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Compositions for use in identification of bacteria

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Abstract

The present invention provides compositions, kits and methods for rapid identification and quantification of bacteria by molecular mass and base composition analysis.

Description

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›RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/409,535, filed April 21, 2006, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/060,135, filed Feb. 17, 2005 which claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/545,425 filed Feb. 18, 2004; U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/559,754, filed Apr. 5, 2004; U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/632,862, filed Dec. 3, 2004; U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/639,068, filed Dec. 22, 2004; and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/648,188, filed Jan. 28, 2005. U.S. application Ser. No. 11/409,535 is a also continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/728,486, filed Dec. 5, 2003 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,718,354 which claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/501,926, filed Sep. 11, 2003. U.S. application Ser. No. 11/409,535 also claims the benefit of priority to: U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/674,118, filed Apr. 21, 2005; U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/705,631, filed Aug. 3, 2005; U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/732,539, filed Nov. 1, 2005; and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/773,124, filed Feb. 13, 2006. Each of the above-referenced U.S. Applications is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Methods disclosed in U.S. application Ser. Nos. 09/891,793, 10/156,608, 10/405,756, 10/418,514, 10/660,122, 10/660,996, 10/660,997, 10/660,998, 10/728,486, 11/060,135, and 11/073,362, are commonly owned and incorporated herein by reference in their entirety for any purpose.

›STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

This invention was made with United States Government support under CDC contracts RO1 CI000099-01. The United States Government has certain rights in the invention.

›SEQUENCE LISTING

The present application is being filed along with a Sequence Listing in electronic format. The Sequence Listing is provided as a file entitled DIBIS0083USC3SEQ.txt, created on Mar. 6, 2007 which is 252 Kb in size. The information in the electronic format of the sequence listing is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

›FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides compositions, kits and methods for rapid identification and quantification of bacteria by molecular mass and base composition analysis.

›BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

A problem in determining the cause of a natural infectious outbreak or a bioterrorist attack is the sheer variety of organisms that can cause human disease. There are over 1400 organisms infectious to humans; many of these have the potential to emerge suddenly in a natural epidemic or to be used in a malicious attack by bioterrorists (Taylor et al. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London B. Biol. Sci., 2001, 356, 983-989). This number does not include numerous strain variants, bioengineered versions, or pathogens that infect plants or animals.

Much of the new technology being developed for detection of biological weapons incorporates a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) step based upon the use of highly specific primers and probes designed to selectively detect certain pathogenic organisms. Although this approach is appropriate for the most obvious bioterrorist organisms, like smallpox and anthrax, experience has shown that it is very difficult to predict which of hundreds of possible pathogenic organisms might be employed in a terrorist attack. Likewise, naturally emerging human disease that has caused devastating consequence in public health has come from unexpected families of bacteria, viruses, fungi, or protozoa. Plants and animals also have their natural burden of infectious disease agents and there are equally important biosafety and security concerns for agriculture.

A major conundrum in public health protection, biodefense, and agricultural safety and security is that these disciplines need to be able to rapidly identify and characterize infectious agents, while there is no existing technology with the breadth of function to meet this need. Currently used methods for identification of bacteria rely upon culturing the bacterium to effect isolation from other organisms and to obtain sufficient quantities of nucleic acid followed by sequencing of the nucleic acid, both processes which are time and labor intensive.

Mass spectrometry provides detailed information about the molecules being analyzed, including high mass accuracy. It is also a process that can be easily automated. DNA chips with specific probes can only determine the presence or absence of specifically anticipated organisms. Because there are hundreds of thousands of species of benign bacteria, some very similar in sequence to threat organisms, even arrays with 10,000 probes lack the breadth needed to identify a particular organism.

The present invention provides oligonucleotide primers and compositions and kits containing the oligonucleotide primers, which define bacterial bioagent identifying amplicons and, upon amplification, produce corresponding amplification products whose molecular masses provide the means to identify bacteria, for example, at and below the species taxonomic level.

›SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION · 1 of 8

The present invention provides compositions, kits and methods for rapid identification and quantification of bacteria by molecular mass and base composition analysis.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 456.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1261.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 456 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1261.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 288.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1269.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 288 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1269.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 698.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1420.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 698 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1420.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 217.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1167

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 217 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1167.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 399.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1041.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 399 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1041.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 430.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1321.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 430 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1321.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 174.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 853.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 174 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 853.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 172.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1360.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 172 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1360.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 456 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1261.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 456 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1261 and further comprising one or more primer pairs wherein each member of said one or more primer pairs is of a length of 14 to 35 nucleobases and has 70% to 100% sequence identity with the corresponding member from the group of primer pairs represented by SEQ ID NOs: 288:1269, 698:1420, 217:1167, 399:1041, 430:1321, 174:853, and 172:1360.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 681.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1022.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 681 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1022.

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One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 315.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1379.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 315 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1379.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 346.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 955.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 346 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 955.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 504.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1409.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 504 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1409.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 323.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1068.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 323 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1068.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 479.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 938.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 479 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 938.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 681 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1022.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 681 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1022 and further comprising one or more primer pairs wherein each member of said one or more primer pairs is of a length of 14 to 35 nucleobases and has 70% to 100% sequence identity with the corresponding member from the group of primer pairs represented by SEQ ID NOs: 315:1379, 346:955, 504:1409, 323:1068, 479:938.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 583.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 923.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 583 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 923.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 454.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1418.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 454 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1418.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 250.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 902.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 250 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 902.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 384.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 878.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 384 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 878.

›SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION · 3 of 8

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 694.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1215.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 694 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1215.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 194.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1173.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 194 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1173.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 375.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 890.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 375 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 890.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 656.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1224.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 656 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1224.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 618.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1157.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 618 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1157.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 302.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 852.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 302 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 852.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 199.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 889.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 199 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 889.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 596.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1169.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 596 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1169.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 150.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1242.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 150 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1242.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 166.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1069.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 166 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1069.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 166.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1168.

›SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION · 4 of 8

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 166 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1168.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 583 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 923 and further comprising one or more primer pairs wherein each member of said one or more primer pairs is of a length of 14 to 35 nucleobases and has 70% to 100% sequence identity with the corresponding member from the group of primer pairs represented by SEQ ID NOs: 454:1418, 250:902, 384:878, 694:1215, 194:1173, 375:890, 656:1224, 618:1157, 302:852, 199:889, 596:1169, 150:1242, 166:1069 and 166:1168.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 437.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1137.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 437 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1137.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 530.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 891.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 530 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 891.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 474.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 869.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 474 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 869.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 268.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1284.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 268 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1284.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 418.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1301.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 418 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1301.

An embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer pair comprising a forward and a reverse primer, each comprising between 13 and 35 linked nucleotides in length, designed to generate an amplicon that is between about 45 and about 200 linked nucleotides in length, wherein said forward primer comprises at least 80% complementarity to a first region within nucleotides 1-286 of a reference sequence, said reference sequence being a sequence extraction of coordinates 830671-831072 of Genbank gi number 21281729 (ttccacgaaacagatgaa gaaattaacaaaaaagcgcacgctattttcaaacatggaatgactccaattatttgtgttggtgaaacagacgaagagc gtgaaagtggtaaagctaacgatgttgtaggtgagcaagttaagaaagctgttgcaggtttatctgaagatcaacttaa atcagttgtaattgcttatgagccaatctgggcaatcggaactggtaaatcatcaacatctgaagatgcaaatgaaatgt gtgcatttgtacgtcaaactattgctgacttatcaagcaaagaagtatcagaagcaactcgtattcaatatggtggtagtg ttaaacctaacaacattaaagaatacatggcacaaactgatattgatggggcattagtaggtggc (SEQ ID NO.: 1465)), and wherein said reverse primer comprises at least 80% complementarity to a second region within nucleotides 1-286 of said reference sequence.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 318.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1300.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 318 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1300.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 440.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1076.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 440 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1076.

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One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 219.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1013.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 219 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1013.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 437 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1137 and further comprising one or more primer pairs wherein each member of said one or more primer pairs is of a length of 14 to 35 nucleobases and has 70% to 100% sequence identity with the corresponding member from the group of primer pairs represented by SEQ ID NOs: 530:891, 474:869, 268:1284, 418:1301, 318:1300, 440:1076 and 219:1013.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 325.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1163.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 325 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1163.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 278.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1039.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 278 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1039.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 465.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1037.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 465 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1037.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 148.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1172.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 148 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1172.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 190.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1254.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 190 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1254.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 266.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1094.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 266 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1094.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 508.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1297.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 508 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1297.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 259.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1060.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 259 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1060.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 325 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1163 and further comprising one or more primer pairs wherein each member of said one or more primer pairs is of a length of 14 to 35 nucleobases and has 70% to 100% sequence identity with the corresponding member from the group of primer pairs represented by SEQ ID NOs: 278:1039: 465:1037, 148:1172, 190:1254, 266:1094, 508:1297 and 259:1060.

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One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 376.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1265.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 376 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1265.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 267.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1341.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 267 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1341.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 705.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1056.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 705 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1056.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 710.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1259.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 710 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1259.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 374.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1111.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 374 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1111.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 545.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 978.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 545 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 978.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 249.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1095.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 249 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1095.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 195.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1376.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 195 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1376.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 311.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1014.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 311 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1014.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 365.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1052.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 365 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1052.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 527.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1071.

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Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 527 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1071.

One embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 490.

Another embodiment is an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1182.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 490 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1182.

Another embodiment is a kit comprising an oligonucleotide primer pair including an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 376 and an oligonucleotide primer 14 to 35 nucleobases in length having at least 70% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1265 and further comprising one or more primer pairs wherein each member of said one or more primer pairs is of a length of 14 to 35 nucleobases and has 70% to 100% sequence identity with the corresponding member from the group of primer pairs represented by SEQ ID NOs: 267:1341, 705:1056, 710:1259, 374:1111, 545:978, 249:1095, 195:1376, 311:1014, 365:1052, 527:1071 and 490:1182.

In some embodiments, either or both of the primers of a primer pair composition contain at least one modified nucleobase such as 5-propynyluracil or 5-propynylcytosine for example.

In some embodiments, either or both of the primers of the primer pair comprises at least one universal nucleobase such as inosine for example.

In some embodiments, either or both of the primers of the primer pair comprises at least one non-templated T residue on the 5′-end.

In some embodiments, either or both of the primers of the primer pair comprises at least one non-template tag.

In some embodiments, either or both of the primers of the primer pair comprises at least one molecular mass modifying tag.

In some embodiments, the present invention provides primers and compositions comprising pairs of primers, and kits containing the same, and methods for use in identification of bacteria. The primers are designed to produce amplification products of DNA encoding genes that have conserved and variable regions across different subgroups and genotypes of bacteria.

Some embodiments are kits that contain one or more of the primer pair compositions. In some embodiments, each member of the one or more primer pairs of the kit is of a length of 14 to 35 nucleobases and has 70% to 100% sequence identity with the corresponding member from any of the primer pairs listed in Table 2.

Some embodiments of the kits contain at least one calibration polynucleotide for use in quantitiation of bacteria in a given sample, and also for use as a positive control for amplification.

Some embodiments of the kits contain at least one anion exchange functional group linked to a magnetic bead.

In some embodiments, the present invention also provides methods for identification of bacteria. Nucleic acid from the bacterium is amplified using the primers described above to obtain an amplification product. The molecular mass of the amplification product is measured. Optionally, the base composition of the amplification product is determined from the molecular mass. The molecular mass or base composition is compared with a plurality of molecular masses or base compositions of known analogous bacterial identifying amplicons, wherein a match between the molecular mass or base composition and a member of the plurality of molecular masses or base compositions identifies the bacterium. In some embodiments, the molecular mass is measured by mass spectrometry in a modality such as electrospray ionization (ESI) time of flight (TOF) mass spectrometry or ESI Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR) mass spectrometry, for example. Other mass spectrometry techniques can also be used to measure the molecular mass of bacterial bioagent identifying amplicons.

In some embodiments, the present invention is also directed to a method for determining the presence or absence of a bacterium in a sample. Nucleic acid from the sample is amplified using the composition described above to obtain an amplification product. The molecular mass of the amplification product is determined. Optionally, the base composition of the amplification product is determined from the molecular mass. The molecular mass or base composition of the amplification product is compared with the known molecular masses or base compositions of one or more known analogous bacterial bioagent identifying amplicons, wherein a match between the molecular mass or base composition of the amplification product and the molecular mass or base composition of one or more known bacterial bioagent identifying amplicons indicates the presence of the bacterium in the sample. In some embodiments, the molecular mass is measured by mass spectrometry.

In some embodiments, the present invention also provides methods for determination of the quantity of an unknown bacterium in a sample. The sample is contacted with the composition described above and a known quantity of a calibration polynucleotide comprising a calibration sequence. Nucleic acid from the unknown bacterium in the sample is concurrently amplified with the composition described above and nucleic acid from the calibration polynucleotide in the sample is concurrently amplified with the composition described above to obtain a first amplification product comprising a bacterial bioagent identifying amplicon and a second amplification product comprising a calibration amplicon. The molecular masses and abundances for the bacterial bioagent identifying amplicon and the calibration amplicon are determined. The bacterial bioagent identifying amplicon is distinguished from the calibration amplicon based on molecular mass and comparison of bacterial bioagent identifying amplicon abundance and calibration amplicon abundance indicates the quantity of bacterium in the sample. In some embodiments, the base composition of the bacterial bioagent identifying amplicon is determined.

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In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods for detecting or quantifying bacteria by combining a nucleic acid amplification process with a mass determination process. In some embodiments, such methods identify or otherwise analyze the bacterium by comparing mass information from an amplification product with a calibration or control product. Such methods can be carried out in a highly multiplexed and/or parallel manner allowing for the analysis of as many as 300 samples per 24 hours on a single mass measurement platform. The accuracy of the mass determination methods in some embodiments of the present invention permits allows for the ability to discriminate between different bacteria such as, for example, various genotypes and drug resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus.

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The foregoing summary of the invention, as well as the following detailed description of the invention, is better understood when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings which are included by way of example and not by way of limitation.

FIG. 1 : process diagram illustrating a representative primer pair selection process.

FIG. 2 : process diagram illustrating an embodiment of the calibration method.

FIG. 3 : common pathogenic bacteria and primer pair coverage. The primer pair number in the upper right hand corner of each polygon indicates that the primer pair can produce a bioagent identifying amplicon for all species within that polygon.

FIG. 4 : a representative 3D diagram of base composition (axes A, G and C) of bioagent identifying amplicons obtained with primer pair number 14 (a precursor of primer pair number 348 which targets 16S rRNA). The diagram indicates that the experimentally determined base compositions of the clinical samples (labeled NHRC samples) closely match the base compositions expected for Streptococcus pyogenes and are distinct from the expected base compositions of other organisms.

FIG. 5 : a representative mass spectrum of amplification products indicating the presence of bioagent identifying amplicons of Streptococcus pyogenes, Neisseria meningitidis , and Haemophilus influenzae obtained from amplification of nucleic acid from a clinical sample with primer pair number 349 which targets 23S rRNA. Experimentally determined molecular masses and base compositions for the sense strand of each amplification product are shown.

FIG. 6 : a representative mass spectrum of amplification products representing a bioagent identifying amplicon of Streptococcus pyogenes , and a calibration amplicon obtained from amplification of nucleic acid from a clinical sample with primer pair number 356 which targets rplB. The experimentally determined molecular mass and base composition for the sense strand of the Streptococcus pyogenes amplification product is shown.

FIG. 7 : a representative mass spectrum of an amplified nucleic acid mixture which contained the Ames strain of Bacillus anthracis , a known quantity of combination calibration polynucleotide (SEQ ID NO: 1464), and primer pair number 350 which targets the capC gene on the virulence plasmid pX02 of Bacillus anthracis . Calibration amplicons produced in the amplification reaction are visible in the mass spectrum as indicated and abundance data (peak height) are used to calculate the quantity of the Ames strain of Bacillus anthracis.

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As used herein, the term “abundance” refers to an amount. The amount may be described in terms of concentration which are common in molecular biology such as “copy number,” “pfu or plate-forming unit” which are well known to those with ordinary skill. Concentration may be relative to a known standard or may be absolute.

As used herein, the term “amplifiable nucleic acid” is used in reference to nucleic acids that may be amplified by any amplification method. It is contemplated that “amplifiable nucleic acid” also comprises “sample template.”

As used herein the term “amplification” refers to a special case of nucleic acid replication involving template specificity. It is to be contrasted with non-specific template replication (i.e., replication that is template-dependent but not dependent on a specific template). Template specificity is here distinguished from fidelity of replication (i.e., synthesis of the proper polynucleotide sequence) and nucleotide (ribo- or deoxyribo-) specificity. Template specificity is frequently described in terms of “target” specificity. Target sequences are “targets” in the sense that they are sought to be sorted out from other nucleic acid. Amplification techniques have been designed primarily for this sorting out. Template specificity is achieved in most amplification techniques by the choice of enzyme. Amplification enzymes are enzymes that, under conditions they are used, will process only specific sequences of nucleic acid in a heterogeneous mixture of nucleic acid. For example, in the case of Qβ replicase, MDV-1 RNA is the specific template for the replicase (D. L. Kacian et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 69:3038 [1972]). Other nucleic acid will not be replicated by this amplification enzyme. Similarly, in the case of T7 RNA polymerase, this amplification enzyme has a stringent specificity for its own promoters (Chamberlin et al., Nature 228:227 [1970]). In the case of T4 DNA ligase, the enzyme will not ligate the two oligonucleotides or polynucleotides, where there is a mismatch between the oligonucleotide or polynucleotide substrate and the template at the ligation junction (D. Y. Wu and R. B. Wallace, Genomics 4:560 [1989]). Finally, Taq and Pfu polymerases, by virtue of their ability to function at high temperature, are found to display high specificity for the sequences bounded and thus defined by the primers; the high temperature results in thermodynamic conditions that favor primer hybridization with the target sequences and not hybridization with non-target sequences (H. A. Erlich (ed.), PCR Technology, Stockton Press [1989]).

As used herein, the term “amplification reagents” refers to those reagents (deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates, buffer, etc.), needed for amplification, excluding primers, nucleic acid template, and the amplification enzyme. Typically, amplification reagents along with other reaction components are placed and contained in a reaction vessel (test tube, microwell, etc.).

As used herein, the term “analogous” when used in context of comparison of bioagent identifying amplicons indicates that the bioagent identifying amplicons being compared are produced with the same pair of primers. For example, bioagent identifying amplicon “A” and bioagent identifying amplicon “B”, produced with the same pair of primers are analogous with respect to each other. Bioagent identifying amplicon “C”, produced with a different pair of primers is not analogous to either bioagent identifying amplicon “A” or bioagent identifying amplicon “B”.

As used herein, the term “anion exchange functional group” refers to a positively charged functional group capable of binding an anion through an electrostatic interaction. The most well known anion exchange functional groups are the amines, including primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary amines.

The term “bacteria” or “bacterium” refers to any member of the groups of eubacteria and archaebacteria.

As used herein, a “base composition” is the exact number of each nucleobase (for example, A, T, C and G) in a segment of nucleic acid. For example, amplification of nucleic acid of Staphylococcus aureus strain carrying the lukS-PV gene with primer pair number 2095 (SEQ ID NOs: 456:1261) produces an amplification product 117 nucleobases in length from nucleic acid of the lukS-PV gene that has a base composition of A35 G17 C19 T46 (by convention—with reference to the sense strand of the amplification product). Because the molecular masses of each of the four natural nucleotides and chemical modifications thereof are known (if applicable), a measured molecular mass can be deconvoluted to a list of possible base compositions. Identification of a base composition of a sense strand which is complementary to the corresponding antisense strand in terms of base composition provides a confirmation of the true base composition of an unknown amplification product. For example, the base composition of the antisense strand of the 139 nucleobase amplification product described above is A46 G19 C17 T35.

As used herein, a “base composition probability cloud” is a representation of the diversity in base composition resulting from a variation in sequence that occurs among different isolates of a given species. The “base composition probability cloud” represents the base composition constraints for each species and is typically visualized using a pseudo four-dimensional plot.

In the context of this invention, a “bioagent” is any organism, cell, or virus, living or dead, or a nucleic acid derived from such an organism, cell or virus. Examples of bioagents include, but are not limited, to cells, (including but not limited to human clinical samples, bacterial cells and other pathogens), viruses, fungi, protists, parasites, and pathogenicity markers (including but not limited to: pathogenicity islands, antibiotic resistance genes, virulence factors, toxin genes and other bioregulating compounds). Samples may be alive or dead or in a vegetative state (for example, vegetative bacteria or spores) and may be encapsulated or bioengineered. In the context of this invention, a “pathogen” is a bioagent which causes a disease or disorder.

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As used herein, a “bioagent division” is defined as group of bioagents above the species level and includes but is not limited to, orders, families, classes, clades, genera or other such groupings of bioagents above the species level.

As used herein, the term “bioagent identifying amplicon” refers to a polynucleotide that is amplified from a bioagent in an amplification reaction and which 1) provides sufficient variability to distinguish among bioagents from whose nucleic acid the bioagent identifying amplicon is produced and 2) whose molecular mass is amenable to a rapid and convenient molecular mass determination modality such as mass spectrometry, for example.

As used herein, the term “biological product” refers to any product originating from an organism. Biological products are often products of processes of biotechnology. Examples of biological products include, but are not limited to: cultured cell lines, cellular components, antibodies, proteins and other cell-derived biomolecules, growth media, growth harvest fluids, natural products and bio-pharmaceutical products.

The terms “biowarfare agent” and “bioweapon” are synonymous and refer to a bacterium, virus, fungus or protozoan that could be deployed as a weapon to cause bodily harm to individuals. Military or terrorist groups may be implicated in deployment of biowarfare agents.

In context of this invention, the term “broad range survey primer pair” refers to a primer pair designed to produce bioagent identifying amplicons across different broad groupings of bioagents. For example, the ribosomal RNA-targeted primer pairs are broad range survey primer pairs which have the capability of producing bacterial bioagent identifying amplicons for essentially all known bacteria. With respect to broad range primer pairs employed for identification of bacteria, a broad range survey primer pair for bacteria such as 16S rRNA primer pair number 346 (SEQ ID NOs: 202:1110) for example, will produce an bacterial bioagent identifying amplicon for essentially all known bacteria.

The term “calibration amplicon” refers to a nucleic acid segment representing an amplification product obtained by amplification of a calibration sequence with a pair of primers designed to produce a bioagent identifying amplicon.

The term “calibration sequence” refers to a polynucleotide sequence to which a given pair of primers hybridizes for the purpose of producing an internal (i.e.: included in the reaction) calibration standard amplification product for use in determining the quantity of a bioagent in a sample. The calibration sequence may be expressly added to an amplification reaction, or may already be present in the sample prior to analysis.

The term “clade primer pair” refers to a primer pair designed to produce bioagent identifying amplicons for species belonging to a clade group. A clade primer pair may also be considered as a “speciating” primer pair which is useful for distinguishing among closely related species.

The term “codon” refers to a set of three adjoined nucleotides (triplet) that codes for an amino acid or a termination signal.

In context of this invention, the term “codon base composition analysis,” refers to determination of the base composition of an individual codon by obtaining a bioagent identifying amplicon that includes the codon. The bioagent identifying amplicon will at least include regions of the target nucleic acid sequence to which the primers hybridize for generation of the bioagent identifying amplicon as well as the codon being analyzed, located between the two primer hybridization regions.

As used herein, the terms “complementary” or “complementarity” are used in reference to polynucleotides (i.e., a sequence of nucleotides such as an oligonucleotide or a target nucleic acid) related by the base-pairing rules. For example, for the sequence “5′-A-G-T-3′,” is complementary to the sequence “3′-T-C-A-5′.” Complementarity may be “partial,” in which only some of the nucleic acids' bases are matched according to the base pairing rules. Or, there may be “complete” or “total” complementarity between the nucleic acids. The degree of complementarity between nucleic acid strands has significant effects on the efficiency and strength of hybridization between nucleic acid strands. This is of particular importance in amplification reactions, as well as detection methods that depend upon binding between nucleic acids. Either term may also be used in reference to individual nucleotides, especially within the context of polynucleotides. For example, a particular nucleotide within an oligonucleotide may be noted for its complementarity, or lack thereof, to a nucleotide within another nucleic acid strand, in contrast or comparison to the complementarity between the rest of the oligonucleotide and the nucleic acid strand.

The term “complement of a nucleic acid sequence” as used herein refers to an oligonucleotide which, when aligned with the nucleic acid sequence such that the 5′ end of one sequence is paired with the 3′ end of the other, is in “antiparallel association.” Certain bases not commonly found in natural nucleic acids may be included in the nucleic acids of the present invention and include, for example, inosine and 7-deazaguanine. Complementarity need not be perfect; stable duplexes may contain mismatched base pairs or unmatched bases. Those skilled in the art of nucleic acid technology can determine duplex stability empirically considering a number of variables including, for example, the length of the oligonucleotide, base composition and sequence of the oligonucleotide, ionic strength and incidence of mismatched base pairs. Where a first oligonucleotide is complementary to a region of a target nucleic acid and a second oligonucleotide has complementary to the same region (or a portion of this region) a “region of overlap” exists along the target nucleic acid. The degree of overlap will vary depending upon the extent of the complementarity.

In context of this invention, the term “division-wide primer pair” refers to a primer pair designed to produce bioagent identifying amplicons within sections of a broader spectrum of bioagents For example, primer pair number 352 (SEQ ID NOs: 687:1411), a division-wide primer pair, is designed to produce bacterial bioagent identifying amplicons for members of the Bacillus group of bacteria which comprises, for example, members of the genera Streptococci, Enterococci , and Staphylococci . Other division-wide primer pairs may be used to produce bacterial bioagent identifying amplicons for other groups of bacterial bioagents.

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As used herein, the term “concurrently amplifying” used with respect to more than one amplification reaction refers to the act of simultaneously amplifying more than one nucleic acid in a single reaction mixture.

