers for definitive detection of serovars 13-14 and 16-19.
Date Issued
2021-04-01
Date Acceptance
2021-02-22
Citation
Veterinary Microbiology, 2021, 255
ISSN
0378-1135
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal / Book Title
Veterinary Microbiology
Volume
255
Copyright Statement
This paper is embargoed until 12 months after publication.
Sponsor
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Grant Number
BB/G018553/1
BB/S019901/1
BB/S019901/1
BB/S002103/1
BB/S019901/1
BB/S005897/1
Subjects
A. pleuropneumoniae
Capsule typing
Serovar 19
multiplex PCR
Veterinary Sciences
0605 Microbiology
0707 Veterinary Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 109021
Date Publish Online
2021-02-24