As used herein, the term “drill-down primer pair” refers to a primer pair designed to produce bioagent identifying amplicons for identification of sub-species characteristics or confirmation of a species assignment. For example, primer pair number 2146 (SEQ ID NOs: 437:1137), a drill-down Staphylococcus aureus genotyping primer pair, is designed to produce Staphylococcus aureus genotyping amplicons. Other drill-down primer pairs may be used to produce bioagent identifying amplicons for Staphylococcus aureus and other bacterial species.

The term “duplex” refers to the state of nucleic acids in which the base portions of the nucleotides on one strand are bound through hydrogen bonding the their complementary bases arrayed on a second strand. The condition of being in a duplex form reflects on the state of the bases of a nucleic acid. By virtue of base pairing, the strands of nucleic acid also generally assume the tertiary structure of a double helix, having a major and a minor groove. The assumption of the helical form is implicit in the act of becoming duplexed.

As used herein, the term “etiology” refers to the causes or origins, of diseases or abnormal physiological conditions.

The term “gene” refers to a DNA sequence that comprises control and coding sequences necessary for the production of an RNA having a non-coding function (e.g., a ribosomal or transfer RNA), a polypeptide or a precursor. The RNA or polypeptide can be encoded by a full length coding sequence or by any portion of the coding sequence so long as the desired activity or function is retained.

The terms “homology,” “homologous” and “sequence identity” refer to a degree of identity. There may be partial homology or complete homology. A partially homologous sequence is one that is less than 100% identical to another sequence. Determination of sequence identity is described in the following example: a primer 20 nucleobases in length which is otherwise identical to another 20 nucleobase primer but having two non-identical residues has 18 of 20 identical residues (18/20=0.9 or 90% sequence identity). In another example, a primer 15 nucleobases in length having all residues identical to a 15 nucleobase segment of a primer 20 nucleobases in length would have 15/20=0.75 or 75% sequence identity with the 20 nucleobase primer. In context of the present invention, sequence identity is meant to be properly determined when the query sequence and the subject sequence are both described and aligned in the 5′ to 3′ direction. Sequence alignment algorithms such as BLAST, will return results in two different alignment orientations. In the Plus/Plus orientation, both the query sequence and the subject sequence are aligned in the 5′ to 3′ direction. On the other hand, in the Plus/Minus orientation, the query sequence is in the 5′ to 3′ direction while the subject sequence is in the 3′ to 5′ direction. It should be understood that with respect to the primers of the present invention, sequence identity is properly determined when the alignment is designated as Plus/Plus. Sequence identity may also encompass alternate or modified nucleobases that perform in a functionally similar manner to the regular nucleobases adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine with respect to hybridization and primer extension in amplification reactions. In a non-limiting example, if the 5-propynyl pyrimidines propyne C and/or propyne T replace one or more C or T residues in one primer which is otherwise identical to another primer in sequence and length, the two primers will have 100% sequence identity with each other. In another non-limiting example, Inosine (I) may be used as a replacement for G or T and effectively hybridize to C, A or U (uracil). Thus, if inosine replaces one or more C, A or U residues in one primer which is otherwise identical to another primer in sequence and length, the two primers will have 100% sequence identity with each other. Other such modified or universal bases may exist which would perform in a functionally similar manner for hybridization and amplification reactions and will be understood to fall within this definition of sequence identity.

As used herein, “housekeeping gene” refers to a gene encoding a protein or RNA involved in basic functions required for survival and reproduction of a bioagent. Housekeeping genes include, but are not limited to genes encoding RNA or proteins involved in translation, replication, recombination and repair, transcription, nucleotide metabolism, amino acid metabolism, lipid metabolism, energy generation, uptake, secretion and the like.

As used herein, the term “hybridization” is used in reference to the pairing of complementary nucleic acids. Hybridization and the strength of hybridization (i.e., the strength of the association between the nucleic acids) is influenced by such factors as the degree of complementary between the nucleic acids, stringency of the conditions involved, and the T m of the formed hybrid. “Hybridization” methods involve the annealing of one nucleic acid to another, complementary nucleic acid, i.e., a nucleic acid having a complementary nucleotide sequence. The ability of two polymers of nucleic acid containing complementary sequences to find each other and anneal through base pairing interaction is a well-recognized phenomenon. The initial observations of the “hybridization” process by Marmur and Lane, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 46:453 (1960) and Doty et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 46:461 (1960) have been followed by the refinement of this process into an essential tool of modern biology.

The term “in silico” refers to processes taking place via computer calculations. For example, electronic PCR (ePCR) is a process analogous to ordinary PCR except that it is carried out using nucleic acid sequences and primer pair sequences stored on a computer formatted medium.

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As used herein, “intelligent primers” are primers that are designed to bind to highly conserved sequence regions of a bioagent identifying amplicon that flank an intervening variable region and, upon amplification, yield amplification products which ideally provide enough variability to distinguish individual bioagents, and which are amenable to molecular mass analysis. By the term “highly conserved,” it is meant that the sequence regions exhibit between about 80-100%, or between about 90-100%, or between about 95-100% identity among all, or at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, or at least 99% of species or strains.

The “ligase chain reaction” (LCR; sometimes referred to as “Ligase Amplification Reaction” (LAR) described by Barany, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 88:189 (1991); Barany, PCR Methods and Applic., 1:5 (1991); and Wu and Wallace, Genomics 4:560 (1989) has developed into a well-recognized alternative method for amplifying nucleic acids. In LCR, four oligonucleotides, two adjacent oligonucleotides which uniquely hybridize to one strand of target DNA, and a complementary set of adjacent oligonucleotides, that hybridize to the opposite strand are mixed and DNA ligase is added to the mixture. Provided that there is complete complementarity at the junction, ligase will covalently link each set of hybridized molecules. Importantly, in LCR, two probes are ligated together only when they base-pair with sequences in the target sample, without gaps or mismatches. Repeated cycles of denaturation, hybridization and ligation amplify a short segment of DNA. LCR has also been used in combination with PCR to achieve enhanced detection of single-base changes. However, because the four oligonucleotides used in this assay can pair to form two short ligatable fragments, there is the potential for the generation of target-independent background signal. The use of LCR for mutant screening is limited to the examination of specific nucleic acid positions.

The term “locked nucleic acid” or “LNA” refers to a nucleic acid analogue containing one or more 2′-O, 4′-C-methylene-β-D-ribofuranosyl nucleotide monomers in an RNA mimicking sugar conformation. LNA oligonucleotides display unprecedented hybridization affinity toward complementary single-stranded RNA and complementary single- or double-stranded DNA. LNA oligonucleotides induce A-type (RNA-like) duplex conformations. The primers of the present invention may contain LNA modifications.

As used herein, the term “mass-modifying tag” refers to any modification to a given nucleotide which results in an increase in mass relative to the analogous non-mass modified nucleotide. Mass-modifying tags can include heavy isotopes of one or more elements included in the nucleotide such as carbon-13 for example. Other possible modifications include addition of substituents such as iodine or bromine at the 5 position of the nucleobase for example.

The term “mass spectrometry” refers to measurement of the mass of atoms or molecules. The molecules are first converted to ions, which are separated using electric or magnetic fields according to the ratio of their mass to electric charge. The measured masses are used to identity the molecules.

The term “microorganism” as used herein means an organism too small to be observed with the unaided eye and includes, but is not limited to bacteria, virus, protozoans, fungi; and ciliates.

The term “multi-drug resistant” or multiple-drug resistant”refers to a microorganism which is resistant to more than one of the antibiotics or antimicrobial agents used in the treatment of said microorganism.

The term “multiplex PCR” refers to a PCR reaction where more than one primer set is included in the reaction pool allowing 2 or more different DNA targets to be amplified by PCR in a single reaction tube.

The term “non-template tag” refers to a stretch of at least three guanine or cytosine nucleobases of a primer used to produce a bioagent identifying amplicon which are not complementary to the template. A non-template tag is incorporated into a primer for the purpose of increasing the primer-duplex stability of later cycles of amplification by incorporation of extra G-C pairs which each have one additional hydrogen bond relative to an A-T pair.

The term “nucleic acid sequence” as used herein refers to the linear composition of the nucleic acid residues A, T, C or G or any modifications thereof, within an oligonucleotide, nucleotide or polynucleotide, and fragments or portions thereof, and to DNA or RNA of genomic or synthetic origin which may be single or double stranded, and represent the sense or antisense strand

As used herein, the term “nucleobase” is synonymous with other terms in use in the art including “nucleotide,” “deoxynucleotide,” “nucleotide residue,” “deoxynucleotide residue,” “nucleotide triphosphate (NTP),” or deoxynucleotide triphosphate (dNTP).

The term “nucleotide analog” as used herein refers to modified or non-naturally occurring nucleotides such as 5-propynyl pyrimidines (i.e., 5-propynyl-dTTP and 5-propynyl-dTCP), 7-deaza purines (i.e., 7-deaza-dATP and 7-deaza-dGTP). Nucleotide analogs include base analogs and comprise modified forms of deoxyribonucleotides as well as ribonucleotides.

The term “oligonucleotide” as used herein is defined as a molecule comprising two or more deoxyribonucleotides or ribonucleotides, preferably at least 5 nucleotides, more preferably at least about 13 to 35 nucleotides. The exact size will depend on many factors, which in turn depend on the ultimate function or use of the oligonucleotide. The oligonucleotide may be generated in any manner, including chemical synthesis, DNA replication, reverse transcription, PCR, or a combination thereof. Because mononucleotides are reacted to make oligonucleotides in a manner such that the 5′ phosphate of one mononucleotide pentose ring is attached to the 3′ oxygen of its neighbor in one direction via a phosphodiester linkage, an end of an oligonucleotide is referred to as the “5′-end” if its 5′ phosphate is not linked to the 3′ oxygen of a mononucleotide pentose ring and as the “3′-end” if its 3′ oxygen is not linked to a 5′ phosphate of a subsequent mononucleotide pentose ring. As used herein, a nucleic acid sequence, even if internal to a larger oligonucleotide, also may be said to have 5′ and 3′ ends. A first region along a nucleic acid strand is said to be upstream of another region if the 3′ end of the first region is before the 5′ end of the second region when moving along a strand of nucleic acid in a 5′ to 3′ direction. All oligonucleotide primers disclosed herein are understood to be presented in the 5′ to 3′ direction when reading left to right. When two different, non-overlapping oligonucleotides anneal to different regions of the same linear complementary nucleic acid sequence, and the 3′ end of one oligonucleotide points towards the 5′ end of the other, the former may be called the “upstream” oligonucleotide and the latter the “downstream” oligonucleotide. Similarly, when two overlapping oligonucleotides are hybridized to the same linear complementary nucleic acid sequence, with the first oligonucleotide positioned such that its 5′ end is upstream of the 5′ end of the second oligonucleotide, and the 3′ end of the first oligonucleotide is upstream of the 3′ end of the second oligonucleotide, the first oligonucleotide may be called the “upstream” oligonucleotide and the second oligonucleotide may be called the “downstream” oligonucleotide.

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In the context of this invention, a “pathogen” is a bioagent which causes a disease or disorder.

As used herein, the terms “PCR product,” “PCR fragment,” and “amplification product” refer to the resultant mixture of compounds after two or more cycles of the PCR steps of denaturation, annealing and extension are complete. These terms encompass the case where there has been amplification of one or more segments of one or more target sequences.

The term “peptide nucleic acid” (“PNA”) as used herein refers to a molecule comprising bases or base analogs such as would be found in natural nucleic acid, but attached to a peptide backbone rather than the sugar-phosphate backbone typical of nucleic acids. The attachment of the bases to the peptide is such as to allow the bases to base pair with complementary bases of nucleic acid in a manner similar to that of an oligonucleotide. These small molecules, also designated anti gene agents, stop transcript elongation by binding to their complementary strand of nucleic acid (Nielsen, et al. Anticancer Drug Des. 8:53 63). The primers of the present invention may comprise PNAs.

The term “polymerase” refers to an enzyme having the ability to synthesize a complementary strand of nucleic acid from a starting template nucleic acid strand and free dNTPs.

As used herein, the term “polymerase chain reaction” (“PCR”) refers to the method of K. B. Mullis U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,683,195, 4,683,202, and 4,965,188, hereby incorporated by reference, that describe a method for increasing the concentration of a segment of a target sequence in a mixture of genomic DNA without cloning or purification. This process for amplifying the target sequence consists of introducing a large excess of two oligonucleotide primers to the DNA mixture containing the desired target sequence, followed by a precise sequence of thermal cycling in the presence of a DNA polymerase. The two primers are complementary to their respective strands of the double stranded target sequence. To effect amplification, the mixture is denatured and the primers then annealed to their complementary sequences within the target molecule. Following annealing, the primers are extended with a polymerase so as to form a new pair of complementary strands. The steps of denaturation, primer annealing, and polymerase extension can be repeated many times (i.e., denaturation, annealing and extension constitute one “cycle”; there can be numerous “cycles”) to obtain a high concentration of an amplified segment of the desired target sequence. The length of the amplified segment of the desired target sequence is determined by the relative positions of the primers with respect to each other, and therefore, this length is a controllable parameter. By virtue of the repeating aspect of the process, the method is referred to as the “polymerase chain reaction” (hereinafter “PCR”). Because the desired amplified segments of the target sequence become the predominant sequences (in terms of concentration) in the mixture, they are said to be “PCR amplified.” With PCR, it is possible to amplify a single copy of a specific target sequence in genomic DNA to a level detectable by several different methodologies (e.g., hybridization with a labeled probe; incorporation of biotinylated primers followed by avidin-enzyme conjugate detection; incorporation of 32P-labeled deoxynucleotide triphosphates, such as dCTP or dATP, into the amplified segment). In addition to genomic DNA, any oligonucleotide or polynucleotide sequence can be amplified with the appropriate set of primer molecules. In particular, the amplified segments created by the PCR process itself are, themselves, efficient templates for subsequent PCR amplifications.

The term “polymerization means” or “polymerization agent” refers to any agent capable of facilitating the addition of nucleoside triphosphates to an oligonucleotide. Preferred polymerization means comprise DNA and RNA polymerases.

As used herein, the terms “pair of primers,” or “primer pair” are synonymous. A primer pair is used for amplification of a nucleic acid sequence. A pair of primers comprises a forward primer and a reverse primer. The forward primer hybridizes to a sense strand of a target gene sequence to be amplified and primes synthesis of an antisense strand (complementary to the sense strand) using the target sequence as a template. A reverse primer hybridizes to the antisense strand of a target gene sequence to be amplified and primes synthesis of a sense strand (complementary to the antisense strand) using the target sequence as a template.

The primers are designed to bind to highly conserved sequence regions of a bioagent identifying amplicon that flank an intervening variable region and yield amplification products which ideally provide enough variability to distinguish each individual bioagent, and which are amenable to molecular mass analysis. In some embodiments, the highly conserved sequence regions exhibit between about 80-100%, or between about 90-100%, or between about 95-100% identity, or between about 99-100% identity. The molecular mass of a given amplification product provides a means of identifying the bioagent from which it was obtained, due to the variability of the variable region. Thus design of the primers requires selection of a variable region with appropriate variability to resolve the identity of a given bioagent. Bioagent identifying amplicons are ideally specific to the identity of the bioagent.

Properties of the primers may include any number of properties related to structure including, but not limited to: nucleobase length which may be contiguous (linked together) or non-contiguous (for example, two or more contiguous segments which are joined by a linker or loop moiety), modified or universal nucleobases (used for specific purposes such as for example, increasing hybridization affinity, preventing non-templated adenylation and modifying molecular mass) percent complementarity to a given target sequences.

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Properties of the primers also include functional features including, but not limited to, orientation of hybridization (forward or reverse) relative to a nucleic acid template. The coding or sense strand is the strand to which the forward priming primer hybridizes (forward priming orientation) while the reverse priming primer hybridizes to the non-coding or antisense strand (reverse priming orientation). The functional properties of a given primer pair also include the generic template nucleic acid to which the primer pair hybridizes. For example, identification of bioagents can be accomplished at different levels using primers suited to resolution of each individual level of identification. Broad range survey primers are designed with the objective of identifying a bioagent as a member of a particular division (e.g., an order, family, genus or other such grouping of bioagents above the species level of bioagents). In some embodiments, broad range survey intelligent primers are capable of identification of bioagents at the species or sub-species level. Other primers may have the functionality of producing bioagent identifying amplicons for members of a given taxonomic genus, clade, species, sub-species or genotype (including genetic variants which may include presence of virulence genes or antibiotic resistance genes or mutations). Additional functional properties of primer pairs include the functionality of performing amplification either singly (single primer pair per amplification reaction vessel) or in a multiplex fashion (multiple primer pairs and multiple amplification reactions within a single reaction vessel).

As used herein, the terms “purified” or “substantially purified” refer to molecules, either nucleic or amino acid sequences, that are removed from their natural environment, isolated or separated, and are at least 60% free, preferably 75% free, and most preferably 90% free from other components with which they are naturally associated. An “isolated polynucleotide” or “isolated oligonucleotide” is therefore a substantially purified polynucleotide.

The term “reverse transcriptase” refers to an enzyme having the ability to transcribe DNA from an RNA template. This enzymatic activity is known as reverse transcriptase activity. Reverse transcriptase activity is desirable in order to obtain DNA from RNA viruses which can then be amplified and analyzed by the methods of the present invention.

The term “ribosomal RNA” or “rRNA” refers to the primary ribonucleic acid constituent of ribosomes. Ribosomes are the protein-manufacturing organelles of cells and exist in the cytoplasm. Ribosomal RNAs are transcribed from the DNA genes encoding them.

The term “sample” in the present specification and claims is used in its broadest sense. On the one hand it is meant to include a specimen or culture (e.g., microbiological cultures). On the other hand, it is meant to include both biological and environmental samples. A sample may include a specimen of synthetic origin. Biological samples may be animal, including human, fluid, solid (e.g., stool) or tissue, as well as liquid and solid food and feed products and ingredients such as dairy items, vegetables, meat and meat by-products, and waste. Biological samples may be obtained from all of the various families of domestic animals, as well as feral or wild animals, including, but not limited to, such animals as ungulates, bear, fish, lagamorphs, rodents, etc. Environmental samples include environmental material such as surface matter, soil, water, air and industrial samples, as well as samples obtained from food and dairy processing instruments, apparatus, equipment, utensils, disposable and non-disposable items. These examples are not to be construed as limiting the sample types applicable to the present invention. The term “source of target nucleic acid” refers to any sample that contains nucleic acids (RNA or DNA). Particularly preferred sources of target nucleic acids are biological samples including, but not limited to blood, saliva, cerebral spinal fluid, pleural fluid, milk, lymph, sputum and semen.

As used herein, the term “sample template” refers to nucleic acid originating from a sample that is analyzed for the presence of “target” (defined below). In contrast, “background template” is used in reference to nucleic acid other than sample template that may or may not be present in a sample. Background template is often a contaminant. It may be the result of carryover, or it may be due to the presence of nucleic acid contaminants sought to be purified away from the sample. For example, nucleic acids from organisms other than those to be detected may be present as background in a test sample.

A “segment” is defined herein as a region of nucleic acid within a target sequence.

The “self-sustained sequence replication reaction” (3SR) (Guatelli et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 87:1874-1878 [1990], with an erratum at Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 87:7797 [1990]) is a transcription-based in vitro amplification system (Kwok et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 86:1173-1177 [1989]) that can exponentially amplify RNA sequences at a uniform temperature. The amplified RNA can then be utilized for mutation detection (Fahy et al., PCR Meth. Appl., 1:25-33 [1991]). In this method, an oligonucleotide primer is used to add a phage RNA polymerase promoter to the 5′ end of the sequence of interest. In a cocktail of enzymes and substrates that includes a second primer, reverse transcriptase, RNase H, RNA polymerase and ribo- and deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates, the target sequence undergoes repeated rounds of transcription, cDNA synthesis and second-strand synthesis to amplify the area of interest. The use of 3SR to detect mutations is kinetically limited to screening small segments of DNA (e.g., 200-300 base pairs).

As used herein, the term “sequence alignment” refers to a listing of multiple DNA or amino acid sequences and aligns them to highlight their similarities. The listings can be made using bioinformatics computer programs.

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In context of this invention, the term “speciating primer pair” refers to a primer pair designed to produce a bioagent identifying amplicon with the diagnostic capability of identifying species members of a group of genera or a particular genus of bioagents. Primer pair number 2249 (SEQ ID NOs: 430:1321), for example, is a speciating primer pair used to distinguish Staphylococcus aureus from other species of the genus Staphylococcus.

As used herein, a “sub-species characteristic” is a genetic characteristic that provides the means to distinguish two members of the same bioagent species. For example, one viral strain could be distinguished from another viral strain of the same species by possessing a genetic change (e.g., for example, a nucleotide deletion, addition or substitution) in one of the viral genes, such as the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Sub-species characteristics such as virulence genes and drug-are responsible for the phenotypic differences among the different strains of bacteria.

As used herein, the term “target” is used in a broad sense to indicate the gene or genomic region being amplified by the primers. Because the present invention provides a plurality of amplification products from any given primer pair (depending on the bioagent being analyzed), multiple amplification products from different specific nucleic acid sequences may be obtained. Thus, the term “target” is not used to refer to a single specific nucleic acid sequence. The “target” is sought to be sorted out from other nucleic acid sequences and contains a sequence that has at least partial complementarity with an oligonucleotide primer. The target nucleic acid may comprise single- or double-stranded DNA or RNA. A “segment” is defined as a region of nucleic acid within the target sequence.

The term “template” refers to a strand of nucleic acid on which a complementary copy is built from nucleoside triphosphates through the activity of a template-dependent nucleic acid polymerase. Within a duplex the template strand is, by convention, depicted and described as the “bottom” strand. Similarly, the non-template strand is often depicted and described as the “top” strand.

As used herein, the term “T m ” is used in reference to the “melting temperature.” The melting temperature is the temperature at which a population of double-stranded nucleic acid molecules becomes half dissociated into single strands. Several equations for calculating the T m of nucleic acids are well known in the art. As indicated by standard references, a simple estimate of the T m value may be calculated by the equation: T m =81.5+0.41(% G+C), when a nucleic acid is in aqueous solution at 1 M NaCl (see e.g., Anderson and Young, Quantitative Filter Hybridization, in Nucleic Acid Hybridization (1985). Other references (e.g., Allawi, H. T. & SantaLucia, J., Jr. Thermodynamics and NMR of internal G. T mismatches in DNA. Biochemistry 36, 10581-94 (1997) include more sophisticated computations which take structural and environmental, as well as sequence characteristics into account for the calculation of T m .

The term “triangulation genotyping analysis” refers to a method of genotyping a bioagent by measurement of molecular masses or base compositions of amplification products, corresponding to bioagent identifying amplicons, obtained by amplification of regions of more than one gene. In this sense, the term “triangulation” refers to a method of establishing the accuracy of information by comparing three or more types of independent points of view bearing on the same findings. Triangulation genotyping analysis carried out with a plurality of triangulation genotyping analysis primers yields a plurality of base compositions that then provide a pattern or “barcode” from which a species type can be assigned. The species type may represent a previously known sub-species or strain, or may be a previously unknown strain having a specific and previously unobserved base composition barcode indicating the existence of a previously unknown genotype.

As used herein, the term “triangulation genotyping analysis primer pair” is a primer pair designed to produce bioagent identifying amplicons for determining species types in a triangulation genotyping analysis.

The employment of more than one bioagent identifying amplicon for identification of a bioagent is herein referred to as “triangulation identification.” Triangulation identification is pursued by analyzing a plurality of bioagent identifying amplicons produced with different primer pairs. This process is used to reduce false negative and false positive signals, and enable reconstruction of the origin of hybrid or otherwise engineered bioagents. For example, identification of the three part toxin genes typical of B. anthracis (Bowen et al., J. Appl. Microbiol., 1999, 87, 270-278) in the absence of the expected signatures from the B. anthracis genome would suggest a genetic engineering event.

In the context of this invention, the term “unknown bioagent” may mean either: (i) a bioagent whose existence is known (such as the well known bacterial species Staphylococcus aureus for example) but which is not known to be in a sample to be analyzed, or (ii) a bioagent whose existence is not known (for example, the SARS coronavirus was unknown prior to April 2003). For example, if the method for identification of coronaviruses disclosed in commonly owned U.S. patent Ser. No. 10/829,826 (incorporated herein by reference in its entirety) was to be employed prior to April 2003 to identify the SARS coronavirus in a clinical sample, both meanings of “unknown” bioagent are applicable since the SARS coronavirus was unknown to science prior to April, 2003 and since it was not known what bioagent (in this case a coronavirus) was present in the sample. On the other hand, if the method of U.S. patent Ser. No. 10/829,826 was to be employed subsequent to April 2003 to identify the SARS coronavirus in a clinical sample, only the first meaning (i) of “unknown” bioagent would apply since the SARS coronavirus became known to science subsequent to April 2003 and since it was not known what bioagent was present in the sample.

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The term “variable sequence” as used herein refers to differences in nucleic acid sequence between two nucleic acids. For example, the genes of two different bacterial species may vary in sequence by the presence of single base substitutions and/or deletions or insertions of one or more nucleotides. These two forms of the structural gene are said to vary in sequence from one another. In the context of the present invention, “viral nucleic acid” includes, but is not limited to, DNA, RNA, or DNA that has been obtained from viral RNA, such as, for example, by performing a reverse transcription reaction. Viral RNA can either be single-stranded (of positive or negative polarity) or double-stranded.

The term “virus” refers to obligate, ultramicroscopic, parasites that are incapable of autonomous replication (i.e., replication requires the use of the host cell's machinery). Viruses can survive outside of a host cell but cannot replicate.

The term “wild-type” refers to a gene or a gene product that has the characteristics of that gene or gene product when isolated from a naturally occurring source. A wild-type gene is that which is most frequently observed in a population and is thus arbitrarily designated the “normal” or “wild-type” form of the gene. In contrast, the term “modified”, “mutant” or “polymorphic” refers to a gene or gene product that displays modifications in sequence and or functional properties (i.e., altered characteristics) when compared to the wild-type gene or gene product. It is noted that naturally-occurring mutants can be isolated; these are identified by the fact that they have altered characteristics when compared to the wild-type gene or gene product.

As used herein, a “wobble base” is a variation in a codon found at the third nucleotide position of a DNA triplet. Variations in conserved regions of sequence are often found at the third nucleotide position due to redundancy in the amino acid code.

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A. Bioagent Identifying Amplicons

The present invention provides methods for detection and identification of unknown bioagents using bioagent identifying amplicons. Primers are selected to hybridize to conserved sequence regions of nucleic acids derived from a bioagent, and which bracket variable sequence regions to yield a bioagent identifying amplicon, which can be amplified and which is amenable to molecular mass determination. The molecular mass then provides a means to uniquely identify the bioagent without a requirement for prior knowledge of the possible identity of the bioagent. The molecular mass or corresponding base composition signature of the amplification product is then matched against a database of molecular masses or base composition signatures. A match is obtained when an experimentally-determined molecular mass or base composition of an analyzed amplification product is compared with known molecular masses or base compositions of known bioagent identifying amplicons and the experimentally determined molecular mass or base composition is the same as the molecular mass or base composition of one of the known bioagent identifying amplicons. Alternatively, the experimentally-determined molecular mass or base composition may be within experimental error of the molecular mass or base composition of a known bioagent identifying amplicon and still be classified as a match. In some cases, the match may also be classified using a probability of match model such as the models described in U.S. Ser. No. 11/073,362, which is commonly owned and incorporated herein by reference in entirety. Furthermore, the method can be applied to rapid parallel multiplex analyses, the results of which can be employed in a triangulation identification strategy. The present method provides rapid throughput and does not require nucleic acid sequencing of the amplified target sequence for bioagent detection and identification.

Despite enormous biological diversity, all forms of life on earth share sets of essential, common features in their genomes. Since genetic data provide the underlying basis for identification of bioagents by the methods of the present invention, it is necessary to select segments of nucleic acids which ideally provide enough variability to distinguish each individual bioagent and whose molecular mass is amenable to molecular mass determination.

Unlike bacterial genomes, which exhibit conservation of numerous genes (i.e. housekeeping genes) across all organisms, viruses do not share a gene that is essential and conserved among all virus families. Therefore, viral identification is achieved within smaller groups of related viruses, such as members of a particular virus family or genus. For example, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase is present in all single-stranded RNA viruses and can be used for broad priming as well as resolution within the virus family.

In some embodiments of the present invention, at least one bacterial nucleic acid segment is amplified in the process of identifying the bacterial bioagent. Thus, the nucleic acid segments that can be amplified by the primers disclosed herein and that provide enough variability to distinguish each individual bioagent and whose molecular masses are amenable to molecular mass determination are herein described as bioagent identifying amplicons.

In some embodiments of the present invention, bioagent identifying amplicons comprise from about 45 to about 150 nucleobases (i.e. from about 45 to about 200 linked nucleosides), although both longer and short regions may be used. One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the invention embodies compounds of 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75,76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, and 150 nucleobases in length, or any range therewithin.

It is the combination of the portions of the bioagent nucleic acid segment to which the primers hybridize (hybridization sites) and the variable region between the primer hybridization sites that comprises the bioagent identifying amplicon. Thus, it can be said that a given bioagent identifying amplicon is “defined by” a given pair of primers.

In some embodiments, bioagent identifying amplicons amenable to molecular mass determination which are produced by the primers described herein are either of a length, size or mass compatible with the particular mode of molecular mass determination or compatible with a means of providing a predictable fragmentation pattern in order to obtain predictable fragments of a length compatible with the particular mode of molecular mass determination. Such means of providing a predictable fragmentation pattern of an amplification product include, but are not limited to, cleavage with chemical reagents, restriction enzymes or cleavage primers, for example. Thus, in some embodiments, bioagent identifying amplicons are larger than 150 nucleobases and are amenable to molecular mass determination following restriction digestion. Methods of using restriction enzymes and cleavage primers are well known to those with ordinary skill in the art.

In some embodiments, amplification products corresponding to bioagent identifying amplicons are obtained using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that is a routine method to those with ordinary skill in the molecular biology arts. Other amplification methods may be used such as ligase chain reaction (LCR), low-stringency single primer PCR, and multiple strand displacement amplification (MDA). These methods are also known to those with ordinary skill.

B. Primers and Primer Pairs

In some embodiments, the primers are designed to bind to conserved sequence regions of a bioagent identifying amplicon that flank an intervening variable region and yield amplification products which provide variability sufficient to distinguish each individual bioagent, and which are amenable to molecular mass analysis. In some embodiments, the highly conserved sequence regions exhibit between about 80-100%, or between about 90-100%, or between about 95-100% identity, or between about 99-100% identity. The molecular mass of a given amplification product provides a means of identifying the bioagent from which it was obtained, due to the variability of the variable region. Thus, design of the primers involves selection of a variable region with sufficient variability to resolve the identity of a given bioagent. In some embodiments, bioagent identifying amplicons are specific to the identity of the bioagent.

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In some embodiments, identification of bioagents is accomplished at different levels using primers suited to resolution of each individual level of identification. Broad range survey primers are designed with the objective of identifying a bioagent as a member of a particular division (e.g., an order, family, genus or other such grouping of bioagents above the species level of bioagents). In some embodiments, broad range survey intelligent primers are capable of identification of bioagents at the species or sub-species level. Examples of broad range survey primers include, but are not limited to: primer pair numbers: 346 (SEQ ID NOs: 202:1110), 347 (SEQ ID NOs: 560:1278), 348 SEQ ID NOs: 706:895), and 361 (SEQ ID NOs: 697:1398) which target DNA encoding 16S rRNA, and primer pair numbers 349 (SEQ ID NOs: 401:1156) and 360 (SEQ ID NOs: 409:1434) which target DNA encoding 23S rRNA.

In some embodiments, drill-down primers are designed with the objective of identifying a bioagent at the sub-species level (including strains, subtypes, variants and isolates) based on sub-species characteristics which may, for example, include single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs), deletions, drug resistance mutations or any other modification of a nucleic acid sequence of a bioagent relative to other members of a species having different sub-species characteristics. Drill-down intelligent primers are not always required for identification at the sub-species level because broad range survey intelligent primers may, in some cases provide sufficient identification resolution to accomplishing this identification objective. Examples of drill-down primers include, but are not limited to: confirmation primer pairs such as primer pair numbers 351 (SEQ ID NOs: 355:1423) and 353 (SEQ ID NOs: 220:1394), which target the pX01 virulence plasmid of Bacillus anthracis . Other examples of drill-down primer pairs are found in sets of triangulation genotyping primer pairs such as, for example, the primer pair number 2146 (SEQ ID NOs: 437:1137) which targets the arcC gene (encoding carmabate kinase) and is included in an 8 primer pair panel or kit for use in genotyping Staphylococcus aureus , or in other panels or kits of primer pairs used for determining drug-resistant bacterial strains, such as, for example, primer pair number 2095 (SEQ ID NOs: 456:1261) which targets the pv-luk gene (encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin) and is included in an 8 primer pair panel or kit for use in identification of drug resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus.

A representative process flow diagram used for primer selection and validation process is outlined in FIG. 1 . For each group of organisms, candidate target sequences are identified ( 200 ) from which nucleotide alignments are created ( 210 ) and analyzed ( 220 ). Primers are then designed by selecting appropriate priming regions ( 230 ) to facilitate the selection of candidate primer pairs ( 240 ). The primer pairs are then subjected to in silico analysis by electronic PCR (ePCR) ( 300 ) wherein bioagent identifying amplicons are obtained from sequence databases such as GenBank or other sequence collections ( 310 ) and checked for specificity in silico ( 320 ). Bioagent identifying amplicons obtained from GenBank sequences ( 310 ) can also be analyzed by a probability model which predicts the capability of a given amplicon to identify unknown bioagents such that the base compositions of amplicons with favorable probability scores are then stored in a base composition database ( 325 ). Alternatively, base compositions of the bioagent identifying amplicons obtained from the primers and GenBank sequences can be directly entered into the base composition database ( 330 ). Candidate primer pairs ( 240 ) are validated by testing their ability to hybridize to target nucleic acid by an in vitro amplification by a method such as PCR analysis ( 400 ) of nucleic acid from a collection of organisms ( 410 ). Amplification products thus obtained are analyzed by gel electrophoresis or by mass spectrometry to confirm the sensitivity, specificity and reproducibility of the primers used to obtain the amplification products ( 420 ).

Many of the important pathogens, including the organisms of greatest concern as biowarfare agents, have been completely sequenced. This effort has greatly facilitated the design of primers for the detection of unknown bioagents. The combination of broad-range priming with division-wide and drill-down priming has been used very successfully in several applications of the technology, including environmental surveillance for biowarfare threat agents and clinical sample analysis for medically important pathogens.

Synthesis of primers is well known and routine in the art. The primers may be conveniently and routinely made through the well-known technique of solid phase synthesis. Equipment for such synthesis is sold by several vendors including, for example, Applied Biosystems (Foster City, Calif.). Any other means for such synthesis known in the art may additionally or alternatively be employed.

In some embodiments primers are employed as compositions for use in methods for identification of bacterial bioagents as follows: a primer pair composition is contacted with nucleic acid (such as, for example, bacterial DNA or DNA reverse transcribed from the rRNA) of an unknown bacterial bioagent. The nucleic acid is then amplified by a nucleic acid amplification technique, such as PCR for example, to obtain an amplification product that represents a bioagent identifying amplicon. The molecular mass of each strand of the double-stranded amplification product is determined by a molecular mass measurement technique such as mass spectrometry for example, wherein the two strands of the double-stranded amplification product are separated during the ionization process. In some embodiments, the mass spectrometry is electrospray Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (ESI-FTICR-MS) or electrospray time of flight mass spectrometry (ESI-TOF-MS). A list of possible base compositions can be generated for the molecular mass value obtained for each strand and the choice of the correct base composition from the list is facilitated by matching the base composition of one strand with a complementary base composition of the other strand. The molecular mass or base composition thus determined is then compared with a database of molecular masses or base compositions of analogous bioagent identifying amplicons for known viral bioagents. A match between the molecular mass or base composition of the amplification product and the molecular mass or base composition of an analogous bioagent identifying amplicon for a known viral bioagent indicates the identity of the unknown bioagent. In some embodiments, the primer pair used is one of the primer pairs of Table 2. In some embodiments, the method is repeated using one or more different primer pairs to resolve possible ambiguities in the identification process or to improve the confidence level for the identification assignment.

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In some embodiments, a bioagent identifying amplicon may be produced using only a single primer (either the forward or reverse primer of any given primer pair), provided an appropriate amplification method is chosen, such as, for example, low stringency single primer PCR (LSSP-PCR). Adaptation of this amplification method in order to produce bioagent identifying amplicons can be accomplished by one with ordinary skill in the art without undue experimentation.

In some embodiments, the oligonucleotide primers are broad range survey primers which hybridize to conserved regions of nucleic acid encoding the hexon gene of all (or between 80% and 100%, between 85% and 100%, between 90% and 100% or between 95% and 100%) known bacteria and produce bacterial bioagent identifying amplicons.

In some cases, the molecular mass or base composition of a bacterial bioagent identifying amplicon defined by a broad range survey primer pair does not provide enough resolution to unambiguously identify a bacterial bioagent at or below the species level. These cases benefit from further analysis of one or more bacterial bioagent identifying amplicons generated from at least one additional broad range survey primer pair or from at least one additional division-wide primer pair. The employment of more than one bioagent identifying amplicon for identification of a bioagent is herein referred to as triangulation identification.

In other embodiments, the oligonucleotide primers are division-wide primers which hybridize to nucleic acid encoding genes of species within a genus of bacteria. In other embodiments, the oligonucleotide primers are drill-down primers which enable the identification of sub-species characteristics. Drill down primers provide the functionality of producing bioagent identifying amplicons for drill-down analyses such as strain typing when contacted with nucleic acid under amplification conditions. Identification of such sub-species characteristics is often critical for determining proper clinical treatment of viral infections. In some embodiments, sub-species characteristics are identified using only broad range survey primers and division-wide and drill-down primers are not used.

In some embodiments, the primers used for amplification hybridize to and amplify genomic DNA, and DNA of bacterial plasmids.

In some embodiments, various computer software programs may be used to aid in design of primers for amplification reactions such as Primer Premier 5 (Premier Biosoft, Palo Alto, Calif.) or OLIGO Primer Analysis Software (Molecular Biology Insights, Cascade, Colo.). These programs allow the user to input desired hybridization conditions such as melting temperature of a primer-template duplex for example. In some embodiments, an in silico PCR search algorithm, such as (ePCR) is used to analyze primer specificity across a plurality of template sequences which can be readily obtained from public sequence databases such as GenBank for example. An existing RNA structure search algorithm (Macke et al., Nucl. Acids Res., 2001, 29, 4724-4735, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety) has been modified to include PCR parameters such as hybridization conditions, mismatches, and thermodynamic calculations (SantaLucia, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 1998, 95, 1460-1465, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety). This also provides information on primer specificity of the selected primer pairs. In some embodiments, the hybridization conditions applied to the algorithm can limit the results of primer specificity obtained from the algorithm. In some embodiments, the melting temperature threshold for the primer template duplex is specified to be 35° C. or a higher temperature. In some embodiments the number of acceptable mismatches is specified to be seven mismatches or less. In some embodiments, the buffer components and concentrations and primer concentrations may be specified and incorporated into the algorithm, for example, an appropriate primer concentration is about 250 nM and appropriate buffer components are 50 mM sodium or potassium and 1.5 mM Mg 2+ .

One with ordinary skill in the art of design of amplification primers will recognize that a given primer need not hybridize with 100% complementarity in order to effectively prime the synthesis of a complementary nucleic acid strand in an amplification reaction. Moreover, a primer may hybridize over one or more segments such that intervening or adjacent segments are not involved in the hybridization event. (e.g., for example, a loop structure or a hairpin structure). The primers of the present invention may comprise at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95% or at least 99% sequence identity with any of the primers listed in Table 2. Thus, in some embodiments of the present invention, an extent of variation of 70% to 100%, or any range therewithin, of the sequence identity is possible relative to the specific primer sequences disclosed herein. Determination of sequence identity is described in the following example: a primer 20 nucleobases in length which is identical to another 20 nucleobase primer having two non-identical residues has 18 of 20 identical residues (18/20=0.9 or 90% sequence identity). In another example, a primer 15 nucleobases in length having all residues identical to a 15 nucleobase segment of primer 20 nucleobases in length would have 15/20=0.75 or 75% sequence identity with the 20 nucleobase primer.

Percent homology, sequence identity or complementarity, can be determined by, for example, the Gap program (Wisconsin Sequence Analysis Package, Version 8 for UNIX, Genetics Computer Group, University Research Park, Madison Wis.), using default settings, which uses the algorithm of Smith and Waterman (Adv. Appl. Math., 1981, 2, 482-489). In some embodiments, complementarity of primers with respect to the conserved priming regions of viral nucleic acid is between about 70% and about 75% 80%. In other embodiments, homology, sequence identity or complementarity, is between about 75% and about 80%. In yet other embodiments, homology, sequence identity or complementarity, is at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 92%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99% or is 100%.

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In some embodiments, the primers described herein comprise at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 92%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 98%, or at least 99%, or 100% (or any range therewithin) sequence identity with the primer sequences specifically disclosed herein.

One with ordinary skill is able to calculate percent sequence identity or percent sequence homology and able to determine, without undue experimentation, the effects of variation of primer sequence identity on the function of the primer in its role in priming synthesis of a complementary strand of nucleic acid for production of an amplification product of a corresponding bioagent identifying amplicon.

In one embodiment, the primers are at least 13 nucleobases in length. In another embodiment, the primers are less than 36 nucleobases in length.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the oligonucleotide primers are 13 to 35 nucleobases in length (13 to 35 linked nucleotide residues). These embodiments comprise oligonucleotide primers 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 or 35 nucleobases in length, or any range therewithin. The present invention contemplates using both longer and shorter primers. Furthermore, the primers may also be linked to one or more other desired moieties, including, but not limited to, affinity groups, ligands, regions of nucleic acid that are not complementary to the nucleic acid to be amplified, labels, etc. Primers may also form hairpin structures. For example, hairpin primers may be used to amplify short target nucleic acid molecules. The presence of the hairpin may stabilize the amplification complex (see e.g., TAQMAN MicroRNA Assays, Applied Biosystems, Foster City, Calif.).

In some embodiments, any oligonucleotide primer pair may have one or both primers with less then 70% sequence homology with a corresponding member of any of the primer pairs of Table 2 if the primer pair has the capability of producing an amplification product corresponding to a bioagent identifying amplicon. In other embodiments, any oligonucleotide primer pair may have one or both primers with a length greater than 35 nucleobases if the primer pair has the capability of producing an amplification product corresponding to a bioagent identifying amplicon.

In some embodiments, the function of a given primer may be substituted by a combination of two or more primers segments that hybridize adjacent to each other or that are linked by a nucleic acid loop structure or linker which allows a polymerase to extend the two or more primers in an amplification reaction.

In some embodiments, the primer pairs used for obtaining bioagent identifying amplicons are the primer pairs of Table 2. In other embodiments, other combinations of primer pairs are possible by combining certain members of the forward primers with certain members of the reverse primers. An example can be seen in Table 2 for two primer pair combinations of forward primer 16S_EC — 789 — 810_F (SEQ ID NO: 206), with the reverse primers 16S_EC — 880 — 894_R (SEQ ID NO: 796), or 16 S_EC — 882 — 899_R or (SEQ ID NO: 818). Arriving at a favorable alternate combination of primers in a primer depends upon the properties of the primer pair, most notably the size of the bioagent identifying amplicon that would be produced by the primer pair, which preferably is between about 45 to about 150 nucleobases in length. Alternatively, a bioagent identifying amplicon longer than 150 nucleobases in length could be cleaved into smaller segments by cleavage reagents such as chemical reagents, or restriction enzymes, for example.

In some embodiments, the primers are configured to amplify nucleic acid of a bioagent to produce amplification products that can be measured by mass spectrometry and from whose molecular masses candidate base compositions can be readily calculated.

In some embodiments, any given primer comprises a modification comprising the addition of a non-templated T residue to the 5′ end of the primer (i.e., the added T residue does not necessarily hybridize to the nucleic acid being amplified). The addition of a non-templated T residue has an effect of minimizing the addition of non-templated adenosine residues as a result of the non-specific enzyme activity of Taq polymerase (Magnuson et al., Biotechniques, 1996, 21, 700-709), an occurrence which may lead to ambiguous results arising from molecular mass analysis.

In some embodiments of the present invention, primers may contain one or more universal bases. Because any variation (due to codon wobble in the 3 rd position) in the conserved regions among species is likely to occur in the third position of a DNA (or RNA) triplet, oligonucleotide primers can be designed such that the nucleotide corresponding to this position is a base which can bind to more than one nucleotide, referred to herein as a “universal nucleobase.” For example, under this “wobble” pairing, inosine (I) binds to U, C or A; guanine (G) binds to U or C, and uridine (U) binds to U or C. Other examples of universal nucleobases include nitroindoles such as 5-nitroindole or 3-nitropyrrole (Loakes et al., Nucleosides and Nucleotides, 1995, 14, 1001-1003), the degenerate nucleotides dP or dK (Hill et al.), an acyclic nucleoside analog containing 5-nitroindazole (Van Aerschot et al., Nucleosides and Nucleotides, 1995, 14, 1053-1056) or the purine analog 1-(2-deoxy-β-D-ribofuranosyl)-imidazole-4-carboxamide (Sala et al., Nucl. Acids Res., 1996, 24, 3302-3306).

In some embodiments, to compensate for the somewhat weaker binding by the wobble base, the oligonucleotide primers are designed such that the first and second positions of each triplet are occupied by nucleotide analogs that bind with greater affinity than the unmodified nucleotide. Examples of these analogs include, but are not limited to, 2,6-diaminopurine which binds to thymine, 5-propynyluracil (also known as propynylated thymine) which binds to adenine and 5-propynylcytosine and phenoxazines, including G-clamp, which binds to G. Propynylated pyrimidines are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,645,985, 5,830,653 and 5,484,908, each of which is commonly owned and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Propynylated primers are described in U.S. Pre-Grant Publication No. 2003-0170682, which is also commonly owned and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Phenoxazines are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,502,177, 5,763,588, and 6,005,096, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. G-clamps are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,007,992 and 6,028,183, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

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In some embodiments, primer hybridization is enhanced using primers containing 5-propynyl deoxy-cytidine and deoxy-thymidine nucleotides. These modified primers offer increased affinity and base pairing selectivity.

In some embodiments, non-template primer tags are used to increase the melting temperature (T m ) of a primer-template duplex in order to improve amplification efficiency. A non-template tag is at least three consecutive A or T nucleotide residues on a primer which are not complementary to the template. In any given non-template tag, A can be replaced by C or G and T can also be replaced by C or G. Although Watson-Crick hybridization is not expected to occur for a non-template tag relative to the template, the extra hydrogen bond in a G-C pair relative to an A-T pair confers increased stability of the primer-template duplex and improves amplification efficiency for subsequent cycles of amplification when the primers hybridize to strands synthesized in previous cycles.

In other embodiments, propynylated tags may be used in a manner similar to that of the non-template tag, wherein two or more 5-propynylcytidine or 5-propynyluridine residues replace template matching residues on a primer. In other embodiments, a primer contains a modified internucleoside linkage such as a phosphorothioate linkage, for example.

In some embodiments, the primers contain mass-modifying tags. Reducing the total number of possible base compositions of a nucleic acid of specific molecular weight provides a means of avoiding a persistent source of ambiguity in determination of base composition of amplification products. Addition of mass-modifying tags to certain nucleobases of a given primer will result in simplification of de novo determination of base composition of a given bioagent identifying amplicon from its molecular mass.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the mass modified nucleobase comprises one or more of the following: for example, 7-deaza-2′-deoxyadenosine-5-triphosphate, 5-iodo-2′-deoxyuridine-5′-triphosphate, 5-bromo-2′-deoxyuridine-5′-triphosphate, 5-bromo-2′-deoxycytidine-5′-triphosphate, 5-iodo-2′-deoxycytidine-5′-triphosphate, 5-hydroxy-2′-deoxyuridine-5′-triphosphate, 4-thiothymidine-5′-triphosphate, 5-aza-2′-deoxyuridine-5′-triphosphate, 5-fluoro-2′-deoxyuridine-5′-triphosphate, O6-methyl-2′-deoxyguanosine-5′-triphosphate, N2-methyl-2′-deoxyguanosine-5′-triphosphate, 8-oxo-2′-deoxyguanosine-5′-triphosphate or thiothymidine-5′-triphosphate. In some embodiments, the mass-modified nucleobase comprises 15 N or 13 C or both 15 N and 13 C.

In some embodiments, multiplex amplification is performed where multiple bioagent identifying amplicons are amplified with a plurality of primer pairs. The advantages of multiplexing are that fewer reaction containers (for example, wells of a 96- or 384-well plate) are needed for each molecular mass measurement, providing time, resource and cost savings because additional bioagent identification data can be obtained within a single analysis. Multiplex amplification methods are well known to those with ordinary skill and can be developed without undue experimentation. However, in some embodiments, one useful and non-obvious step in selecting a plurality candidate bioagent identifying amplicons for multiplex amplification is to ensure that each strand of each amplification product will be sufficiently different in molecular mass that mass spectral signals will not overlap and lead to ambiguous analysis results. In some embodiments, a 10 Da difference in mass of two strands of one or more amplification products is sufficient to avoid overlap of mass spectral peaks.

In some embodiments, as an alternative to multiplex amplification, single amplification reactions can be pooled before analysis by mass spectrometry. In these embodiments, as for multiplex amplification embodiments, it is useful to select a plurality of candidate bioagent identifying amplicons to ensure that each strand of each amplification product will be sufficiently different in molecular mass that mass spectral signals will not overlap and lead to ambiguous analysis results.

C Determination of Molecular Mass of Bioagent Identifying Amplicons

In some embodiments, the molecular mass of a given bioagent identifying amplicon is determined by mass spectrometry. Mass spectrometry has several advantages, not the least of which is high bandwidth characterized by the ability to separate (and isolate) many molecular peaks across a broad range of mass to charge ratio (m/z). Thus mass spectrometry is intrinsically a parallel detection scheme without the need for radioactive or fluorescent labels, since every amplification product is identified by its molecular mass. The current state of the art in mass spectrometry is such that less than femtomole quantities of material can be readily analyzed to afford information about the molecular contents of the sample. An accurate assessment of the molecular mass of the material can be quickly obtained, irrespective of whether the molecular weight of the sample is several hundred, or in excess of one hundred thousand atomic mass units (amu) or Daltons.

In some embodiments, intact molecular ions are generated from amplification products using one of a variety of ionization techniques to convert the sample to gas phase. These ionization methods include, but are not limited to, electrospray ionization (ES), matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) and fast atom bombardment (FAB). Upon ionization, several peaks are observed from one sample due to the formation of ions with different charges. Averaging the multiple readings of molecular mass obtained from a single mass spectrum affords an estimate of molecular mass of the bioagent identifying amplicon. Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) is particularly useful for very high molecular weight polymers such as proteins and nucleic acids having molecular weights greater than 10 kDa, since it yields a distribution of multiply-charged molecules of the sample without causing a significant amount of fragmentation.

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The mass detectors used in the methods of the present invention include, but are not limited to, Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS), time of flight (TOF), ion trap, quadrupole, magnetic sector, Q-TOF, and triple quadrupole.

D. Base Compositions of Bioagent Identifying Amplicons

Although the molecular mass of amplification products obtained using intelligent primers provides a means for identification of bioagents, conversion of molecular mass data to a base composition signature is useful for certain analyses. As used herein, “base composition” is the exact number of each nucleobase (A, T, C and G) determined from the molecular mass of a bioagent identifying amplicon. In some embodiments, a base composition provides an index of a specific organism. Base compositions can be calculated from known sequences of known bioagent identifying amplicons and can be experimentally determined by measuring the molecular mass of a given bioagent identifying amplicon, followed by determination of all possible base compositions which are consistent with the measured molecular mass within acceptable experimental error. The following example illustrates determination of base composition from an experimentally obtained molecular mass of a 46-mer amplification product originating at position 1337 of the 16S rRNA of Bacillus anthracis . The forward and reverse strands of the amplification product have measured molecular masses of 14208 and 14079 Da, respectively. The possible base compositions derived from the molecular masses of the forward and reverse strands for the B. anthracis products are listed in Table 1.

Among the 16 possible base compositions for the forward strand and the 18 possible base compositions for the reverse strand that were calculated, only one pair (shown in bold) are complementary base compositions, which indicates the true base composition of the amplification product. It should be recognized that this logic is applicable for determination of base compositions of any bioagent identifying amplicon, regardless of the class of bioagent from which the corresponding amplification product was obtained.

In some embodiments, assignment of previously unobserved base compositions (also known as “true unknown base compositions”) to a given phylogeny can be accomplished via the use of pattern classifier model algorithms. Base compositions, like sequences, vary slightly from strain to strain within species, for example. In some embodiments, the pattern classifier model is the mutational probability model. On other embodiments, the pattern classifier is the polytope model. The mutational probability model and polytope model are both commonly owned and described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/073,362 which is incorporated herein by reference in entirety.

In one embodiment, it is possible to manage this diversity by building “base composition probability clouds” around the composition constraints for each species. This permits identification of organisms in a fashion similar to sequence analysis. A “pseudo four-dimensional plot” can be used to visualize the concept of base composition probability clouds. Optimal primer design requires optimal choice of bioagent identifying amplicons and maximizes the separation between the base composition signatures of individual bioagents. Areas where clouds overlap indicate regions that may result in a misclassification, a problem which is overcome by a triangulation identification process using bioagent identifying amplicons not affected by overlap of base composition probability clouds.

In some embodiments, base composition probability clouds provide the means for screening potential primer pairs in order to avoid potential misclassifications of base compositions. In other embodiments, base composition probability clouds provide the means for predicting the identity of a bioagent whose assigned base composition was not previously observed and/or indexed in a bioagent identifying amplicon base composition database due to evolutionary transitions in its nucleic acid sequence. Thus, in contrast to probe-based techniques, mass spectrometry determination of base composition does not require prior knowledge of the composition or sequence in order to make the measurement.

The present invention provides bioagent classifying information similar to DNA sequencing and phylogenetic analysis at a level sufficient to identify a given bioagent. Furthermore, the process of determination of a previously unknown base composition for a given bioagent (for example, in a case where sequence information is unavailable) has downstream utility by providing additional bioagent indexing information with which to populate base composition databases. The process of future bioagent identification is thus greatly improved as more BCS indexes become available in base composition databases.

E. Triangulation Identification

In some cases, a molecular mass of a single bioagent identifying amplicon alone does not provide enough resolution to unambiguously identify a given bioagent. The employment of more than one bioagent identifying amplicon for identification of a bioagent is herein referred to as “triangulation identification.” Triangulation identification is pursued by determining the molecular masses of a plurality of bioagent identifying amplicons selected within a plurality of housekeeping genes. This process is used to reduce false negative and false positive signals, and enable reconstruction of the origin of hybrid or otherwise engineered bioagents. For example, identification of the three part toxin genes typical of B. anthracis (Bowen et al., J. Appl. Microbiol., 1999, 87, 270-278) in the absence of the expected signatures from the B. anthracis genome would suggest a genetic engineering event.

In some embodiments, the triangulation identification process can be pursued by characterization of bioagent identifying amplicons in a massively parallel fashion using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), such as multiplex PCR where multiple primers are employed in the same amplification reaction mixture, or PCR in multi-well plate format wherein a different and unique pair of primers is used in multiple wells containing otherwise identical reaction mixtures. Such multiplex and multi-well PCR methods are well known to those with ordinary skill in the arts of rapid throughput amplification of nucleic acids. In other related embodiments, one PCR reaction per well or container may be carried out, followed by an amplicon pooling step wherein the amplification products of different wells are combined in a single well or container which is then subjected to molecular mass analysis. The combination of pooled amplicons can be chosen such that the expected ranges of molecular masses of individual amplicons are not overlapping and thus will not complicate identification of signals.

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F. Codon Base Composition Analysis

In some embodiments of the present invention, one or more nucleotide substitutions within a codon of a gene of an infectious organism confer drug resistance upon an organism which can be determined by codon base composition analysis. The organism can be a bacterium, virus, fungus or protozoan.

In some embodiments, the amplification product containing the codon being analyzed is of a length of about 35 to about 200 nucleobases. The primers employed in obtaining the amplification product can hybridize to upstream and downstream sequences directly adjacent to the codon, or can hybridize to upstream and downstream sequences one or more sequence positions away from the codon. The primers may have between about 70% to 100% sequence complementarity with the sequence of the gene containing the codon being analyzed.

In some embodiments, the codon base composition analysis is undertaken

In some embodiments, the codon analysis is undertaken for the purpose of investigating genetic disease in an individual. In other embodiments, the codon analysis is undertaken for the purpose of investigating a drug resistance mutation or any other deleterious mutation in an infectious organism such as a bacterium, virus, fungus or protozoan. In some embodiments, the bioagent is a bacterium identified in a biological product.

In some embodiments, the molecular mass of an amplification product containing the codon being analyzed is measured by mass spectrometry. The mass spectrometry can be either electrospray (ESI) mass spectrometry or matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry. Time-of-flight (TOF) is an example of one mode of mass spectrometry compatible with the analyses of the present invention.

The methods of the present invention can also be employed to determine the relative abundance of drug resistant strains of the organism being analyzed. Relative abundances can be calculated from amplitudes of mass spectral signals with relation to internal calibrants. In some embodiments, known quantities of internal amplification calibrants can be included in the amplification reactions and abundances of analyte amplification product estimated in relation to the known quantities of the calibrants.

In some embodiments, upon identification of one or more drug-resistant strains of an infectious organism infecting an individual, one or more alternative treatments can be devised to treat the individual.

G. Determination of the Quantity of a Bioagent

In some embodiments, the identity and quantity of an unknown bioagent can be determined using the process illustrated in FIG. 2 . Primers ( 500 ) and a known quantity of a calibration polynucleotide ( 505 ) are added to a sample containing nucleic acid of an unknown bioagent. The total nucleic acid in the sample is then subjected to an amplification reaction ( 510 ) to obtain amplification products. The molecular masses of amplification products are determined ( 515 ) from which are obtained molecular mass and abundance data. The molecular mass of the bioagent identifying amplicon ( 520 ) provides the means for its identification ( 525 ) and the molecular mass of the calibration amplicon obtained from the calibration polynucleotide ( 530 ) provides the means for its identification ( 535 ). The abundance data of the bioagent identifying amplicon is recorded ( 540 ) and the abundance data for the calibration data is recorded ( 545 ), both of which are used in a calculation ( 550 ) which determines the quantity of unknown bioagent in the sample.

A sample comprising an unknown bioagent is contacted with a pair of primers that provide the means for amplification of nucleic acid from the bioagent, and a known quantity of a polynucleotide that comprises a calibration sequence. The nucleic acids of the bioagent and of the calibration sequence are amplified and the rate of amplification is reasonably assumed to be similar for the nucleic acid of the bioagent and of the calibration sequence. The amplification reaction then produces two amplification products: a bioagent identifying amplicon and a calibration amplicon. The bioagent identifying amplicon and the calibration amplicon should be distinguishable by molecular mass while being amplified at essentially the same rate. Effecting differential molecular masses can be accomplished by choosing as a calibration sequence, a representative bioagent identifying amplicon (from a specific species of bioagent) and performing, for example, a 2-8 nucleobase deletion or insertion within the variable region between the two priming sites. The amplified sample containing the bioagent identifying amplicon and the calibration amplicon is then subjected to molecular mass analysis by mass spectrometry, for example. The resulting molecular mass analysis of the nucleic acid of the bioagent and of the calibration sequence provides molecular mass data and abundance data for the nucleic acid of the bioagent and of the calibration sequence. The molecular mass data obtained for the nucleic acid of the bioagent enables identification of the unknown bioagent and the abundance data enables calculation of the quantity of the bioagent, based on the knowledge of the quantity of calibration polynucleotide contacted with the sample.

In some embodiments, construction of a standard curve where the amount of calibration polynucleotide spiked into the sample is varied provides additional resolution and improved confidence for the determination of the quantity of bioagent in the sample. The use of standard curves for analytical determination of molecular quantities is well known to one with ordinary skill and can be performed without undue experimentation.

In some embodiments, multiplex amplification is performed where multiple bioagent identifying amplicons are amplified with multiple primer pairs which also amplify the corresponding standard calibration sequences. In this or other embodiments, the standard calibration sequences are optionally included within a single vector which functions as the calibration polynucleotide. Multiplex amplification methods are well known to those with ordinary skill and can be performed without undue experimentation.

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In some embodiments, the calibrant polynucleotide is used as an internal positive control to confirm that amplification conditions and subsequent analysis steps are successful in producing a measurable amplicon. Even in the absence of copies of the genome of a bioagent, the calibration polynucleotide should give rise to a calibration amplicon. Failure to produce a measurable calibration amplicon indicates a failure of amplification or subsequent analysis step such as amplicon purification or molecular mass determination. Reaching a conclusion that such failures have occurred is in itself, a useful event.

In some embodiments, the calibration sequence is comprised of DNA. In some embodiments, the calibration sequence is comprised of RNA.

In some embodiments, the calibration sequence is inserted into a vector that itself functions as the calibration polynucleotide. In some embodiments, more than one calibration sequence is inserted into the vector that functions as the calibration polynucleotide. Such a calibration polynucleotide is herein termed a “combination calibration polynucleotide.” The process of inserting polynucleotides into vectors is routine to those skilled in the art and can be accomplished without undue experimentation. Thus, it should be recognized that the calibration method should not be limited to the embodiments described herein. The calibration method can be applied for determination of the quantity of any bioagent identifying amplicon when an appropriate standard calibrant polynucleotide sequence is designed and used. The process of choosing an appropriate vector for insertion of a calibrant is also a routine operation that can be accomplished by one with ordinary skill without undue experimentation.

H. Identification of Bacteria

In other embodiments of the present invention, the primer pairs produce bioagent identifying amplicons within stable and highly conserved regions of bacteria. The advantage to characterization of an amplicon defined by priming regions that fall within a highly conserved region is that there is a low probability that the region will evolve past the point of primer recognition, in which case, the primer hybridization of the amplification step would fail. Such a primer set is thus useful as a broad range survey-type primer. In another embodiment of the present invention, the intelligent primers produce bioagent identifying amplicons including a region which evolves more quickly than the stable region described above. The advantage of characterization bioagent identifying amplicon corresponding to an evolving genomic region is that it is useful for distinguishing emerging strain variants or the presence of virulence genes, drug resistance genes, or codon mutations that induce drug resistance.

The present invention also has significant advantages as a platform for identification of diseases caused by emerging bacterial strains such as, for example, drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus . The present invention eliminates the need for prior knowledge of bioagent sequence to generate hybridization probes. This is possible because the methods are not confounded by naturally occurring evolutionary variations occurring in the sequence acting as the template for production of the bioagent identifying amplicon. Measurement of molecular mass and determination of base composition is accomplished in an unbiased manner without sequence prejudice.

Another embodiment of the present invention also provides a means of tracking the spread of a bacterium, such as a particular drug-resistant strain when a plurality of samples obtained from different locations are analyzed by the methods described above in an epidemiological setting. In one embodiment, a plurality of samples from a plurality of different locations is analyzed with primer pairs which produce bioagent identifying amplicons, a subset of which contains a specific drug-resistant bacterial strain. The corresponding locations of the members of the drug-resistant strain subset indicate the spread of the specific drug-resistant strain to the corresponding locations.

I. Kits

The present invention also provides kits for carrying out the methods described herein. In some embodiments, the kit may comprise a sufficient quantity of one or more primer pairs to perform an amplification reaction on a target polynucleotide from a bioagent to form a bioagent identifying amplicon. In some embodiments, the kit may comprise from one to fifty primer pairs, from one to twenty primer pairs, from one to ten primer pairs, or from two to five primer pairs. In some embodiments, the kit may comprise one or more primer pairs recited in Table 2.

In some embodiments, the kit comprises one or more broad range survey primer(s), division wide primer(s), or drill-down primer(s), or any combination thereof. If a given problem involves identification of a specific bioagent, the solution to the problem may require the selection of a particular combination of primers to provide the solution to the problem. A kit may be designed so as to comprise particular primer pairs for identification of a particular bioagent. A drill-down kit may be used, for example, to distinguish different genotypes or strains, drug-resistant, or otherwise. In some embodiments, the primer pair components of any of these kits may be additionally combined to comprise additional combinations of broad range survey primers and division-wide primers so as to be able to identify a bacterium.

In some embodiments, the kit contains standardized calibration polynucleotides for use as internal amplification calibrants. Internal calibrants are described in commonly owned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 60/545,425 which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

In some embodiments, the kit comprises a sufficient quantity of reverse transcriptase (if RNA is to be analyzed for example), a DNA polymerase, suitable nucleoside triphosphates (including alternative dNTPs such as inosine or modified dNTPs such as the 5-propynyl pyrimidines or any dNTP containing molecular mass-modifying tags such as those described above), a DNA ligase, and/or reaction buffer, or any combination thereof, for the amplification processes described above. A kit may further include instructions pertinent for the particular embodiment of the kit, such instructions describing the primer pairs and amplification conditions for operation of the method. A kit may also comprise amplification reaction containers such as microcentrifuge tubes and the like. A kit may also comprise reagents or other materials for isolating bioagent nucleic acid or bioagent identifying amplicons from amplification, including, for example, detergents, solvents, or ion exchange resins which may be linked to magnetic beads. A kit may also comprise a table of measured or calculated molecular masses and/or base compositions of bioagents using the primer pairs of the kit.

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Some embodiments are kits that contain one or more survey bacterial primer pairs represented by primer pair compositions wherein each member of each pair of primers has 70% to 100% sequence identity with the corresponding member from the group of primer pairs represented by any of the primer pairs of Table 5. The survey primer pairs may include broad range primer pairs which hybridize to ribosomal RNA, and may also include division-wide primer pairs which hybridize to housekeeping genes such as rplB, tufb, rpoB, rpoC, valS, and infb, for example.

In some embodiments, a kit may contain one or more survey bacterial primer pairs and one or more triangulation genotyping analysis primer pairs such as the primer pairs of Tables 8, 12, 14, 19, 21, 23, or 24. In some embodiments, the kit may represent a less expansive genotyping analysis but include triangulation genotyping analysis primer pairs for more than one genus or species of bacteria. For example, a kit for surveying nosocomial infections at a health care facility may include, for example, one or more broad range survey primer pairs, one or more division wide primer pairs, one or more Acinetobacter baumannii triangulation genotyping analysis primer pairs and one or more Staphylococcus aureus triangulation genotyping analysis primer pairs. One with ordinary skill will be capable of analyzing in silico amplification data to determine which primer pairs will be able to provide optimal identification resolution for the bacterial bioagents of interest.

In some embodiments, a kit may be assembled for identification of strains of bacteria involved in contamination of food. An example of such a kit embodiment is a kit comprising one or more bacterial survey primer pairs of Table 5 with one or more triangulation genotyping analysis primer pairs of Table 12 which provide strain resolving capabilities for identification of specific strains of Campylobacter jejuni.

Some embodiments of the kits are 96-well or 384-well plates with a plurality of wells containing any or all of the following components: dNTPs, buffer salts, Mg 2+ , betaine, and primer pairs. In some embodiments, a polymerase is also included in the plurality of wells of the 96-well or 384-well plates.

Some embodiments of the kit contain instructions for PCR and mass spectrometry analysis of amplification products obtained using the primer pairs of the kits.

Some embodiments of the kit include a barcode which uniquely identifies the kit and the components contained therein according to production lots and may also include any other information relative to the components such as concentrations, storage temperatures, etc. The barcode may also include analysis information to be read by optical barcode readers and sent to a computer controlling amplification, purification and mass spectrometric measurements. In some embodiments, the barcode provides access to a subset of base compositions in a base composition database which is in digital communication with base composition analysis software such that a base composition measured with primer pairs from a given kit can be compared with known base compositions of bioagent identifying amplicons defined by the primer pairs of that kit.

In some embodiments, the kit contains a database of base compositions of bioagent identifying amplicons defined by the primer pairs of the kit. The database is stored on a convenient computer readable medium such as a compact disk or USB drive, for example.

In some embodiments, the kit includes a computer program stored on a computer formatted medium (such as a compact disk or portable USB disk drive, for example) comprising instructions which direct a processor to analyze data obtained from the use of the primer pairs of the present invention. The instructions of the software transform data related to amplification products into a molecular mass or base composition which is a useful concrete and tangible result used in identification and/or classification of bioagents. In some embodiments, the kits of the present invention contain all of the reagents sufficient to carry out one or more of the methods described herein.

While the present invention has been described with specificity in accordance with certain of its embodiments, the following examples serve only to illustrate the invention and are not intended to limit the same. In order that the invention disclosed herein may be more efficiently understood, examples are provided below. It should be understood that these examples are for illustrative purposes only and are not to be construed as limiting the invention in any manner.

EXAMPLES
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›Example 1

Design and Validation of Primers that Define Bioagent Identifying Amplicons for Identification of Bacteria

For design of primers that define bacterial bioagent identifying amplicons, a series of bacterial genome segment sequences were obtained, aligned and scanned for regions where pairs of PCR primers would amplify products of about 45 to about 150 nucleotides in length and distinguish subgroups and/or individual strains from each other by their molecular masses or base compositions. A typical process shown in FIG. 1 is employed for this type of analysis.

A database of expected base compositions for each primer region was generated using an in silico PCR search algorithm, such as (ePCR). An existing RNA structure search algorithm (Macke et al., Nucl. Acids Res., 2001, 29, 4724-4735, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety) has been modified to include PCR parameters such as hybridization conditions, mismatches, and thermodynamic calculations (SantaLucia, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 1998, 95, 1460-1465, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety). This also provides information on primer specificity of the selected primer pairs.

Table 2 represents a collection of primers (sorted by primer pair number) designed to identify bacteria using the methods described herein. The primer pair number is an in-house database index number. Primer sites were identified on segments of genes, such as, for example, the 16S rRNA gene. The forward or reverse primer name shown in Table 2 indicates the gene region of the bacterial genome to which the primer hybridizes relative to a reference sequence. In Table 2, for example, the forward primer name 16 S_EC — 1077 — 1106_F indicates that the forward primer (_F) hybridizes to residues 1077-1106 of the reference sequence represented by a sequence extraction of coordinates 4033120.4034661 from GenBank gi number 16127994 (as indicated in Table 3). As an additional example: the forward primer name BONTA_X52066 — 450 — 473 indicates that the primer hybridizes to residues 450-437 of the gene encoding Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT/A) represented by GenBank Accession No. X52066 (primer pair name codes appearing in Table 2 are defined in Table 3. One with ordinary skill knows how to obtain individual gene sequences or portions thereof from genomic sequences present in GenBank. In Table 2, Tp=5-propynyluracil; Cp=5-propynylcytosine; *=phosphorothioate linkage; I=inosine. T. GenBank Accession Numbers for reference sequences of bacteria are shown in Table 3 (below). In some cases, the reference sequences are extractions from bacterial genomic sequences or complements thereof.

Primer pair name codes and reference sequences are shown in Table 3. The primer name code typically represents the gene to which the given primer pair is targeted. The primer pair name may include specific coordinates with respect to a reference sequence defined by an extraction of a section of sequence or defined by a GenBank gi number, or the corresponding complementary sequence of the extraction, or the entire GenBank gi number as indicated by the label “no extraction.” Where “no extraction” is indicated for a reference sequence, the coordinates of a primer pair named to the reference sequence are with respect to the GenBank gi listing. Gene abbreviations are shown in bold type in the “Gene Name” column.

To determine the exact primer hybridization coordinates of a given pair of primers on a given bioagent nucleic acid sequence and to determine the sequences, molecular masses and base compositions of an amplification product to be obtained upon amplification of nucleic acid of a known bioagent with known sequence information in the region of interest with a given pair of primers, one with ordinary skill in bioinformatics is capable of obtaining alignments of the primers of the present invention with the GenBank gi number of the relevant nucleic acid sequence of the known bioagent. For example, the reference sequence GenBank gi numbers (Table 3) provide the identities of the sequences which can be obtained from GenBank. Alignments can be done using a bioinformatics tool such as BLASTn provided to the public by NCBI (Bethesda, Md.). Alternatively, a relevant GenBank sequence may be downloaded and imported into custom programmed or commercially available bioinformatics programs wherein the alignment can be carried out to determine the primer hybridization coordinates and the sequences, molecular masses and base compositions of the amplification product. For example, to obtain the hybridization coordinates of primer pair number 2095 (SEQ ID NOs: 456:1261), First the forward primer (SEQ ID NO: 456) is subjected to a BLASTn search on the publicly available NCBI BLAST website. “RefSeq_Genomic” is chosen as the BLAST database since the gi numbers refer to genomic sequences. The BLAST query is then performed. Among the top results returned is a match to GenBank gi number 21281729 (Accession Number NC — 003923). The result shown below, indicates that the forward primer hybridizes to positions 1530282.1530307 of the genomic sequence of Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus MW2 (represented by gi number 21281729).

Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus MW2, complete genome Length=2820462 Features in this part of subject sequence:

Panton-Valentine leukocidin chain F precursor

Score=52.0 bits (26), Expect=2e-05 Identities=26/26 (100%), Gaps=0/26 (0%) Strand=Plus/Plus

The hybridization coordinates of the reverse primer (SEQ ID NO: 1261) can be determined in a similar manner and thus, the bioagent identifying amplicon can be defined in terms of genomic coordinates. The query/subject arrangement of the result would be presented in Strand=Plus/Minus format because the reverse strand hybridizes to the reverse complement of the genomic sequence. The preceding sequence analyses are well known to one with ordinary skill in bioinformatics and thus, Table 3 contains sufficient information to determine the primer hybridization coordinates of any of the primers of Table 2 to the applicable reference sequences described therein.

›Example 2

Sample Preparation and PCR

Genomic DNA was prepared from samples using the DNeasy Tissue Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, Calif.) according to the manufacturer's protocols.

All PCR reactions were assembled in 50 μL reaction volumes in a 96-well microtiter plate format using a Packard MPII liquid handling robotic platform and M. J. Dyad thermocyclers (MJ research, Waltham, Mass.) or Eppendorf Mastercycler thermocyclers (Eppendorf, Westbury, NY). The PCR reaction mixture consisted of 4 units of Amplitaq Gold, 1× buffer II (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, Calif.), 1.5 mM MgCl 2 , 0.4 M betaine, 800 μM dNTP mixture and 250 nM of each primer. The following typical PCR conditions were used: 95° C. for 10 min followed by 8 cycles of 95° C. for 30 seconds, 48° C. for 30 seconds, and 72° C. 30 seconds with the 48° C. annealing temperature increasing 0.9° C. with each of the eight cycles. The PCR was then continued for 37 additional cycles of 95° C for 15 seconds, 56° C. for 20 seconds, and 72° C. 20 seconds.

›Example 3

Purification of PCR Products for Mass Spectrometry with Ion Exchange Resin-Magnetic Beads

For solution capture of nucleic acids with ion exchange resin linked to magnetic beads, 25 μl of a 2.5 mg/mL suspension of BioClone amine terminated superparamagnetic beads were added to 25 to 50 μl of a PCR (or RT-PCR) reaction containing approximately 10 μM of a typical PCR amplification product. The above suspension was mixed for approximately 5 minutes by vortexing or pipetting, after which the liquid was removed after using a magnetic separator. The beads containing bound PCR amplification product were then washed three times with 50 mM ammonium bicarbonate/50% MeOH or 100 mM ammonium bicarbonate/50% MeOH, followed by three more washes with 50% MEOH. The bound PCR amplicon was eluted with a solution of 25 mM piperidine, 25 mM imidazole, 35% MeOH which included peptide calibration standards.

›Example 4

Mass Spectrometry and Base Composition Analysis

The ESI-FTICR mass spectrometer is based on a Bruker Daltonics (Billerica, MA) Apex II 70e electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer that employs an actively shielded 7 Tesla superconducting magnet. The active shielding constrains the majority of the fringing magnetic field from the superconducting magnet to a relatively small volume. Thus, components that might be adversely affected by stray magnetic fields, such as CRT monitors, robotic components, and other electronics, can operate in close proximity to the FTICR spectrometer. All aspects of pulse sequence control and data acquisition were performed on a 600 MHz Pentium II data station running Bruker's Xmass software under Windows NT 4.0 operating system. Sample aliquots, typically 15 μl, were extracted directly from 96-well microtiter plates using a CTC HTS PAL autosampler (LEAP Technologies, Carrboro, N.C.) triggered by the FTICR data station. Samples were injected directly into a 10 μl sample loop integrated with a fluidics handling system that supplies the 100 μl/hr flow rate to the ESI source. Ions were formed via electrospray ionization in a modified Analytica (Branford, Conn.) source employing an off axis, grounded electrospray probe positioned approximately 1.5 cm from the metalized terminus of a glass desolvation capillary. The atmospheric pressure end of the glass capillary was biased at 6000 V relative to the ESI needle during data acquisition. A counter-current flow of dry N 2 was employed to assist in the desolvation process. Ions were accumulated in an external ion reservoir comprised of an rf-only hexapole, a skimmer cone, and an auxiliary gate electrode, prior to injection into the trapped ion cell where they were mass analyzed. Ionization duty cycles greater than 99% were achieved by simultaneously accumulating ions in the external ion reservoir during ion detection. Each detection event consisted of 1 M data points digitized over 2.3 s. To improve the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N), 32 scans were co-added for a total data acquisition time of 74 s.

The ESI-TOF mass spectrometer is based on a Bruker Daltonics MicroTOF™. Ions from the ESI source undergo orthogonal ion extraction and are focused in a reflectron prior to detection. The TOF and FTICR are equipped with the same automated sample handling and fluidics described above. Ions are formed in the standard MicroTOF™ ESI source that is equipped with the same off-axis sprayer and glass capillary as the FTICR ESI source. Consequently, source conditions were the same as those described above. External ion accumulation was also employed to improve ionization duty cycle during data acquisition. Each detection event on the TOF was comprised of 75,000 data points digitized over 75 μs.

The sample delivery scheme allows sample aliquots to be rapidly injected into the electrospray source at high flow rate and subsequently be electrosprayed at a much lower flow rate for improved ESI sensitivity. Prior to injecting a sample, a bolus of buffer was injected at a high flow rate to rinse the transfer line and spray needle to avoid sample contamination/carryover. Following the rinse step, the autosampler injected the next sample and the flow rate was switched to low flow. Following a brief equilibration delay, data acquisition commenced. As spectra were co-added, the autosampler continued rinsing the syringe and picking up buffer to rinse the injector and sample transfer line. In general, two syringe rinses and one injector rinse were required to minimize sample carryover. During a routine screening protocol a new sample mixture was injected every 106 seconds. More recently a fast wash station for the syringe needle has been implemented which, when combined with shorter acquisition times, facilitates the acquisition of mass spectra at a rate of just under one spectrum/minute.

Raw mass spectra were post-calibrated with an internal mass standard and deconvoluted to monoisotopic molecular masses. Unambiguous base compositions were derived from the exact mass measurements of the complementary single-stranded oligonucleotides. Quantitative results are obtained by comparing the peak heights with an internal PCR calibration standard present in every PCR well at 500 molecules per well. Calibration methods are commonly owned and disclosed in U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/545,425 which is incorporated herein by reference in entirety.

›Example 5 · 1 of 2

De Novo Determination of Base Composition of Amplification Products using Molecular Mass Modified Deoxynucleotide Triphosphates

Because the molecular masses of the four natural nucleobases have a relatively narrow molecular mass range (A=313.058, G=329.052, C=289.046, T=304.046—See Table 4), a persistent source of ambiguity in assignment of base composition can occur as follows: two nucleic acid strands having different base composition may have a difference of about 1 Da when the base composition difference between the two strands is G⇄A (−15.994) combined with C⇄T (+15.000). For example, one 99-mer nucleic acid strand having a base composition of A 27 G 30 C 21 T 21 has a theoretical molecular mass of 30779.058 while another 99-mer nucleic acid strand having a base composition of A 26 G 31 C 22 T 20 has a theoretical molecular mass of 30780.052. A 1 Da difference in molecular mass may be within the experimental error of a molecular mass measurement and thus, the relatively narrow molecular mass range of the four natural nucleobases imposes an uncertainty factor.

The present invention provides for a means for removing this theoretical 1 Da uncertainty factor through amplification of a nucleic acid with one mass-tagged nucleobase and three natural nucleobases. The term “nucleobase” as used herein is synonymous with other terms in use in the art including “nucleotide,” “deoxynucleotide,” “nucleotide residue,” “deoxynucleotide residue,” “nucleotide triphosphate (NTP),” or deoxynucleotide triphosphate (dNTP).

Addition of significant mass to one of the 4 nucleobases (dNTPs) in an amplification reaction, or in the primers themselves, will result in a significant difference in mass of the resulting amplification product (significantly greater than 1 Da) arising from ambiguities arising from the G⇄A combined with C ⇄T event (Table 4). Thus, the same the G⇄A (−15.994) event combined with 5-Iodo-C⇄T (−110.900) event would result in a molecular mass difference of 126.894. If the molecular mass of the base composition A 27 G 30 5-Iodo-C 21 T 21 (33422.958) is compared with A 26 G 31 5-Iodo-C 22 T 20 , (33549.852) the theoretical molecular mass difference is +126.894. The experimental error of a molecular mass measurement is not significant with regard to this molecular mass difference. Furthermore, the only base composition consistent with a measured molecular mass of the 99-mer nucleic acid is A 27 G 30 5-Iodo-C 21 T 21 . In contrast, the analogous amplification without the mass tag has 18 possible base compositions.

Mass spectra of bioagent-identifying amplicons were analyzed independently using a maximum-likelihood processor, such as is widely used in radar signal processing. This processor, referred to as GenX, first makes maximum likelihood estimates of the input to the mass spectrometer for each primer by running matched filters for each base composition aggregate on the input data. This includes the GenX response to a calibrant for each primer.

The algorithm emphasizes performance predictions culminating in probability-of-detection versus probability-of-false-alarm plots for conditions involving complex backgrounds of naturally occurring organisms and environmental contaminants. Matched filters consist of a priori expectations of signal values given the set of primers used for each of the bioagents. A genomic sequence database is used to define the mass base count matched filters. The database contains the sequences of known bacterial bioagents and includes threat organisms as well as benign background organisms. The latter is used to estimate and subtract the spectral signature produced by the background organisms. A maximum likelihood detection of known background organisms is implemented using matched filters and a running-sum estimate of the noise covariance. Background signal strengths are estimated and used along with the matched filters to form signatures which are then subtracted. The maximum likelihood process is applied to this “cleaned up” data in a similar manner employing matched filters for the organisms and a running-sum estimate of the noise-covariance for the cleaned up data.

The amplitudes of all base compositions of bioagent-identifying amplicons for each primer are calibrated and a final maximum likelihood amplitude estimate per organism is made based upon the multiple single primer estimates. Models of all system noise are factored into this two-stage maximum likelihood calculation. The processor reports the number of molecules of each base composition contained in the spectra. The quantity of amplification product corresponding to the appropriate primer set is reported as well as the quantities of primers remaining upon completion of the amplification reaction.

Base count blurring can be carried out as follows. “Electronic PCR” can be conducted on nucleotide sequences of the desired bioagents to obtain the different expected base counts that could be obtained for each primer pair. See for example, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sutils/e-pcr/; Schuler, Genome Res. 7:541-50, 1997. In one illustrative embodiment, one or more spreadsheets, such as Microsoft Excel workbooks contain a plurality of worksheets. First in this example, there is a worksheet with a name similar to the workbook name; this worksheet contains the raw electronic PCR data. Second, there is a worksheet named “filtered bioagents base count” that contains bioagent name and base count; there is a separate record for each strain after removing sequences that are not identified with a genus and species and removing all sequences for bioagents with less than 10 strains. Third, there is a worksheet, “Sheet1” that contains the frequency of substitutions, insertions, or deletions for this primer pair. This data is generated by first creating a pivot table from the data in the “filtered bioagents base count” worksheet and then executing an Excel VBA macro. The macro creates a table of differences in base counts for bioagents of the same species, but different strains. One of ordinary skill in the art may understand additional pathways for obtaining similar table differences without undo experimentation.

›Example 5 · 2 of 2

Application of an exemplary script, involves the user defining a threshold that specifies the fraction of the strains that are represented by the reference set of base counts for each bioagent. The reference set of base counts for each bioagent may contain as many different base counts as are needed to meet or exceed the threshold. The set of reference base counts is defined by taking the most abundant strain's base type composition and adding it to the reference set and then the next most abundant strain's base type composition is added until the threshold is met or exceeded. The current set of data was obtained using a threshold of 55%, which was obtained empirically.

For each base count not included in the reference base count set for that bioagent, the script then proceeds to determine the manner in which the current base count differs from each of the base counts in the reference set. This difference may be represented as a combination of substitutions, Si=Xi, and insertions, Ii=Yi, or deletions, Di=Zi. If there is more than one reference base count, then the reported difference is chosen using rules that aim to minimize the number of changes and, in instances with the same number of changes, minimize the number of insertions or deletions. Therefore, the primary rule is to identify the difference with the minimum sum (Xi+Yi) or (Xi+Zi), e.g., one insertion rather than two substitutions. If there are two or more differences with the minimum sum, then the one that will be reported is the one that contains the most substitutions.

Differences between a base count and a reference composition are categorized as one, two, or more substitutions, one, two, or more insertions, one, two, or more deletions, and combinations of substitutions and insertions or deletions. The different classes of nucleobase changes and their probabilities of occurrence have been delineated in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2004209260 (U.S. application Ser. No. 10/418,514) which is incorporated herein by reference in entirety.

›Example 6 · 1 of 2

Use of Broad Range Survey and Division Wide Primer Pairs for Identification of Bacteria in an Epidemic Surveillance Investigation

This investigation employed a set of 16 primer pairs which is herein designated the “surveillance primer set” and comprises broad range survey primer pairs, division wide primer pairs and a single Bacillus lade primer pair. The surveillance primer set is shown in Table 5 and consists of primer pairs originally listed in Table 2. This surveillance set comprises primers with T modifications (note TMOD designation in primer names) which constitutes a functional improvement with regard to prevention of non-templated adenylation (vide supra) relative to originally selected primers which are displayed below in the same row. Primer pair 449 (non-T modified) has been modified twice. Its predecessors are primer pairs 70 and 357, displayed below in the same row. Primer pair 360 has also been modified twice and its predecessors are primer pairs 17 and 118.

The 16 primer pairs of the surveillance set are used to produce bioagent identifying amplicons whose base compositions are sufficiently different amongst all known bacteria at the species level to identify, at a reasonable confidence level, any given bacterium at the species level. As shown in Tables 6A-E, common respiratory bacterial pathogens can be distinguished by the base compositions of bioagent identifying amplicons obtained using the 16 primer pairs of the surveillance set. In some cases, triangulation identification improves the confidence level for species assignment. For example, nucleic acid from Streptococcus pyogenes can be amplified by nine of the sixteen surveillance primer pairs and Streptococcus pneumoniae can be amplified by ten of the sixteen surveillance primer pairs. The base compositions of the bioagent identifying amplicons are identical for only one of the analogous bioagent identifying amplicons and differ in all of the remaining analogous bioagent identifying amplicons by up to four bases per bioagent identifying amplicon. The resolving power of the surveillance set was confirmed by determination of base compositions for 120 isolates of respiratory pathogens representing 70 different bacterial species and the results indicated that natural variations (usually only one or two base substitutions per bioagent identifying amplicon) amongst multiple isolates of the same species did not prevent correct identification of major pathogenic organisms at the species level.

Bacillus anthracis is a well known biological warfare agent which has emerged in domestic terrorism in recent years. Since it was envisioned to produce bioagent identifying amplicons for identification of Bacillus anthracis , additional drill-down analysis primers were designed to target genes present on virulence plasmids of Bacillus anthracis so that additional confidence could be reached in positive identification of this pathogenic organism. Three drill-down analysis primers were designed and are listed in Tables 2 and 6. In Table 6, the drill-down set comprises primers with T modifications (note TMOD designation in primer names) which constitutes a functional improvement with regard to prevention of non-templated adenylation (vide supra) relative to originally selected primers which are displayed below in the same row.

Phylogenetic coverage of bacterial space of the sixteen surveillance primers of Table 5 and the three Bacillus anthracis drill-down primers of Table 6 is shown in FIG. 3 which lists common pathogenic bacteria. FIG. 3 is not meant to be comprehensive in illustrating all species identified by the primers. Only pathogenic bacteria are listed as representative examples of the bacterial species that can be identified by the primers and methods of the present invention. Nucleic acid of groups of bacteria enclosed within the polygons of FIG. 3 can be amplified to obtain bioagent identifying amplicons using the primer pair numbers listed in the upper right hand corner of each polygon. Primer coverage for polygons within polygons is additive. As an illustrative example, bioagent identifying amplicons can be obtained for Chlamydia trachomatis by amplification with, for example, primer pairs 346-349, 360 and 361, but not with any of the remaining primers of the surveillance primer set. On the other hand, bioagent identifying amplicons can be obtained from nucleic acid originating from Bacillus anthracis (located within 5 successive polygons) using, for example, any of the following primer pairs: 346-349, 360, 361 (base polygon), 356, 449 (second polygon), 352 (third polygon), 355 (fourth polygon), 350, 351 and 353 (fifth polygon). Multiple coverage of a given organism with multiple primers provides for increased confidence level in identification of the organism as a result of enabling broad triangulation identification.

In Tables 7A-E, base compositions of respiratory pathogens for primer target regions are shown. Two entries in a cell, represent variation in ribosomal DNA operons. The most predominant base composition is shown first and the minor (frequently a single operon) is indicated by an asterisk (*). Entries with NO DATA mean that the primer would not be expected to prime this species due to mismatches between the primer and target region, as determined by theoretical PCR.

Four sets of throat samples from military recruits at different military facilities taken at different time points were analyzed using the primers of the present invention. The first set was collected at a military training center from Nov. 1 to Dec. 20, 2002 during one of the most severe outbreaks of pneumonia associated with group A Streptococcus in the United States since 1968. During this outbreak, fifty-one throat swabs were taken from both healthy and hospitalized recruits and plated on blood agar for selection of putative group A Streptococcus colonies. A second set of 15 original patient specimens was taken during the height of this group A Streptococcus —associated respiratory disease outbreak. The third set were historical samples, including twenty-seven isolates of group A Streptococcus , from disease outbreaks at this and other military training facilities during previous years. The fourth set of samples was collected from five geographically separated military facilities in the continental U.S. in the winter immediately following the severe November/December 2002 outbreak.

›Example 6 · 2 of 2

Pure colonies isolated from group A Streptococcus -selective media from all four collection periods were analyzed with the surveillance primer set. All samples showed base compositions that precisely matched the four completely sequenced strains of Streptococcus pyogenes . Shown in FIG. 4 is a 3D diagram of base composition (axes A, G and C) of bioagent identifying amplicons obtained with primer pair number 14 (a precursor of primer pair number 348 which targets 16S rRNA). The diagram indicates that the experimentally determined base compositions of the clinical samples closely match the base compositions expected for Streptococcus pyogenes and are distinct from the expected base compositions of other organisms.

In addition to the identification of Streptococcus pyogenes , other potentially pathogenic organisms were identified concurrently. Mass spectral analysis of a sample whose nucleic acid was amplified by primer pair number 349 (SEQ ID NOs: 401:1156) exhibited signals of bioagent identifying amplicons with molecular masses that were found to correspond to analogous base compositions of bioagent identifying amplicons of Streptococcus pyogenes (A27 G32 C24 Ti 8), Neisseria meningitidis (A25 G27 C22 T18 Haemophilus influenzae (A28 G28 C25 T20) (see FIG. 5 and Table 7B). These organisms were present in a ratio of 4:5:20 as determined by comparison of peak heights with peak height of an internal PCR calibration standard as described in commonly owned U.S. Patent Application Ser. No: 60/545,425 which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

Since certain division-wide primers that target housekeeping genes are designed to provide coverage of specific divisions of bacteria to increase the confidence level for identification of bacterial species, they are not expected to yield bioagent identifying amplicons for organisms outside of the specific divisions. For example, primer pair number 356 (SEQ ID NOs: 449:1380) primarily amplifies the nucleic acid of members of the classes Bacilli and Clostridia and is not expected to amplify proteobacteria such as Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae . As expected, analysis of the mass spectrum of amplification products obtained with primer pair number 356 does not indicate the presence of Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae but does indicate the presence of Streptococcus pyogenes ( FIGS. 3 and 6 , Table 7B). Thus, these primers or types of primers can confirm the absence of particular bioagents from a sample.

The 15 throat swabs from military recruits were found to contain a relatively small set of microbes in high abundance. The most common were Haemophilus influenza, Neisseria meningitides , and Streptococcus pyogenes. Staphylococcus epidermidis, Moraxella cattarhalis, Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum , and Staphylococcus aureus were present in fewer samples. An equal number of samples from healthy volunteers from three different geographic locations, were identically analyzed. Results indicated that the healthy volunteers have bacterial flora dominated by multiple, commensal non-beta-hemolytic Streptococcal species, including the viridans group streptococci ( S. parasangunis, S. vestibularis, S. mitis, S. oralis and S. pneumoniae ; data not shown), and none of the organisms found in the military recruits were found in the healthy controls at concentrations detectable by mass spectrometry. Thus, the military recruits in the midst of a respiratory disease outbreak had a dramatically different microbial population than that experienced by the general population in the absence of epidemic disease.

›Example 7

Triangulation Genotyping Analysis for Determination of emm-Type of Streptococcus pyogenes in Epidemic Surveillance

As a continuation of the epidemic surveillance investigation of Example 6, determination of sub-species characteristics (genotyping) of Streptococcus pyogenes , was carried out based on a strategy that generates strain-specific signatures according to the rationale of Multi-Locus Sequence Typing (MLST). In classic MLST analysis, internal fragments of several housekeeping genes are amplified and sequenced (Enright et al. Infection and Immunity, 2001, 69, 2416-2427). In classic MLST analysis, internal fragments of several housekeeping genes are amplified and sequenced. In the present investigation, bioagent identifying amplicons from housekeeping genes were produced using drill-down primers and analyzed by mass spectrometry. Since mass spectral analysis results in molecular mass, from which base composition can be determined, the challenge was to determine whether resolution of emm classification of strains of Streptococcus pyogenes could be determined.

For the purpose of development of a triangulation genotyping assay, an alignment was constructed of concatenated alleles of seven MLST housekeeping genes (glucose kinase (gki), glutamine transporter protein (gtr), glutamate racemase (murI), DNA mismatch repair protein (mutS), xanthine phosphoribosyl transferase (xpt), and acetyl-CoA acetyl transferase (yqiL)) from each of the 212 previously emm-typed strains of Streptococcus pyogenes . From this alignment, the number and location of primer pairs that would maximize strain identification via base composition was determined. As a result, 6 primer pairs were chosen as standard drill-down primers for determination of emm-type of Streptococcus pyogenes . These six primer pairs are displayed in Table 8. This drill-down set comprises primers with T modifications (note TMOD designation in primer names) which constitutes a functional improvement with regard to prevention of non-templated adenylation (vide supra) relative to originally selected primers which are displayed below in the same row.

The primers of Table 8 were used to produce bioagent identifying amplicons from nucleic acid present in the clinical samples. The bioagent identifying amplicons which were subsequently analyzed by mass spectrometry and base compositions corresponding to the molecular masses were calculated.

Of the 51 samples taken during the peak of the November/December 2002 epidemic (Table 9A-C rows 1-3), all except three samples were found to represent emm3, a Group A Streptococcus genotype previously associated with high respiratory virulence. The three outliers were from samples obtained from healthy individuals and probably represent non-epidemic strains. Archived samples (Tables 9A-C rows 5-13) from historical collections showed a greater heterogeneity of base compositions and emm types as would be expected from different epidemics occurring at different places and dates. The results of the mass spectrometry analysis and emm gene sequencing were found to be concordant for the epidemic and historical samples.

›Example 8

Design of Calibrant Polynucleotides Based on Bioagent Identifying Amplicons for Identification of Species of Bacteria (Bacterial Bioagent Identifying Amplicons)

This example describes the design of 19 calibrant polynucleotides based on bacterial bioagent identifying amplicons corresponding to the primers of the broad surveillance set (Table 5) and the Bacillus anthracis drill-down set (Table 6).

Calibration sequences were designed to simulate bacterial bioagent identifying amplicons produced by the T modified primer pairs shown in Tables 5 and 6 (primer names have the designation “TMOD”). The calibration sequences were chosen as a representative member of the section of bacterial genome from specific bacterial species which would be amplified by a given primer pair. The model bacterial species upon which the calibration sequences are based are also shown in Table 10. For example, the calibration sequence chosen to correspond to an amplicon produced by primer pair no. 361 is SEQ ID NO: 1445. In Table 10, the forward (_F) or reverse (_R) primer name indicates the coordinates of an extraction representing a gene of a standard reference bacterial genome to which the primer hybridizes e.g.: the forward primer name 16S_EC — 713 — 732_TMOD_F indicates that the forward primer hybridizes to residues 713-732 of the gene encoding 16S ribosomal RNA in an E. coli reference sequence (in this case, the reference sequence is an extraction consisting of residues 4033120-4034661 of the genomic sequence of E. coli K12 (GenBank gi number 16127994). Additional gene coordinate reference information is shown in Table 11. The designation “TMOD” in the primer names indicates that the 5′ end of the primer has been modified with a non-matched template T residue which prevents the PCR polymerase from adding non-templated adenosine residues to the 5′ end of the amplification product, an occurrence which may result in miscalculation of base composition from molecular mass data (vide supra).

The 19 calibration sequences described in Tables 10 and 11 were combined into a single calibration polynucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1464—which is herein designated a “combination calibration polynucleotide”) which was then cloned into a pCR®—Blunt vector (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.). This combination calibration polynucleotide can be used in conjunction with the primers of Tables 5 or 6 as an internal standard to produce calibration amplicons for use in determination of the quantity of any bacterial bioagent. Thus, for example, when the combination calibration polynucleotide vector is present in an amplification reaction mixture, a calibration amplicon based on primer pair 346 (16S rRNA) will be produced in an amplification reaction with primer pair 346 and a calibration amplicon based on primer pair 363 (rpoC) will be produced with primer pair 363. Coordinates of each of the 19 calibration sequences within the calibration polynucleotide (SEQ ID NO: 1464) are indicated in Table 11.

›Example 9

Use of a Calibration Polynucleotide for Determining the Quantity of Bacillus Anthracis in a Sample Containing a Mixture of Microbes

The process described in this example is shown in FIG. 2 . The capC gene is a gene involved in capsule synthesis which resides on the pX02 plasmid of Bacillus anthracis . Primer pair number 350 (see Tables 10 and 11) was designed to identify Bacillus anthracis via production of a bacterial bioagent identifying amplicon. Known quantities of the combination calibration polynucleotide vector described in Example 8 were added to amplification mixtures containing bacterial bioagent nucleic acid from a mixture of microbes which included the Ames strain of Bacillus anthracis . Upon amplification of the bacterial bioagent nucleic acid and the combination calibration polynucleotide vector with primer pair no. 350, bacterial bioagent identifying amplicons and calibration amplicons were obtained and characterized by mass spectrometry. A mass spectrum measured for the amplification reaction is shown in FIG. 7 . The molecular masses of the bioagent identifying amplicons provided the means for identification of the bioagent from which they were obtained (Ames strain of Bacillus anthracis ) and the molecular masses of the calibration amplicons provided the means for their identification as well. The relationship between the abundance (peak height) of the calibration amplicon signals and the bacterial bioagent identifying amplicon signals provides the means of calculation of the copies of the pX02 plasmid of the Ames strain of Bacillus anthracis . Methods of calculating quantities of molecules based on internal calibration procedures are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art.

Averaging the results of 10 repetitions of the experiment described above, enabled a calculation that indicated that the quantity of Ames strain of Bacillus anthracis present in the sample corresponds to approximately 10 copies of pX02 plasmid.

›Example 10

Triangulation Genotyping Analysis of Campylobacter Species

A series of triangulation genotyping analysis primers were designed as described in Example 1 with the objective of identification of different strains of Campylobacter jejuni . The primers are listed in Table 12 with the designation “CJST_CJ.” Housekeeping genes to which the primers hybridize and produce bioagent identifying amplicons include: tkt (transketolase), glyA (serine hydroxymethyltransferase), gltA (citrate synthase), aspA (aspartate ammonia lyase), glnA (glutamine synthase), pgm (phosphoglycerate mutase), and uncA (ATP synthetase alpha chain).

The primers were used to amplify nucleic acid from 50 food product samples provided by the USDA, 25 of which contained Campylobacter jejuni and 25 of which contained Campylobacter coli . Primers used in this study were developed primarily for the discrimination of Campylobacter jejuni clonal complexes and for distinguishing Campylobacter jejuni from Campylobacter coli . Finer discrimination between Campylobacter coli types is also possible by using specific primers targeted to loci where closely-related Campylobacter coli isolates demonstrate polymorphisms between strains. The conclusions of the comparison of base composition analysis with sequence analysis are shown in Tables 1 3A-C.

The base composition analysis method was successful in identification of 12 different strain groups. Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli are generally differentiated by all loci. Ten clearly differentiated Campylobacter jejuni isolates and 2 major Campylobacter coli groups were identified even though the primers were designed for strain typing of Campylobacter jejuni . One isolate (RM4183) which was designated as Campylobacter jejuni was found to group with Campylobacter coli and also appears to actually be Campylobacter coli by full MLST sequencing.

›Example 11

Identification of Acinetobacter baumannii Using Broad Range Survey and Division-Wide Primers in Epidemiological Surveillance

To test the capability of the broad range survey and division-wide primer sets of Table 5 in identification of Acinetobacter species, 183 clinical samples were obtained from individuals participating in, or in contact with individuals participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom (including US service personnel, US civilian patients at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), medical staff, Iraqi civilians and enemy prisoners. In addition, 34 environmental samples were obtained from hospitals in Iraq, Kuwait, Germany, the United States and the USNS Comfort, a hospital ship.

Upon amplification of nucleic acid obtained from the clinical samples, primer pairs 346-349, 360, 361, 354, 362 and 363 (Table 5) all produced bacterial bioagent amplicons which identified Acinetobacter baumannii in 215 of 217 samples. The organism Klebsiella pneumoniae was identified in the remaining two samples. In addition, 14 different strain types (containing single nucleotide polymorphisms relative to a reference strain of Acinetobacter baumannii ) were identified and assigned arbitrary numbers from 1 to 14. Strain type 1 was found in 134 of the sample isolates and strains 3 and 7 were found in 46 and 9 of the isolates respectively.

The epidemiology of strain type 7 of Acinetobacter baumannii was investigated. Strain 7 was found in 4 patients and 5 environmental samples (from field hospitals in Iraq and Kuwait). The index patient infected with strain 7 was a pre-war patient who had a traumatic amputation in March of 2003 and was treated at a Kuwaiti hospital. The patient was subsequently transferred to a hospital in Germany and then to WRAIR. Two other patients from Kuwait infected with strain 7 were found to be non-infectious and were not further monitored. The fourth patient was diagnosed with a strain 7 infection in September of 2003 at WRAIR. Since the fourth patient was not related involved in Operation Iraqi Freedom, it was inferred that the fourth patient was the subject of a nosocomial infection acquired at WRAIk as a result of the spread of strain 7 from the index patient.

The epidemiology of strain type 3 of Acinetobacter baumannii was also investigated. Strain type 3 was found in 46 samples, all of which were from patients (US service members, Iraqi civilians and enemy prisoners) who were treated on the USNS Comfort hospital ship and subsequently returned to Iraq or Kuwait. The occurrence of strain type 3 in a single locale may provide evidence that at least some of the infections at that locale were a result of nosocomial infections.

This example thus illustrates an embodiment of the present invention wherein the methods of analysis of bacterial bioagent identifying amplicons provide the means for epidemiological surveillance.

›Example 12

Selection and Use of Triangulation Genotyping Analysis Primer Pairs for Acinetobacter baumanii

To combine the power of high-throughput mass spectrometric analysis of bioagent identifying amplicons with the sub-species characteristic resolving power provided by triangulation genotyping analysis, an additional 21 primer pairs were selected based on analysis of housekeeping genes of the genus Acinetobacter . Genes to which the drill-down triangulation genotyping analysis primers hybridize for production of bacterial bioagent identifying amplicons include anthranilate synthase component I (trpE), adenylate kinase (adk), adenine glycosylase (mutY), fumarate hydratase (fumC), and pyrophosphate phospho-hydratase (ppa). These 21 primer pairs are indicated with reference to sequence listings in Table 14. Primer pair numbers 1151-1154 hybridize to and amplify segments of trpE. Primer pair numbers 1155-1157 hybridize to and amplify segments of adk. Primer pair numbers 1158-1164 hybridize to and amplify segments of mutY. Primer pair numbers 1165-1170 hybridize to and amplify segments of fumC. Primer pair number 1171 hybridizes to and amplifies a segment of ppa. Primer pair numbers: 2846-2848 hybridize to and amplify segments of the parC gene of DNA topoisomerase which include a codon known to confer quinolone drug resistance upon sub-types of Acinetobacter baumannii . Primer pair numbers 2852-2854 hybridize to and amplify segments of the gyrA gene of DNA gyrase which include a codon known to confer quinolone drug resistance upon sub-types of Acinetobacter baumannii . Primer pair numbers 2922 and 2972 are speciating primers which are useful for identifying different species members of the genus Acinetobacter . The primer names given in Table 14A (with the exception of primer pair numbers 2846-2848, 2852-2854) indicate the coordinates to which the primers hybridize to a reference sequence which comprises a concatenation of the genes TrpE, efp (elongation factor p), adk, mutT, fumC, and ppa. For example, the forward primer of primer pair 1151 is named AB_MLST-11-OIF007 — 62 — 91_F because it hybridizes to the Acinetobacter primer reference sequence of strain type 11 in sample 007 of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) at positions 62 to 91. DNA was sequenced from strain type 11 and from this sequence data and an artificial concatenated sequence of partial gene extractions was assembled for use in design of the triangulation genotyping analysis primers. The stretches of arbitrary residues “N”s in the concatenated sequence were added for the convenience of separation of the partial gene extractions (40N for AB_MLST (SEQ ID NO: 1444)).

The hybridization coordinates of primer pair numbers 2846-2848 are with respect to GenBank Accession number X95819. The hybridization coordinates of primer pair numbers 2852-2854 are with respect to GenBank Accession number AY642140. Sequence residue “I” appearing in the forward and reverse primers of primer pair number 2972 represents inosine.

Analysis of bioagent identifying amplicons obtained using the primers of Table 14B for over 200 samples from Operation Iraqi Freedom resulted in the identification of 50 distinct strain type clusters. The largest cluster, designated strain type 11 (ST11) includes 42 sample isolates, all of which were obtained from US service personnel and Iraqi civilians treated at the 28 th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad. Several of these individuals were also treated on the hospital ship USNS Comfort. These observations are indicative of significant epidemiological correlation/linkage.

All of the sample isolates were tested against a broad panel of antibiotics to characterize their antibodies resistance profiles. As an example of a representative result from antibiotic susceptibility testing, ST11 was found to consist of four different clusters of isolates, each with a varying degree of sensitivity/resistance to the various antibiotics tested which included penicillins, extended spectrum penicillins, cephalosporins, carbepenem, protein synthesis inhibitors, nucleic acid synthesis inhibitors, anti-metabolites, and anti-cell membrane antibiotics. Thus, the genotyping power of bacterial bioagent identifying amplicons, particularly drill-down bacterial bioagent identifying amplicons, has the potential to increase the understanding of the transmission of infections in combat casualties, to identify the source of infection in the environment, to track hospital transmission of nosocomial infections, and to rapidly characterize drug-resistance profiles which enable development of effective infection control measures on a time-scale previously not achievable.

›Example 13

Triangulation Genotyping Analysis and Codon Analysis of Acinetobacter baumannii Samples from Two Health Care Facilities

In this investigation, 88 clinical samples were obtained from Walter Reed Hospital and 95 clinical samples were obtained from Northwestern Medical Center. All samples from both healthcare facilities were suspected of containing sub-types of Acinetobacter baumannii , at least some of which were expected to be resistant to quinolone drugs. Each of the 183 samples was analyzed by the method of the present invention. DNA was extracted from each of the samples and amplified with eight triangulation genotyping analysis primer pairs represented by primer pair numbers: 1151, 1156, 1158, 1160, 1165, 1167, 1170, and 1171. The DNA was also amplified with speciating primer pair number 2922 and codon analysis primer pair numbers 2846-2848 which interrogate a codon present in the parC gene, and primer pair numbers 2852-2854 which bracket a codon present in the gyrA gene. The parC and gyrA codon mutations are both responsible for causing drug resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii . During evolution of drug resistant strains, the gyrA mutation usually occurs before the parC mutation. Amplification products were measured by ESI-TOF mass spectrometry as indicated in Example 4. The base compositions of the amplification products were calculated from the average molecular masses of the amplification products and are shown in Tables 15-18. The entries in each of the tables are grouped according to strain type number, which is an arbitrary number assigned to Acinetobacter baumannii strains in the order of observance beginning from the triangulation genotyping analysis OIF genotyping study described in Example 12. For example, strain type 11 which appears in samples from the Walter Reed Hospital is the same strain as the strain type 11 mentioned in Example 12. Ibis# refers to the order in which each sample was analyzed. Isolate refers to the original sample isolate numbering system used at the location from which the samples were obtained (either Walter Reed Hospital or Northwestern Medical Center). ST=strain type. ND=not detected. Base compositions highlighted with bold type indicate that the base composition is a unique base composition for the amplification product obtained with the pair of primers indicated.

Base composition analysis of the samples obtained from Walter Reed hospital indicated that a majority of the strain types identified were the same strain types already characterized by the OIF study of Example 12. This is not surprising since at least some patients from which clinical samples were obtained in OIF were transferred to the Walter Reed Hospital (WRAIR). Examples of these common strain types include: ST10, ST11, ST12, ST14, ST15, ST16 and ST46. A strong correlation was noted between these strain types and the presence of mutations in the gyrA and parC which confer quinolone drug resistance.

In contrast, the results of base composition analysis of samples obtained from Northwestern Medical Center indicate the presence of 4 major strain types: ST10, ST51, ST53 and ST54. All of these strain types have the gyrA quinolone resistance mutation and most also have the parC quinolone resistance mutation, with the exception of ST35. This observation is consistent with the current understanding that the gyrA mutation generally appears before the parC mutation and suggests that the acquisition of these drug resistance mutations is rather recent and that resistant isolates are taking over the wild-type isolates. Another interesting observation was that a single isolate of ST3 (isolate 841) displays a triangulation genotyping analysis pattern similar to other isolates of ST3, but the codon analysis amplification product base compositions indicate that this isolate has not yet undergone the quinolone resistance mutations in gyrA and parC.

The six isolates that represent species other than Acinetobacter baumannii in the samples obtained from the Walter Reed Hospital were each found to not carry the drug resistance mutations.

The results described above involved analysis of 183 samples using the methods and compositions of the present invention. Results were provided to collaborators at the Walter Reed hospital and Northwestern Medical center within a week of obtaining samples. This example highlights the rapid throughput characteristics of the analysis platform and the resolving power of triangulation genotyping analysis and codon analysis for identification of and determination of drug resistance in bacteria.

›Example 14

Identification of Drug Resistance Genes and Virulence Factors in Staphylococcus aureus

An eight primer pair panel was designed for identification of drug resistance genes and virulence factors of Staphylococcus aureus and is shown in Table 19. The primer sequences are found in Table 2 and are cross-referenced by the primer pair numbers, primer pair names or SEQ ID NOs listed in Table 19.

Primer pair numbers 2256 and 2249 are confirmation primers designed with the aim of high level identification of Staphylococcus aureus . The nuc gene is a Staphylococcus aureus -specific marker gene. The tufB gene is a universal housekeeping gene but the bioagent identifying amplicon defined by primer pair number 2249 provides a unique base composition (A43 G28 C19 T35) which distinguishes Staphylococcus aureus from other members of the genus Staphylococcus.

High level methicillin resistance in a given strain of Staphylococcus aureus is indicated by bioagent identifying amplicons defined by primer pair numbers 879 and 2056. Analyses have indicated that primer pair number 879 is not expected to prime S. sciuri homolog or Enterococcus faecalis/faciem ampicillin-resistant PBP5 homologs.

Macrolide and erythromycin resistance in a given strain of Staphylococcus aureus is indicated by bioagent identifying amplicons defined by primer pair numbers 2081 and 2086.

Resistance to mupriocin in a given strain of Staphylococcus aureus is indicated by bioagent identifying amplicons defined by primer pair number 2313.

Virulence in a given strain of Staphylococcus aureus is indicated by bioagent identifying amplicons defined by primer pair number 2095. This primer pair can simultaneously and identify the pvl (lukS-PV) gene and the lukD gene which encodes a homologous enterotoxin. A bioagent identifying amplicon of the lukD gene has a six nucleobase length difference relative to the lukS-PV gene.

A total of 32 blinded samples of different strains of Staphylococcus aureus were provided by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Each sample was analyzed by PCR amplification with the eight primer pair panel, followed by purification and measurement of molecular masses of the amplification products by mass spectrometry. Base compositions for the amplification products were calculated. The base compositions provide the information summarized above for each primer pair. The results are shown in Tables 20A and B. One result noted upon un-blinding of the samples is that each of the PVL+identifications agreed with PVL+identified in the same samples by standard PCR assays. These results indicate that the panel of eight primer pairs is useful for identification of drug resistance and virulence sub-species characteristics for Staphylococcus aureus . It is expected that a kit comprising one or more of the members of this panel will be a useful embodiment of the present invention.

›Example 15

Selection and Use of Triangulation Genotyping Analysis Primer Pairs for Staphylococcus aureus

To combine the power of high-throughput mass spectrometric analysis of bioagent identifying amplicons with the sub-species characteristic resolving power provided by triangulation genotyping analysis, a panel of eight triangulation genotyping analysis primer pairs was selected. The primer pairs are designed to produce bioagent identifying amplicons within six different housekeeping genes which are listed in Table 21. The primer sequences are found in Table 2 and are cross-referenced by the primer pair numbers, primer pair names or SEQ ID NOs listed in Table 21.

The same samples analyzed for drug resistance and virulence in Example 14 were subjected to triangulation genotyping analysis. The primer pairs of Table 21 were used to produce amplification products by PCR, which were subsequently purified and measured by mass spectrometry. Base compositions were calculated from the molecular masses and are shown in Tables 22A and 22B.

A total of thirteen different genotypes of Staphylococcus aureus were identified according to the unique combinations of base compositions across the eight different bioagent identifying amplicons obtained with the eight primer pairs. These results indicate that this eight primer pair panel is useful for analysis of unknown or newly emerging strains of Staphylococcus aureus . It is expected that a kit comprising one or more of the members of this panel will be a useful embodiment of the present invention.

›Example 16

Selection and Use of Triangulation Genotyping Analysis Primer Pairs for Members of the Bacterial Genus Vibrio

To combine the power of high-throughput mass spectrometric analysis of bioagent identifying amplicons with the sub-species characteristic resolving power provided by triangulation genotyping analysis, a panel of eight triangulation genotyping analysis primer pairs was selected. The primer pairs are designed to produce bioagent identifying amplicons within seven different housekeeping genes which are listed in Table 23. The primer sequences are found in Table 2 and are cross-referenced by the primer pair numbers, primer pair names or SEQ ID NOs listed in Table 23.

A group of 50 bacterial isolates containing multiple strains of both environmental and clinical isolates of Vibrio cholerae, 9 other Vibrio species, and 3 species of Photobacteria were tested using this panel of primer pairs. Base compositions of amplification products obtained with these 8 primer pairs were used to distinguish amongst various species tested, including sub-species differentiation within Vibrio cholerae isolates. For instance, the non-O1/non-O139 isolates were clearly resolved from the O1 and the O139 isolates, as were several of the environmental isolates of Vibrio cholerae from the clinical isolates.

It is expected that a kit comprising one or more of the members of this panel will be a useful embodiment of the present invention.

›Example 17

Selection and Use of Triangulation Genotyping Analysis Primer Pairs for Members of the Bacterial Genus Pseudomonas

To combine the power of high-throughput mass spectrometric analysis of bioagent identifying amplicons with the sub-species characteristic resolving power provided by triangulation genotyping analysis, a panel of twelve triangulation genotyping analysis primer pairs was selected. The primer pairs are designed to produce bioagent identifying amplicons within seven different housekeeping genes which are listed in Table 24. The primer sequences are found in Table 2 and are cross-referenced by the primer pair numbers, primer pair names or SEQ ID NOs listed in Table 24.

It is expected that a kit comprising one or more of the members of this panel will be a useful embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention includes any combination of the various species and subgeneric groupings falling within the generic disclosure. This invention therefore includes the generic description of the invention with a proviso or negative limitation removing any subject matter from the genus, regardless of whether or not the excised material is specifically recited herein.

While in accordance with the patent statutes, description of the various embodiments and examples have been provided, the scope of the invention is not to be limited thereto or thereby. Modifications and alterations of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.

Therefore, it will be appreciated that the scope of this invention is to be defined by the appended claims, rather than by the specific examples which have been presented by way of example.

Each reference (including, but not limited to, journal articles, U.S. and non-U.S. patents, patent application publications, international patent application publications, gene bank gi or accession numbers, internet web sites, and the like) cited in the present application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

›Tables in the description — 20
TABLE 1 — Possible Base Compositions for B. anthracis 46mer Amplification Product
Calc. MassMass ErrorBaseCalc. MassMass ErrorBase
ForwardForwardComposition ofReverseReverseComposition of
StrandStrandForward StrandStrandStrandReverse Strand
14208.29350.079520A1 G17 C10 T1814079.26240.080600A0 G14 C13 T19
14208.31600.056980A1 G20 C15 T1014079.28490.058060A0 G17 C18 T11
14208.33860.034440A1 G23 C20 T214079.30750.035520A0 G20 C23 T3
14208.30740.065560A6 G11 C3 T2614079.25380.089180A5 G5 C1 T35
14208.33000.043020A6 G14 C8 T1814079.27640.066640A5 G8 C6 T27
14208.35250.020480A6 G17 C13 T1014079.29890.044100A5 G11 C11 T19
14208.37510.002060A6 G20 C18 T214079.32140.021560A5 G14 C16 T11
14208.34390.029060A11 G8 C1 T2614079.34400.000980A5 G17 C21 T3
14208.36650.006520A11 G11 C6 T1814079.31290.030140A10 G5 C4 T27
14208.3890
0.016020
A11 G14 C11 T10
14079.33540.007600A10 G8 C9 T19
14208.41160.038560A11 G17 C16 T2
14079.3579
0.014940
A10 G11 C14 T11
14208.40300.029980A16 G8 C4 T1814079.38050.037480A10 G14 C19 T3
14208.42550.052520A16 G11 C9 T1014079.34940.006360A15 G2 C2 T27
14208.44810.075060A16 G14 C14 T214079.37190.028900A15 G5 C7 T19
14208.43950.066480A21 G5 C2 T1814079.39440.051440A15 G8 C12 T11
14208.46200.089020A21 G8 C7 T1014079.41700.073980A15 G11 C17 T3
———14079.40840.065400A20 G2 C5 T19
———14079.43090.087940A20 G5 C10 T13
TABLE 2 — Primer Pairs for Identification of Bacteria
PrimerForwardReverse
PairForwardSEQReverseSEQ
NumberForward Primer NameSequenceID NO:Reverse Primer NameSequenceID NO:
116S_EC_1077_1106_FGTGAGATGTTG13416S_EC_1175_1195_RGACGTCATCCCCA809
GGTTAAGTCCCCCTTCCTC
GTAACGAG
216S_EC_1082_1106_FATGTTGGGTTA3816S_EC_1175_1197_RTTGACGTCATCCC1398
AGTCCCGCAACCACCTTCCTC
GAG
316S_EC_1090_1111_FTTAAGTCCCGC65116S_EC_1175_1196_RTGACGTCATCCCC1159
AACGATCGCAAACCTTCCTC
416S_EC_1222_1241_FGCTACACACGT11416_EC_1303_1323_RCGAGTTGCAGACT787
GCTACAATGGCGATCCG
516S_EC_1332_1353_FAAGTCGGAATC1016S_EC_1389_1407_RGACGGGCGGTGTG806
GCTAGTAATCGTACAAG
616S_EC_30_54_FTGAACGCTGGT42916S_EC_105_126_RTACGCATTACTCA897
GGCATGCTTAACCCGTCCGC
CAC
716S_EC_38_64_FGTGGCATGCCT13616S_EC_101_120_RTTACTCACCCGTC1365
AATACATGCAACGCCGCT
GTCG
816S_EC_49_68_FTAACACATGCA15216S_EC_104_120_RTTACTCACCCGTC1364
AGTCGAACGCGCC
916S_EC_683_700_FGTGTAGCGGTG13716S_EC_774_795_RGTATCTAATCCTG839
AAATGCGTTTGCTCCC
1016S_EC_713_732_FAGAACACCGAT2116S_EC_789_809_RCGTGGACTACCAG798
GGCGAAGGCGGTATCTA
1116S_EC_785_806_FGGATTAGAGAC11816S_EC_880_897_RGGCCGTACTCCCC830
CCTGGTAGTCCAGGCG
1216S_EC_785_810_FGGATTAGATAC11916S_EC_880_897_2_RGGCGTACTCCCC830
CCTGGTAGTCAAGGCG
CACGC
1316S_EC_789_810_FTAGATACCCTG20616S_EC_880_894_RCGTACTCCCCAGG796
GTAGTCCACGCCG
1416S_EC_960_981_FTTCGATGCAAC67216S_EC_1054_1073_RACGAGCTGACGAC735
GCGAAGAACCTAGCCATG
1516S_EC_969_985_FACGCGAAGAAC1916S_EC_1061_1078_RACGACCACGAGCTG734
CTTACCACGAC
1623S_EC_1826_1843_FCTGACACCTGC8023S_EC_1906_1924_RGACCGTTATAGTT805
CCGGTGCACGGCC
1723S_EC_2645_2669_FTCTGTCCCTAG40823S_EC_2744_2761_RTGCTTAGATGCTT1252
TACGAGAGGACTCAGC
CGG
1823S_EC_2645_2669_2_FCTGTCCCTAGT8323S_EC_2751_2767_RGTTTCATGCTTAG846
ACGAGAGGACCATGCTTTCAGC
GG
1923S_EC_493_518_FGGGGAGTGAAA12523S_EC_551_571_RACAAAAGGTACGC717
GAGATCCTGAACGTCACCC
ACCG
2023S_EC_493_518_2_FGGGGAGTGAAA12523S_EC_551_571_2_RACAAAAGGCACGC716
GAGATCCTGAACATCACCC
ACCG
2123S_EC_971_992_FCGAGAGGGAAA6623S_EC_1059_1077_RTGGCTGCTTCTAA1282
CAACCCAGACCGCCAAC
22CAPC_BA_104_131_FGTTATTTAGCA139CAPC_BA_180_205_RTGAATCTTGAAAC1150
CTCGTTTTTAAACCATACGTAAC
TCAGCCG
23CAPC_BA_114_133_FACTCGTTTTTA20CAPC_BA_185_205_RTGAATCTTGAAAC1149
ATCAGCCCGACCATACG
24CAPC_BA_274_303_FGATTATTGTTA109CAPC_BA_349_376_RGTAACCCTTGTCT837
TCCTGTTATGCTTGAATTGTATTT
CATTTGAGGC
25CAPC_BA_276_296_FTTATTGTTATC663CAPC_BA_358_377_RGGTAACCCTTGTC834
CTGTTATGCCTTTGAAT
26CAPC_BA_281_301_FGTTATCCTGTT138CAPC_BA_361_378_RTGGTAACCCTTGT1298
ATGCCATTTGCTTTG
27CAPC_BA_315_334_FCCGTGGTATTG59CAPC_BA_361_378_RTGGTAACCCTTGT1298
GAGTTATTGTCTTTG
28CYA_BA_1055_1072_FGAAAGAGTTCG92CYA_BA_1112_1130_RTGTTGACCATGCT1352
GATTGGGTCTTAG
29CYA_BA_1349_1370_FACAACGAAGTA12CYA_BA_1447_1426_RCTTCTACATTTTT800
CAATACAAGACAGCCATCAC
30CYA_BA_1353_1379_FCGAAGTACAAT64CYA_BA_1448_1467_RTGTTAACGGCTTC1342
ACAAGACAAAAAAGACCC
GAAGG
31CYA_BA_1359_1379_FACAATACAAGA13CYA_BA_1447_1461_RCGGCTTCAAGACC794
CAAAAGAAGGCC
32CYA_BA_914_937_FCAGGTTTAGTA53CYA_BA_999_1026_RACCACTTTTAATA728
CCAGAACATGAGGTTTGTAGCTA
CAGAC
33CYA_BA_916_935_FGGTTTAGTACC131CYA_BA_1003_1025_RCCACTTTTAATAA768
AGAACATGCGGTTTGTAGC
34INFB_EC_1365_1393_FTGCTCGTGGTG524INFB_EC_1439_1467_RTGCTGCTTTCGCA1248
CACAAGTAACGTGGTTAATTGCTT
GAT
ATTACAA
35LEF_BA_1033_1052_FTCAAGAAGAAA254LEF_BA_1119_1135_RGAATATCAATTTG803
AAGAGCTAGC
36LEF_BA_1036_1066_FCAAGAAGAAAA44LEF_BA_1119_1149_RAGATAAAGAATCA745
AGAGCTTCTAACGAATATCAATTT
AAAGAATACGTAGC
37LEF_BA_756_781_FAGCTTTTGCAT26LEF_BA_843_872_RTCTTCCAAGGATA1135
ATTATATCGAGATTTATTTCTTG
CCACTTCG
38LEF_BA_758_778_FCTTTTGCATATT90LEF_BA_843_865_RAGGATAGATTTAT748
ATATCGAGCTTCTTGTTCG
39LEF_BA_795_813_FTTTACAGCTTT700LEF_BA_883_900_RTCTTGACAGCATC1140
ATGCACCGCGTTG
40LEF_BA_883_899_FCAACGGATGCT43LEF_BA_939_958_RCAGATAAAGAATC762
GGCAAGGCTCCAG
41PAG_BA_122_142_FCAGAATCAAGT49PAG_BA_190_209_RCCTGTAGTAGAAG781
TCCCAGGGGAGGTAAC
42PAG_BA_123_145_FAGAATCAAGTT22PAG_BA_187_210_RCCCTGTAGTAGAA774
CCCAGGGGTTGAGGTAACCAC
AC
43PAG_BA_269_287_FAATCTGCTATT11PAG_BA_326_344_RTGATTATCAGCGG1186
TGGTCAGGAAGTAG
44PAG_BA_655_675_FGAAGGATATAC93PAG_BA_755_772_RCCGTGCTCCATTT778
GGTTGATGTCTTCAG
45PAG_BA_753_772_FTCCTGAAAAAT341PAG_BA_849_868_RTCGGATAAGCTGC1089
GGAGCACGGCACAAGG
46PAG_BA_763_781_FTGGAGCACGG552PAG_BA_849_868_RTCGGATAAGCTGC1089
CTTCTGATCCACAAGG
47RPOC_EC_1018_1045_FCAAACTTATTA39RPOC_EC_1095_1124_RTCAAGCGCCATTT959
AGGTAAGCGTGCTTTTGGTAAACC
TTGACTACAT
48RPOC_EC_1018_1045_2_FCAAAACTTATT39RPOC_EC_1095_1124_2_RTCAAGCGCCATCT958
AGGTAAGCGTGCTTTCGGTAATCC
TTGACTACAT
49RPOC_EC_114_140_FTAAGAAGCCGG158RPOC_EC_213_232_RGGCGCTTGTACTT831
AAACCATCAACACCGCAC
TACCG
50RPOC_EC_2178_2196_FTGATTCTGGTG478RPOC_EC_2225_2246_RTTGGCCATCAGGC1414
CCCGTGGTCACGCATAC
51RPOC_EC_2178_2196_2_FTGATTCCGGTG477RPOC_EC_2225_2246_2_RTTGGCCATCAGAC1413
CCCGTGGTCACGCATAC
52RPOC_EC_2218_2241_FCTGGCAGGTAT81RPOC_EC_2313_2337_RCGACCGTGGGTT790
GCGTGGTCTGAGAGATGAAGTAC
TG
53RPOC_EC_2218_2241_2_FCTTGCTGGTAT86RPOC_EC_2313_2337_2_RCGCACCATGCGTA789
GCGTGGTCTGAGAGATGAAGTAC
TG
54RPOC_EC_808_833_FCGTCGGGTGAT75RPOC_EC_865_889_RGTTTTTCGTTGCG847
TAACCGTAACATACGATGATGTC
ACCG
55RPOC_EC_808_833_2_FCGTCGTGTAAT76RPOC_EC_865_891_RACGTTTTTCGTTT741
AACCGTAACATGAACGATAATGC
ACCGT
56RPOC_EC_993_1019_FCAAAGGTAAGC41RPOC_EC_1036_1059_RCGAACGGCCTGAG785
AAGGTCGTTTCTAGTCAACACG
CGTCA
57RPOC_EC_993_1019_2_FCAAAGGTAAGC40RPOC_EC_1036_1059_2_RCGAACGGCCAGAG784
AAGGACGTTTCTAGTCAACACG
CGTCA
58SSPE_BA_115_137_FCAAGCAAACGC45SSPE_BA_197_222_RTGCACGTCTGTTT1201
ACAATCAGAACAGTTGCAAATTC
GC
59TUFB_EC_239_259_FTAGACTGCCCA204TUFB_EC_283_303_RGCCGTCCATCTGA815
GGACACGCTGGCAGCACC
60TUFB_EC_239_259_2_FTTGACTGCCCA678TUFB_EC__283 _303_2_RGCCGTCCATTTGA816
GGTCACGCTGGCAGCACC
61TUFB_EC_976_1000_FAACTACCGTC4TUFB_EC_1045_1068_RGTTGTCGCCAGGC845
CGCAGTTCTACATAACCATTTC
TTCC
62TUFB_EC_976_1000_2_FAACTACCGTCC5TUFB_EC_1045_1068_2_RGTTGTCACCAGGC844
TCAGTTCTACTATTACCATTTC
TCC
63TUFB_ECG_985_1012_FCCACAGTTCTA56TUFB_EC_1033_1062_RTCCAGGCATTACC1006
CTTCCGTACTAATTTCTACTCCTT
CTGACG
CTGG
66RPLB_EC_650_679_FGACCTACAGTA98RPLB_E739_762_RTCCAAGTGCTGGT999
AGAGGTTCTGTTTACCCCATGG
AATTGAACC
67RPLB_EC_688_710_FCATCCACACGG54RFLB_EC_736_757_RGTGCTGGTTTACC842
TGGTGGTGAAGCCATGGAGT
G
68RPOC_EC_1036_1060_FCGTGTTGACTA78RPOC_EC_1097_1126_RATTCAAGAGCCAT754
TTCGGGGCGTTCTTCTTTTGGTAAA
AGCCAC
69RPOB_EC_3762_3790_FTCAACAACCTC248RPOB_EC_3836_3865_RTTTCTTGAAGAGT1435
TTGGAGGTAAAATGAGCTGCTCCG
GCTCAGTTAAG
70RPLB_EC_688_710_FCATCCACACGG54RPLB_EC_743_771_RTGTTTTGTATCCA1356
TGGTGGTGAAGAGTGCTGGTTTAC
GCCC
71VALS_EC_1105_1124_FCGTGGCGGCGT77VALS_EC_1195_1218_RCGGTACGAACTGG795
GGTTATCGAATGTCGCCGTT
72RPOB_EC_1845_1866_FTATCGCTCAGG233RFOB_EC_1909_1929_RGCTGGATTCGCCT825
CGAACTCCAACTTGCTACG
73RPLB_EC_669_698_FTGTAATGAACC623RPLB_BC_735_761_RCCAAGTGCTGGTT767
CTAATGACCATTACCCCATGGAGT
CCACACGGA
74RPLB_EC_671_700_FTAATGAACCCT169RPLB_EC_737_762_RTCCAAGTGCTGGT1000
AATGACCATCCTTACCCCATGGAG
75SP101_SPET11_1_29_FAACCTTAATTG2SP101_SPET11_92_116_RCCTACCCAACGTT779
GAAAGAAACCCCACCAAGGGCAG
AAGAAGT
76SP101_SPET11_118_147_FGCTGGTGAAAA115SP101_SPET11_213_238_RTGTGGCCGATTTC1340
TAACCCAGATGACCACCTGCTCCT
TCGTCTTC
77SP101_SPET11_216_243_FAGCAGGTGGTG24SP101_SPET11_308_333_RTGCCACTTTGACA1209
AAATCGGCCACACTCCTGTTGCTG
ATGATT
78SP101_SPET11_266_295_FCTTGTACTTGT89SP101_SFET11_355_380_RGCTGCTTTGATGG824
GGCTCACACGGCTGAATCCCCTTC
CTGTTTGG
79SP101_SPET11_322_344_FGTCAAAGTGGC132SF101SFET11_423_441RATCCCTGCTTCT753
CACGTTTACTGGCTGCC
GC
80SP101_SPET11_358_387_FGGGGATTCAGC126SP101_SPET11_448_473_RCCAACCTTTTCCA766
CATCAAAGCAGCAACAGAATCAGC
CTATTGAC
81SP101_SPET11_600_629_FCCTTACTTCGA62SP101_SPET11_686_714_RCCCATTTTTTCAC772
AACTATGAATCGCATGCTGAAAAT
TTTTGGAAGATC
82SP101_SPET11_658_684_FGGGGATTGATA127SP101_SPET11_756_784_RGATTGGCGATAAA813
TCACCATAAGGTGATATTTTCTA
AAGAAAAA
83SP101_SPET11_776_801_FTCGCCAATCAA364SP101_SPET11_871_896_RGCCCACCAGAAAG814
AACTAAGGGAAACTAGCAGGATAA
TGGC
84SP101_SPET11_893_921_FGGGCAACAGCA123SP101_SPET11_988_1012_RCATGACAGCCAAG763
GCGGATTGCGAACCTCACCCACC
TTGCGCG
85SP101_SPET11_1154_1179_FCAATACCGCAA47SP101_SPET11_1251_1277_RGACCCCAACCTGG804
CAGCGGTGGCTCCTTTTGTCGTTG
TGGGA
86SP101_SPET11_1314_1336_FCGCAAAAAAAT68SP101_SPET11_1403_1431_RAAACTATTTTTTT711
CCAGCTATTAGAGCTATACTCGAA
CCAC
87SP101_SPET11_1408_1437_FCGAGTATAGCT67SP101_SPET11_1486_1515_RGGATAATTGGTCG828
AAAAAAATAGTTAACAAGGGATAG
TTATGACATGAG
88SP101_SPET11_1688_1716_FCCTATATTAAT60SP101_SPET11_1783_1808_RATATGATTATCAT752
CGTTTACAGAATGAACTGCGGCCG
ACTGGCT
89SP101_SPET11_1711_1733_FCTGGCTAAAA82SP101_SPET11_1808_1835_RGCGTGACAGACCT821
CTTTGGCAACTCTTGAATTGTAA
GGTCA
90SP101_SPET11_1807_1835_FATGATTACAAT33SP101_SPET11_1901_1927_RTTGGACCTGTAAT1412
TCAAGAAGGTCCAGCTGAATACTG
GTCACGCG
91SP101_SPET11_1967_1991_FTAACGGTTATC155SP101_SPET11_2062_2083_RATTGCCCAGAAAT755
ATGGCCCAGATCAAATCATC
GGG
92SP101_SPET11_2260_2283_FCAGAGACCGTT50SP101_SPET11_2375_2397_RTCTGGGTGACCTG1131
TTATCCTATCAGTGTTTTAGA
GC
93S9101_SPET11_2375_2399_FTCTAAAACACC390SP101_SPET11_2470_2497_RAGCTGCTAGATGA747
AGGTCACCCAGGCTTCTGCCATGG
AAGCC
94SF101_SPET11_2468_2487_FATGGCCATGGC35SP101_SPET11_2543_2570_RCCATAAGGTCACC770
AGAAGCTCAGTCACCATTCAAA
GC
95SP101_SPET11_2961_2984_FACCATGACAGA15SP101_SPET11_3023_3045_RGGAATTTACCAGC827
AGGCATTTTGAGATAGACACC
CA
96SP101_SPET11_3075_3103_FGATGACTTTTT108SP101_SPET11_3168_3196_RAATCGACGACCAT715
AGCTAATGGTCCTTGGAAAGATTT
AGGCAGCCTC
97SP101_SPET11_3386_3403_FAGCGTAAAGGT25SP101_SPET11_3480_3506_RCCAGCAGTTACTG769
GAACCTTTCCCCTCATCTTT
G
98SP101_SPET11_3511_3535_FGCTTCAGGAAT116SP101_SPET11_3605_3629_RGGGTCTACACCTG832
CAATGATGGAGCACTTGCATAAC
CAG
111RPOB_EC_3775_3803_FCTTGGAGGTAA87RFOB_EC_3829_3858_RCGTATAAGCTGCA797
GTCTCATTTTGCCATAAGCTTGTA
GTGGGCAATGC
112VALS_EC_1833_1850_FCGACGCGCTGC65VALS_EC_1920_1943_RGCGTTCCACAGCT822
GCTTCACTGTTGCAGAAG
113RPOB_EC_1336_1353_FGACCACCTCGG97RPOB_EC_1438_1455_RTTCGCTCTCGGCC1386
CAACCGTATGGCC
114TUFB_EC_225_251_FGCACTATGCAC111TUFB_EC_284_309_RTATAGCACCATCC930
ACGTAGATTGTATCTGAGCGGCAC
CCTGG
115DNAK_EC_428_449_FCGGCGTACTTC72DNAK_EC_503_522_RCGCGGTCGGCTCG792
AACGACAGCCATTGATGA
116VALS_EC_1920_1943_FCTTCTGCAACA85VALS_EC_1948_1970_RTCGCAGTTCATCA1075
AGCTGTGGAACGCACGAAGCG
GC
117TUFB_EC_757_474_FAAGACGACCTG6TUFB_EC_849_867_RGCGCTCCACGTCT819
CACGGGCTCACGC
11823S_EC_2646_2667_FCTGTTCTTAGT8423S_EC_2745_2765_RTTCGTGCTTAGAT1389
ACGAGAGGACCGCTTTCAG
11916S_EC_969_985_1P_FACGCGAAGAC1916S_EC_1061_1078_2P_RACGACACGAGCpT733
CTTACpCpGACGAC
12016S_EC_972_985_2P_FCGAAGAACpCp6316S_EC_1064_1075_2P_RACACGAGCpTpGA727
TTACCC
12116S_EC_972_985_FCGAAGAACCTT6316S_EC_1064_1075_RACACGAGCTGAC727
ACC
122TRAN_ILE-CCTGATAAGGG6123S_SC_40_59_RACGTCCTTCATCG740
RRNH_EC_32_50.2_FCCTCTGA
12323S_EC_−7_15_FGTTGTGAGGTT14023S_EC_430_450_RCTATCGGTCAGTC799
AAGCGACTAAGAGGAGTAT
12423S_EC_−7_15_FGTTGTGAGGTT14123S_EC_891_910_RTTGCATCGGGTTG1403
AAGCGACTAAGGTAAGTC
12523S_EC_430_450_FATACTCCTGAC3023S_EC_1424_1442_RAACATAGCCTTCT712
TGACCGATAGCCGTCC
12623S_EC_891_910_FGACTTACCAAC10023S_SC_1908_1931_RTACCTTAGGACCG893
CCGATGCAATTATAGTTACG
12723S_EC_1424_1442_FGGACGGAGAAG11723S_EC_2475_2494_RCCAAACACCGCCG765
GCTATGTTTCGATAT
12823S_EC_1908_1931_FCGTAACTATAA7323S_EC_2833_9852_RGCTTACACACCCG826
CGGTCCTAAGGGCCTATC
TA
12923S_EC_2475_9494_FATATCGACGGC31TRNA_ASP-GCGTGACAGGCAG820
GGTGTTTGGRRNH_EC_23_41.2_RGTATTC
13116S_EC_−60_−39_FAGTCTCAAGAG2816S_EC_508_525_RGCTGCTGGCACGG823
TGAACACGTAAAGTTA
13216S_EC_326_345_FGACACGGTCCA9516S_EC_1041_1058_RCCATGCAGCACCT771
GACTCCTACGTCTC
13316S_EC905_724_FGATCTGGAGGA10716S_EC_1493_3512_RACGGTTACCTTGT739
ATACCGGTGTACGACT
13416S_EC_1268_1287_FGAGAGCAAGCG101TRNA_ALA-CCTCCTGCGTGCA780
GACCTCATARRNH_EC_30_40.2_RAAGC
13516S_EC_969_985_FACGCGAAGAAC1916S_EC_1061_1078.2_RACAACACGAGCTG719
CTTACCACGAC
137165_EC_969_985_FACGCGAAGAAC1916S_EC_1061_1078.2_I14_RACAACACGAGCTG721
CCTTACCICGAC
138165_EC_969_985_FACGCGAAGAAC1916S_EC_1061_107.2_I12_RACAACACGAGCIG718
CTTACCCGAC
13916S_EC_969_985_FACGCGAAGAAC1916S_EC_1061_1078.2_I11_RACAACACGAGITG722
CTTACCACGAC
14016S_EC_969_985_FACGCGAAGAAC1916S_EC_1061_1078.2_I16_RACAACACGAGCTG720
CTTACCACIAC
14116S_EC_969_985_FACGCGAAGAAC1916S_EC_1061_1078.2_2I_RACAACACGAICTI723
CTTACCACGAC
142165_EC_969_985_FACGCGAAGAAC1916S_EC_1061_1078.2_3I_RACAACACIAICTI724
CTTACCACGAC
14316S_EC_99_985_FACGCGAAGAAC1916S_EC_1061_1078.2_4I_RACACCACIAICTI725
CTTACCACIAC
14723S_EC_2652_2669_FCTAGTACGAGA7923S_EC_2741_2760_RACTTAGATGCTTT743
GGACCGGCAGCGGT
15816S_EC_683_700_FGTGTAGCGGTG13716S_EC_880_894_RCGTACTCCCCAGG796
AAATGCGCG
15916S_EC_1100_1116_FCAACGAGCGCA4216S_EC_1174_1188_RTCCCCACCTTCCT1019
ACCCTTCC
215SSPE_BA_121_137_FAACGCACAATC3SSPE_BA_197_216_RTCTGTTTCAGTTG1132
AGAAGCCAAATTC
220GROL_EC_941_959_FTGGAAGATCTG544GROL_EC_1039_1060_RCAATCTGCTGACG759
GGTCAGGCGATCTGAGC
221INFB_EC_1103_1124_FGTCGTGAAAAC133INFB_EC_1174_1191_RCATGATGGTCACA764
GAGCTGGAAGAACCGG
222HFLB_EC_1082_1102_FTGGCGAACCTG569HFLB_EC_1144_1168_RCTTTCGCTTTCTC802
GTGAACGAAGCGAACTCAACCAT
223INFB_EC_1969_1994_FCGTCAGGGTAA74INFB_EC_2038_2058_RAACTTCGCCTTCG713
ATTCCGTGAAGGTCATGTT
TTAA
224GROL_EC_219_242_FGGTGAAAGAAG128GROL_EC_328_350_RTTCAGGTCCATCG1377
TTGCCCTCTAAGGTTCATGCC
AGC
225VALS_EC_1105_1124_FCGTGGCGGCGT77VALS_EC_1195_1214_RACGAACTGGATGT732
GGTTATCGACGCCGTT
22616S_EC_556_575_FCGGAATTACTG7016S_EC_683_700_RCGCATTTCACCGC791
GGCGTAAAGTACAC
227RPOC_EC_1256_1277_FACCCAGTGCTG16RPOC_EC_1295_1315_RGTTCAAATGCCTG843
CTGAACCGTGCGATACCCA
22816S_EC_774_795_FGGGAGCAAACA12216S_EC_880_894_RCGTACTCCCCAGG796
GGATTAGATACCG
229RPOC_EC_1584_1604_FTGGCCCGAAAG567RPOC_EC_1623_1643_RACGCGGGCATGCA737
AAGCTGAGCGGAGATGCC
23016S_EC_1082_1100_FATGTTGGGTTA3716S_EC_1177_1196_RTGACGTCATCCCC1158
AGTCCCGCACCTTCC
23116S_EC_1389_1407_FCTTGTACACAC8816S_EC_1525_1541_RAAGGAGGTGATCC714
CGCCCGTCAGCC
23216S_EC_1303_1323_FCGGATTGGAGT7116S_EC_1389_1407_RGACGGCGGTGTG808
CTGCAACTCGTACAAG
23323S_EC_23_37_FGGTGGATGCCT12923S_EC_115_130_RGGGTTTCCCCATT833
TGGCCGG
23423S_EC_187_207_FGGGAACTGAAA12123S_EC_242_256_RTTCGCTCGCCGCT1385
CATCTAAGTAAC
23523S_EC_1602_1620_FTACCCCAAACC18423S_EC_1686_1703_RCCTTCTCCCGAAG782
GACACAGGTTACG
23623S_EC_1685_1703_FCCGTAACTTC5823S_EC_1828_1842_RCACCGGGCAGGCG760
GGAGAAGGTC
23723S_EC_1827_1843_FGACGCCTGCCC9923S_EC_1929_1949_RCCGACAAGGAATT775
GGTGCTCGCTACC
23823S_EC_2434_2456_FAAGGTACTCCG923S_EC_9490_2511_RAGCCGACATCGAG746
GGGATAACAGGGGTGCCAAAC
C
23923S_EC_2599_2616_FGACAGTTCGGT9623S_SC_2653_2669_RCCGGTCCTCTCGT777
CCCTATCACTA
24023S_EC_2653_2669_FTAGTACGAGAG22723S_EC_2737_2758_RTTAGATGCTTTCA1369
GACCGGGCACTTATC
24123S_ES_−68_−44_FAAACTAGATAA123S_B_5_21_RGTGCGCCCTTTCT841
CAGTAGACATCAACTT
AC
24216S_EC_8_27_FAGAGTTTGATC2316S_SC_342_358_RACTGCTGCCTCCC742
ATGGCTCAGGTAG
24316S_EC_314_332_FCACTGGAACTG4816S_EC_556_575_RCTTTACGCCCAGT801
AGACACGGAATTCCG
24416S_EC_518_536_FCCAGCAGCCGC5716S_EC_774_795_RGTATCTAATCCTG839
GGTAATACTTTGCTCCC
24516S_EC_683_700_FGTGTAGCGGTG13716S_EC_967_985_RGGTAAGGTTCTTC835
AAATGCGGCGTTG
24616S_EC_937_954_FAAGCGGTGGAG716S_EC_1220_1240_RATTGTAGCACGTG757
CATGTGGTGTAGCCC
24716S_EC_1195_1213_FCAAGTCATCAT4616S_EC_1525_1541_RAAGGAGGTGATCC714
GGCCCTTAAGCC
24816S_EC_8_27_FAGAGTTTGATC2316S_EC_1525_1541_RAAGGAGGTGATCC714
ATGGCTCAGAGCC
24923S_EC_1831_1849_FACCTGCCCAGT1823S_EC_1919_1936_RTCGCTACCTTAGG1080
GCTGGAAGACCGT
25016S_EC_1387_1407_FGCCTTGTACAC11216S_EC_1494_1513_RCACGGCTACCTTG761
ACCTCCCGTCTTACGAC
25116S_EC_1390_1411_FTTGTACACACC69316S_EC_1486_1505_RCCTTGTTACGACT783
GCCCGTCATACTCACCCC
25216S_EC_1367_1387_FTACGGTGAATA19116S_EC_1485_1506_RACCTTGTTACGAC731
CGTTCCCGGGTTCACCCCA
25316S_EC_804_822_FACCACGCCGTA1416S_EC_909_929_RCCCCCGTCAATTC773
AACGATGACTTTGAGT
25416S_EC_791_812_FGATACCCTGGT10616S_EC_886_04_RGCCTTGCGACCGT817
AGTCCACACCGACTCCC
25516S_EC_789_810_FTAGATACCCTG20616S_EC_882_899_RGCGACCGTACTCC818
GTAGTCCACGCCCAGG
25616S_EC_1092_1109_FTAGTCCCGCAA22816S_EC_1174_1195_RGACGTCATCCCCA810
CGAGCGCCCTTCCTCC
25723S_EC_2586_2607_FTAGAACGTCGC20323S_EC_2658_2677_RAGTCCATCCCGGT749
GAGACAGTTCGCCTCTCG
258RNASEP_SA_31_49_FGAGGAAAGTCC103RNASEP_SA_358_379_RATAAGCCATGTTC750
ATGCTCACTGTTCCATC
258RNASEP_SA_31_49_FGAGGAAAGTCC103RNASEP_EC_345_362_RATAAGCCGGGTTC751
ATGCTCACTGTCG
258RNASEP_SA_31_49_FGAGGAAAGTCC103RNASEP_BS_363_384_RGTAAGCCATGTTT838
ATGCTCACTGTTCCATC
258RNASEP_BS_43_61_FGAGGAAAGTCC104RNASEP_SA_358_379_RATAAGCCATGTTC750
ATGCTCGCTGTTCCATC
258RNASEP_BS_43_61_FGAGGAAAGTCC104RNASEP_EC_345_362_RATAAGCCGGGTTC751
ATGCTCGCTGTCG
258RNASEP_BS_43_31_FGAGGAAAGTCC104RNASEP_ES_363_384_RGTAAGCCATGTTT838
ATGCTCGCTGTTCCATC
258RNASEP_EC_61_77_FGAGGAAAGTCC105RNASEP_SA_358_379_RATAAGCCATGTTC750
GGGCTCTGTTCCATC
258RNASEP_EC_61_77_FGAGGAAAGTCC105RNASEP_EC_345_362_RATAAGCCGGGTTC751
GGGCTCTGTCG
258RNASEP_EC_61_77_FGAGGAAAGTCC105RNASEP_BS_363_384_RGTAAGCCATGTTT838
GGGCTCTGTTCCATC
259RNASEP_ES_4331_FGAGGAAAGTCC104RNASEP_ES_363_384_RGTAAGCCATGTTT838
ATGCTCGCTGTTCCATC
260RNASEP_EC_61_77_FGAGGAAAGTCC105RNASEP_EC_345_362_RATAAGCCGGGTTC751
GGGCTCTGTCG
262RNASEP_SA_31_49_FGAGGAAAGTCC103RNASEP_SA_358_379_RATAAGCCATGTTC750
ATGCTCACTGTTCCATC
26316S_EC_1082_1100_FATGTTGGGTTA3716S_EC_1525_1541_RAAGGAGGTGATCC714
AGTCCCGCAGCC
26416S_EC_556_575_FCGGAATTACTG7016S_EC_774_795_RGTATCTAATCCTG839
GGCGTAAAGTTGCTCCC
26516S_EC_1082_1100_FATGTTGGGTTA3716S_EC_1177_1196_10G_RTGACGCATGCCC1160
AGTCCCGCACCTTCC
26616S_EC_1082_1100_FATGTTGGGTTA3716S_EC_1177_1196_10G_11G_RTGACGTCATGGCC1161
AGTCCCGCACCTTCC
268YAED_EC_513_532_F_MODGGTGTTAAATA130TRNA_ALA-AGACCTCCTGCGT744
GCCTGGCAGRRNA_EC_30_49_F_MODGCAAAGC
26916S_EC_1082_1100_F_MODATGTTGGGTTA3716S_EC_1177_1196_R_MODTGACGCATCCCC1158
AGTCCCGCACCTTCC
27023S_EC_2586_2607_F_MODTAGAACGTCGC20323S_EC_2658_2677_R_MODAGTCCATCCCGGT749
GAGACAGTTCGCCTCTCG
27216S_EC_969_985_FACGCGAAGAAC1916S_EC_1389_1407_RGACGGGCGGTGTG807
CTTACCTACAAG
27316S_EC_683_700_FGTGTAGCGGTG13716S_EC_1303_1323_RCGAGTTGCAGACT788
AAATGCGGCGATCCG
274169_EC_49_68_FTAACACATGCA15216S_EC_880_894_RCGTACTCCCCAGG796
AGTCGAACGCG
27516S_EC_49_68_FTAACACATGCA15216S_EC_1061_1078_RACGACACGAGCTG734
AGTCGAACGACGAC
277CYA_BA_1349_1370_FACAACGAAGTA12CYA_BA_1426_1447_RCTTCTACATTTTT800
CAATACAAGACAGCCATCAC
27816S_EC_1090_1111_2_FTTAAGTCCCGC65016S_EC_1175_1196_RTGACGTCATCCCC1159
AACGAGCGCAAACCTTCCTC
27916S_EC_405_432_FTGAGTGATGAA46416S_EC_507_527_RCGGCTGCTGGCAC793
GGCCTTAGGGTGAAGTTAG
TGTAAA
280GROL_EC_496_518_FATGGACAAGGT34GROL_EC_577_596_RTAGCCGCGGTCGA914
TGGCAAGGAAGATTGCAT
G
281GROL_EC_511_536_FAAGGAAGGCGT8GROL_EC_571_593_RCCGCGGTCGAATT776
GATCACCGTTGGCATGCCTTC
AAGA
288RPOB_EC_3802_3821_FCAGCGTTTCGG51RPOB_EC_3862_3885_RCGACTTGACGGTT786
CGAAATGGAAACATTTCCTG
289RPOB_EC_3799_3821_FGGGCAGCGTTT124RPOB_EC_3862_3888_RGTCCGACTTGACG840
CGGCGAAATGGTCAACATTTCCT
GAG
290RPOC_EC_2146_2174_FCAGGAGTCGTT52RPOC_EC_2227_2245_RACGCCATCAGGCC736
CAACTCGATCTACGCAT
ACATGAT
291ASPS_EC_405_422_FGCACAACCTGC110ASPS_EC_521_538_RACGGCACGAGGTA738
GGCTGCGGTCGC
292RPOC_EC_1374_1393_FCGCCGACTTCG69RPOC_EC_1437_1455_RGAGCATCAGCGTG811
ACGGTGACCCGTGCT
293TUFB_EC_957_979_FCCACACGCCGT55TUFB_EC_1034_1058_RGGCATCACCATTT829
TCTTCAACAACCCTTGTCCTTCG
T
29416S_EC_7_33_FGAGAGTTTGAT10216S_EC_101_122_RTGTTACTCACCCG1345
CCTGGCTCAGATCTGCCACT
ACGAA
295VALS_EC_610_649_FACCGAGCAAGG17VALS_EC_705_727_RTATAACGCACATC929
AGACCAGCGTCAGGGTGA
34416S_EC_971_990_FGCGAAGAACCT11316S_EC_1043_1062_RACAACCATGCACC726
TACCAGGTCACCTGTC
34616S_EC_713_732_TMOD_FTAGAACACCGA20216S_EC_789_809_TMOD_RTCGTGGACTACCA1110
TGGCGAAGGCGGGTATCTA
34716S_EC_785_806_TMOD_FTGGATTAGAGA56016S_EC_880_897_TMOD_RTGGCCGTACTCCC1278
CCCTGGTAGTCCAGGCG
C
34816S_EC_960_981_TMOD_FTTTCGATGCAA70616S_EC_1054_1073_TMOD_RTACGAGCTGACGA895
CGCGAAGAACCCAGCCATG
T
34923S_EC_1826_1843_TMOD_FTCTGACACCTG40123S_EC_1906_1924_TMOD_RTGACCGTTATAGT1156
CCCGGTGCTACGGCC
350CAPC_BA_274_303_TMOD_FTGATTATTGTT476CAPC_BA_349_376_TMOD_RTGTAACCCTTGTC1314
ATCCTGTTATGTTTGAATTGTAT
CCATTTGAGTGC
351CYA_BA_1353_1379_TMOD_FTCGAAGTACAA355CYA_BA_1448_1467_TMOD_RTTGTTAACGGCTT1423
TACAAGACAAACAAGACCC
AGAAGG
352INFB_EC_1365_1393_TMOD_FTTGCTCGTGGT687INFB_EC_1439_1467_TMOD_RTTGCTGCTTTCGC1411
GCACAAGTAACATGGTTAATTGCT
GGATATTATCAA
353LEF_BA_756_781_TMOD_FTAGCTTTTGCA220LEF_BA_843_872_TMOD_RTTCTTCCAAGGAT1394
TATTATATCGAAGATTTATTTCTT
GCCACGTTCG
354RPOC_EC_2218_2241_TMOD_FTCTGGCAGGTA405RPOC_EC_2313_2337_TMOD_RTCGCACCGTGGGT1072
TGCGTGGTCTGTGAGATGAAGTAC
ATG
355SSPE_BA_115_137_TMOD_FTCAAGCAAACG255SSPE_BA_197_222_TMOD_RTTGCACGTCTGTT1402
CACAATCAGAATCAGTTGCAAATT
GCC
356RPLB_EC_650_679_TMOD_FTGACCTACAGT449RPLB_EC_739_762_TMOD_RTTCCAAGTGCTGG1380
AAGAGGTTCTGTTTACCCCATGG
TAATGAACC
357RPLB_EC_688_710_TMOD_FTCATCCACACG296RPLB_EC_736_757_TMOD_RTGTGCTGGTTTAC1337
GTGGTGGTGAACCCATGGAGT
GG
358VALS_EC_1105_1124_TMOD_FTCGTGGCGGCG385VALS_EC_1195_1218_TMOD_RTCGGTACGAACTG1093
TGGTTATCGAGATGTCGCCGTT
359RPOB_EC_1845_1866_TMOD_FTTATCGCTCAG659RPOB_EC_1909_1929_TMOD_RTGCTGGATTCGCC1250
GCGAACTCCAATTTGCTACG
C
36023SEC_2646_2667_TMOD_FTCTGTTCTTAG40923S_EC_2745_2765_TMOD_RTTTCGTGCTTAGA1434
TACGAGAGGACTGCTTTCAG
C
36116S_EC_1090_1111_2_TMOD_FTTTAAGTCCCG69716S_EC_1175_1196_TMOD_RTTGACGTCATCCC1398
CAACGAGCGCACACCTTCCTC
A
362RPOB_EC_3799_3821_TMOD_FTGGGCAGCGTT581RPOB_EC_3862_3888_TMOD_RTGTCCGACTTGAC1325
TCGGCGAAATGGGTCAACATTTCC
GATG
363RPOC_EC_2146_2174_TMOD_FTCAGGAGTCGT284EPOC_EC_2227_2245_TMOD_RTACGCCATCAGGC898
TCAACTCGATCCACGCAT
TACATGAT
364RPOC_EC_1374_1393_TMOD_FTCGCCGACTTC367RPOC_EC_1437_1455_TMOD_RTGAGCATCAGCGT1166
GACGGTGACCGCGTGCT
367TUFB_ECG_957_979_TMOD_FTCCACACGCCG308TUFB_EC_1034_1058_TMOD_RTGGCATCACCATT1276
TTCTTCAACAATCCTTGTCCTTCG
CT
423SP101_SPET11_893_921_TMOD_FTGGGCAACAGC580SP101_SPET11_988_1012_TMOD_RTCATGACAGCCAA990
AGCGGATTGCGGACCTCACCCACC
ATTGCGCG
424SP101_SPET11_1154_1179 —TCAATACCGCA258SP101_SPET11_1251_1277_TMOD_RTGACCCCAACCTG1155
TMOD_FACAGCGGTGGCGCCTTTTGTCGTT
TTGGGGA
425SP101_SPET11_118_147_TMOD_FTGCTGGTGAAA528SP101_SPET11_213_238_TMOD_RTTGTGGCCGATTT1422
ATAACCCAGATCACCACCTGCTCC
GTCGTCTTCT
426SP101_SPET11_1314_1336_TMOD_FTCGCAAAAAAA363SP101_SPET11_1403_1431_TMOD_RTAAACTATTTTTT849
TCCAGCTATTATAGCTATACTCGA
GCACAC
427SP101_SPET11_1408_1437 —TCGAGTATAGC359SP101_SPET11_1486_1515_TMOD_RTGGATAATTGGTC1268
TMOD_FTTAAAAAAATAGTAACAAGGGATA
GTTTATGACAGTGAG
428SP101_SPET11_1688_1716_TMOD_FTCCTATATTAA334SP101_SPET11_1783_1808_TMOD_RTATATGATTATCA932
TCGTTTACAGATTGAACTGCGGCC
AACTGGCTG
429SP101_SPET11_1711_1733 —TCTGGCTAAAA406SP101_SPET11_1808_1835_TMOD_RTGCGTGACGACCT1239
TMOD_FCTTTGGCAACGTCTTGAATTGTAA
GTTCA
430SP101_SPET11_1807_1835_TMOD_FTATGATTACAA235SP101_SPET11_1901_1927_TMOD_RTTTGGACCTGTAA1439
TTCAAGAAGGTTCAGCTGAATACT
CGTCACGCGG
431SP101_SPET11_1967_1991 —TTAACGGTTAT649SP101_SPET11_2082_2083_TMOD_RTATTGCCCAGAAA940
TMOD_FCATGGCCCAGATCAAATCATC
TGGG
432SP101_SPET11_216_243_TMOD_FTAGCAGGTGGT210SP101_SPET11_308_333_TMOD_RTTGCCACTTTGAC1404
GAAATCGGCCAAACTCCTGTTGCT
CATGATTG
433SP101_SPET11_2260_2283 —TCAGAGACCGT272SP101_SPET11_2375_2397_TMOD_RTTCTGGGTGACCT1393
TMOD_FTTTATCCTATCGGTGTTTTAGA
AGC
434SP101_SPET11_2375_2399 —TTCTAAAACAC675SP101_SPET11_2470_2497_TMOD_RTAGCTGCTAGATG918
TMOD_FCAGGTCACCCAAGCTTCTGCCATG
GAAGGCC
435SP101_SPET11_2468_2487 —TATGGCCATGG238SP101_SPET11_2543_2579_TMOD_RTCCATAAGGTCAC1007
TMOD_FCAGAAGCTCACGTCACCATTCAA
AGC
436SP101_SFET11_266_295_TMOD_FTCTTGTACTTG417SP101_SPET11_355_380_TMOD_RTGCTGCTTTGATG1249
TGGCTCACACGGCTGAATCCCCTT
GCTGTTTGGC
437SP101_SPET11_2961_2984 —TACCATGACAG183SP101_SPET11_3023_3045_TMOD_RTGGAATTTACCAG1264
TMOD_FAAGGCATTTTGCGATAGACACC
ACA
438SP101_SPET11_3075_3103 —TGATGACTTTT473SP101_SPET11_3168_3196_TMOD_RTAATCGACGACCA875
TMOD_FTAGCTAATGGTTCTTGGAAAGATT
CAGGCAGCTCTC
439SP101_SPET11_322_344_TMOD_FTGTCAAAGTGG631SP101_SPET11_423_441_TMOD_RTATCCCCTGCTTC934
CACGTTTACTGTGCTGCC
GC
440SP101_SPET11_3386_3403 —TAGCGTAAAGG215SP101_SPET11_3480_3506_TMOD_RTCCAGCAGTTACT1005
TMOD_FTGAACCTTGTCCCCTCATCTT
TG
441SP101_SPET11_3511_3535 —TGCTTCAGGAA531SP101_SPET11_3605_3629_TMOD_RTGGGTCTACACCT1294
TMOD_FTCAATGATGGAGCACTTGCATAAC
GCAG
442SP101_SPET11_358_387_TMOD_FTGGGGATTCAG588SP101_SPET11_448_473_TMOD_RTCCAACCTTTTCC998
CCATCAAAGCAACAACAGAATCAG
GCTATTGACC
443SP101_SPET11_600_628_TMOD_FTCCTTACTTCG348SP101_SPET11_886_714_TMOD_RTCCCATTTTTTCA1018
AACTATGAATCCGCATGCTGAAAA
TTTTGGAAGTATC
444SP101_SPET11_658_684_TMOD_FTGGGGATTGAT589SP101_SPET11_756_784_TMOD_RTGATTGGCGATAA1189
ATCACCGATAAAGTGATATTTTCT
GAAGAAAAAA
445SP101_SPET11_776_801_TMOD_FTTCGCCAATCA673SP101_SPET11_871_896_TMOD_RTGCCCACCAGAAA1217
AAACTAAGGGAGACTAGCAGGATA
ATGGCA
446SP101_SPET11_1_29_TMOD_FTAACCTTAATT154SP101_SPET11_92_116_TMOD_RTCCTACCCAACGT1044
GGAAAGAAACCTCACCAAGGGCAG
CAAGAAGT
447SP101_SPET11_364_385_FTCAGCCATCAA276SP101_SPET11_448_471_RTACCTTTTCCACA894
AGCAGCTATTGACAGAATCAGC
448SP101_SPET11_3085_3104_FTAGCTAATGGT216SP101_SPET11_3170_3194_RTCGACGACCATCT1066
CAGGCAGCCTGGAAAGATTTC
449RPLB_EC_990_710_FTCCACACGGTG309RPLB_EC_737_758_RTGTGCTGGTTTAC1336
GTGGTGAAGGCCCATGGAG
481BONTA_X52066_538_552_FTATGGCTCTAC239BONTA_X52066_647_660_RTGTTACTGCTGGA1346
TCAAT
482BONTA_X5206_538_552P_FTA*TpGGC*Tp143BONTA_X52066_647_660P_RTG*Tp*TpA*Cp*1146
*Cp*TpA*Cp*TpG*Cp*TpGGAT
Tp*CpAA
483BONTA_X5206_701_720_FGAATAGCAATT94BONTA_X5206_759_775_RTTACTTCTAACCC1367
AATCCAAATACTC
484BONTA_X52066_701_720P_FGAA*TpAG*Cp91BONTA_X52066_759_775P_RTTA*Cp*Tp*Tp*1359
AA*Tp*TpAA*Cp*TpAA*Cp*Cp
Tp*Cp*CpAAAT*CpA*Cp*TpC
485BONTA_X5206_450_473_FTCTAGTAATAA393BONTA_X5206_517_539_RTAACCATTTCGCG859
TAGGACCCTCATAAGATTCAA
GC
486BONTA_X52066_450_473P_FT*Cp*TpAGTA142BONTA_X5206_517_539P_RTAACCA*Tp*Tp*857
ATAATAGGA*CTp*CpGCGTAAGA
pCp*Cp*Tp**Tp*Tp*CpAA
C
487BONTA_X52066_591_620_FTGAGTCACTTG463BONTA_X52066_644_671_RTCATGTGCTAATG992
AAGTTGATACATTACTGCTGGATC
AATCCTCTTG
608SSPE_BA_156_168P_FTGGTpGCpTpA616SSPE_BA_243_255P_RTGCpAGCpTGATp1241
GCpATTTpGT
609SSPE_BA_75_89P_FTACpAGAGTpT192SSPE_BA_163_177P_RTGTGCTpTpTpGA1338
pTpGCpGACATpGCpT
610SSPE_BA_150_168P_FTGCTTCTGGTp533SSPE_BA_243_264P_RTGATTGTTTTGCp1191
GCpTpAGCpATAGCpTGATpTpGT
T
611SSPE_BA_72_89P_FTGGTACpAGAG602SSPE_BA_163_182P_RTCATTTGTGCTpT995
TpTpTpGCpGApTpGAATpGCpT
C
612SSPE_BA_114_137P_FTCAAGCAAACG255SSPE_BA_196_222P_RTTGCACGTCpCpG1401
CACAATpCpAGTTTCAGTTGCAAA
AAGCTTC
699SSPE_BA_123_153_FTGCACAATCAG488SSPE_BA_202_231_RTTTCACAGCATGC1431
AAGCTAAGAAAACGTCTGTTTCAG
GCGCAAGCTTTGC
700SSPE_BA_156_168_FTGGTGCTAGCA612SSPE_BA_243_255_RTGCAGCTGATTGT1202
TT
701SSPE_BA_75_89_FTACAGAGTTTG179SSPE_BA_163_177_RTGTGCTTTGAATG1338
CGACCT
702SSPE_BA_150_168_FTGCTTTCTGGT533SSPE_BA_243_264_RTGATTGTTTTGCA1190
GCTAGCATTGCTGATTGT
703SSPE_BA_72_89_FTGGTACAGAGT600SSPE_BA_163_182_RTCATTTGTGCTTT995
TTGCGACGAATGCT
704SSPE_BA_146_168_FTGCAAGCTTCT484SSPE_BA_242_267_RTTGTGATTGTTTT1421
GGTGCTAGCATGCAGCTGATTGTG
T
705SSPE_BA_63_89_FTGCTAGTTATG518SSPE_BA_163_191_RTCATAACTAGCAT986
GTACAGAGTTTTTGTGCTTTGAAT
GCGACGCT
706SSPE_BA_114_137_FTCAAGCAAACG255SSPE_BA_196_222_RTTGCACGTCTGTT1402
CACAATCAGAATCAGTTGCAAAT
GCC
770PLA_AF053945_7377_7402_FTGACATCCGGC442PLA_AF053945_7434_7462_RTCTAAATTCCGCA1313
TCACGTTATTAAAGACTTTGGCAT
TGGTTA
771PLA_AF053945_7382_7404_FTCCGGCTCACG327PLA_AF053945_7482_7502_RTGGTCTGAGTACC1304
TTATTATGGTATCCTTTGC
C
772PLA_AF053945_7481_7503_FTGCAAAGGAGG481PLA_AF053945_7539_7562_RTATTGGAAATACC943
TACTCAGACCAGGCAGCATCTC
T
773PLA_AF053945_7186_7211_FTTATACCGGAA657PLA_AF053945_7257_7280_RTAATGCGATACTG879
ACTTCCCGAAAGCCTGCAAGTC
GGAG
774CAF1_AF053947_33407_33430_FTCAGTTCCGTT292CAF1_AF053947_33494_33514_RTGCGGGCTGGTTC1235
ATCGCCATTGCAACAAGAG
AT
775CAF1_AF053947_33515_33541_FTCACTCTTACA270CAF1_AF053947_33595_33621_RTCCTGTTTTATAG1053
TATAAGGAAGGCCGCCAAGAGTAA
CGCTCG
776CAF1_AF053947_33435_33457_FTGGAACTATTG542CAF1_AF053947_33499_33517_RTGATGCGGGCTGG1183
CAACTGCTAATTTCAAC
G
777CAF1_AF053947_33687_33716_FTCAGGATGGAA286CAF1_AF053947_33755_33782_RTCAAGGTTCTCAC962
ATAACCACCAACGTTTACCTTAGG
TTCACTACAG
778INV_U22457_515_539_FTGGCTCCTTGG573INV_U22457_571_598_RTGTTAAGTGTGTT1343
TATGACTCTGCGCGGCTGTCTTTA
TTCTT
779INV_U22457_699_724_FTGCTGAGGCCT525INV_U22457_753_776_RTCACGCGACGAGT976
GGACCGATTATGCCATCCATTG
TTAC
780INV_U22457_834_858_FTTATTTACCTG664INV_U22457_942_966_RTGACCCAAAGCTG1154
CACTCCCACAAAAAGCTTTACTG
CTG
781INV_U22457_1558_1581_FTGGTAACAGAG597INV_U22457_1619_1643_RTTGCGTTGCAGAT1408
CCTTATAGGCGTATCTTTACCAA
CA
782LL_NC003143_2366996 —TGTACCCGCTAA627LL_NC003143_2367073_2367097_RTCTCATCCCGATA1123
2367019_FAGCACTACCATTTACCGCCATGA
CC
783LL_NC003143_2367172 —TGGACGGCATC550LL_NC003143_2367249_23672TGGCAACAGCTCA1272
2367194_FACGATTCTCTAACACCTTTGG
C
874RPLB_EC_649_679_FTGICCIACIGT620RPLB_EC_739_762_TMOD_RTTCCAAGTGCTGG1380
IIGIGGTTCTGTTTACCCCATGG
TAATGAACC
875RPLB_EC_642_679P_FTpCpCpTpTpG646RPLB_EC_739_762_TMOD_RTTCCAAGTGCTGG1380
ITpGICCIACITTTACCCCATGG
GTIIGIGGTTC
TGTAATGAACC
876MECIA_Y14051_3315_3341_FTTACACATATC653MECIA_Y14051_3367_3393_RTGTGATATGGAGG1333
GTGAGCAATGATGTAGAAGGTGTT
ACTGAA
877MECA_Y14051_3774_3802_FTAAAACAAACT144MECA_Y14051_3828_3854_RTCCCAATCTAACT1015
ACGGTAACATTTCCACATACCATC
GATCGCAT
878MECA_Y14051_3645_3670_FTGAAGTAGAAA434MECA_Y14051_3690_3719_RTGATCCTGAATGT1181
TGACTGAACGTTTATATCTTTAAC
CCGAGCCT
879MECA_Y14051_4507_4530_FTCAGGTACTGC288MECA_Y14051_4555_4581_RTGGATAGACGTCA1269
TATCCACCCTCTATGAAGGTGTGC
AAT
880MECA_Y14051_4510_4530_FTGTACTGCTAT626MECA_Y14051_4586_4610_RTATTCTTCGTTAC939
CCACCCTCAATCATGCCATACA
881MECA_Y14051_4669_4698_FTCACCAGGTTC262MECA_Y14051_4765_4793_RTAACCACCCCAAG858
AACTCAAAAAAATTTATCTTTTG
ATATTAACACCA
882MECA_Y14051_4520_4530P_FTCpCpACpCpC389MECA_Y14051_4590_4600P_RTpACpTpCpATpG1357
pTpCpAACpCpA
883MECA_Y14051_4520_4530P_FTCpCpACpCpC389MECA_Y14051_4600_4610P_RTpATpTpCpTpTp1358
pTpCpAACpGTpT
902TRPE_AY094355_1467_1491_FATGTCGATTGC36TRPE_AY094355_1569_1592_RTGCGCGAGCTTT1231
AATCCGTACTTTATTTGGGTTTC
GTG
903TRPE_AY094355_1445_1471_FTGGATGGCATG557TRPE_AY094355_1551_1580_RTATTTGGGTTTCA944
GTGAAATGGATTTCCACTCAGATT
ATGTCCT
904TRPE_AY094355_1278_1303_FTCAAATGTACA247TRPE_AY094355_1392_1418_RTCCTCTTTTCACA1048
AGGTGAAGTGCGGCTCTACTTCAT
GTGAC
905TRPE_AY094355_1064_1086_FTCGACCTTTGG357TRPE_AY094355_1171_1196_RTACATCGTTTCGC885
CAGGAACTAGACCAAGATCAATCA
C
906TRPE_AY094355_666_688_FGTGCATGCGGA135TRPE_AY094355_769_791_RTTCAAAATGCGGA1372
TACAGAGCAGAGGCGTATGTG
907TRPE_AY094355_757_776_FTGCAAGCGCGA483TRPE_AY094355_864_883_RTGCCCAGGTACAA1218
CCACATACGCCTGCAT
908RECA_AF251469_43_68_FTGGTACATGTG601RECA_AF251469_140_163_RTTCAAGTGCTTGC1375
CCTTCATTGATTCACCATTGTC
GCTG
909RECA_AF251469_169_190_FTGACATGCTTG446RECA_AF251469_277_300_RTGGCTCATAAGAC1280
TCCGTTCAGGCGCGCTTGTAGA
910PARC_X95819_87_110_FTGGTGACTCGG609PARC_X95819_201_222_RTTCGGTATAACGC1387
CATGTTATGAAATCGCAGCA
GC
911PARC_X95819_87_110_FTGGTGACTCGG609PARC_X95819_192_219_RGGTATAACGCATG836
CATGTTATGAAGCAGCAAAAGATT
GCTA
912PARC_X95819_123_147_FGGCTCAGCCAT120PARC_X95819_232_260_RTCGCTCAGCAATA1081
TTAGTTACCGCATTCACTATAAGC
TATCGA
913PARC_X95819_43_63_FTCAGCGCGTAC277PARC_X95819_143_170_RTTCCCCTGACCTT1383
AGTGGGTGATCGATTAAAGGATA
GC
914OMPA_AY485227_272_301_FTTACTCCATTA655OMPA_AY485227_364_388_RGAGCTGCGCCAAC812
TTGCTTGGTTAGAATAAATCGTC
CACTTTCC
915OMPA_AY485227_379_401_FTGCGCAGCTCT509OMPA_AY485227_492_519_RTGCCGTAACATAG1223
TGGTATCGAGTAAGTTACCGTTGA
TT
916OMPA_AY485227_311_335_FTACACAACAAT178OMPA_AY485227_424_453_RTACGTCGCCTTA901
GGCGGTAAAGAACTTGGTTATATT
TGGCAGC
917OMPA_AY485227_415_441_FTGCCTCGAAGC506OMPA_AY485227_514_546_RTCGGGCGTAGTTT1092
TGAATATAACCTTAGTAATTAAAT
AAGTTCAGAAGT
918OMPA_AY485227_494_520_FTCAACGGTAAC252OMPA_AY485227_569_596_RTCGTCGTATTTAT1108
TTCTATGTTACAGTGACCAGCACC
TTCTGTA
919OMPA_AY485227_551_577_FTCAAGCCGTAC257OMPA_AY485227_658_680_RTTTAAGCGCCAGA1425
GTATTATTAGGAAGCACCAAC
TGCTG
920OMPA_AY485227_555_581_FTCCGTACGTAT328OMPA_AY485227_635_662_RTCAACACCAGCGT954
TATTAGGTGCTTACCTAAAGTACC
GGTCATT
921OMPA_AY485227_556_583_FTCGTACGTATT379OMPA_Y485227_659_683_RTCGTTTAAGCGCC1114
ATTAGGTGCTGAGAAAGCACCAA
GTCACT
922OMPA_AY485227_657_679_FTGTTGGTGCTT645OMPA_AY485227_139_765_RTAAGCCAGCAAGA871
TCTGGCGCTTAGCTGTATAGTTCC
AA
923OMPA_AY485227_660_683_FTGGTGCTTTCT613OMPA_AY485227_786_807_RTACAGGAGCAGCA884
GGCGCTTAAACGGCTTCAAG
GA
924GYRA_AF100557_4_23_FTCTGCCCGTGT402GYRA_AF100557_119_142_RTCGAACCGAAGTT1063
CGTTGGTGAACCCTGACCAT
925GYRA_AF100557_70_94_FTCCATTGTTCG316GYRA_AF100557_178_201_RTGCCAGCTTAGTC1211
TATGGCTCAAGATACGGACTTC
926GYRB_AB008700_19_40_FTCAGGTGGCT289GYRB_AB008700_111_140_RTATTGCGGATCAC941
TACACGGCGTCATGATGATATTC
AGTTGC
927GYRB_AB008700_265_292_FTCTTTCTTGAA420GYRB_AB008700_369_395_RTCGTTGAGATGGT1113
TGCTGGTGTACTTTTACCTTCGT
GTATCGTG
928GYRB_AB008700_368_394_FTCAACGAAGGT251GYRB_A3008700_466_494_RTTTGTGAAACAGC1440
AAAAACCATCTGAACATTTTCTTG
CAACGGTA
929GYRB_AB008700_477_504_FTGTTCGCTGTT641GYRB_AB008700_611_632_RTCACGCGCATCAT977
TCACAAACAACCACCAGTCA
ATTCCA
930GYRB_AB008700_760_787_FTACTTACTTGA198GYRB_AB008700_862_888_RACCTGCAATATCT729
GAATCCACAAGAATGCACTCTTAC
CTGCAAG
931WAAA_Z96925_2_29_FTCTTGCTCTTT416WAAA_Z96925_115_138_RCAAGCGGTTTGCC758
CGTGAGTTCAGTCAAATAGTCA
TAAATG
932WAAA_Z96925_286_311_FTCGATCTGGTT360WAAA_Z96925_394_412_RTGGCACGAGCCTG1274
TCATGCGTTTACCTGT
939RPOB_EC_3798_3821_FTGGGCAGCGTT581RPOB_EC_9862_3889_RTGTCCGACTTGAC1326
TCGGCGAAATGGGTCAGCATTTCC
GATG
940RPOB_EC_3798_3821_FTGGGCAGCGTT581RPOB_EC_3862_3899_2_RTGTCCGACTTGAC1327
TCGGCGAAATGGGTTAGCATTTCC
GATG
941TUFB_EC_275_299_FTGATCACTGGT468TUFB_EC_337_362_RTGGATGTGCTCAC1271
GCTGCTCAGATGAGTCTGTGGCAT
GGA
942TUFB_EC_251_278_FTGCACGCCGAC493TUFB_EC_337360_RTATGTGCTCACGA937
TATGTTAAGAAGTTTGCGGCAT
CATGAT
949GYRE_AB008700_760_787_FTACTTACTTGA198GYRB_AB008700_862_888_2_RTCCTGCAATATCT1050
GAATCCACAAGAATGCACTCTTAC
CTGCAAG
958RPOC_EC_2223_2243_FTGGTATGCGTG605RPOC_EC_2329_2352_RTGCTAGACCTTTA1243
GTCTGATGGCCGTGCACCGTG
959RPOC_EC_918_938_FTCTGGATAACG404RPOC_EC_1009_1031_RTCCAGCAGGTTCT1004
GTCGTCGCGGGACGGAAACG
960RPOC_EC_2334_2357_FTGCTCGTAAGG523RPOC_EC_2380_2403_RTACTAGACGACGG905
GTCTGGCGGATGTCAGGTAACC
AC
961RPOC_EC_917_938_FTATTGGACAAC242RPOC_EC_1009_1034_RTTACCGAGCAGGT1362
GGTCGTCGCGGTCTGACGGAAACG
962RPOB_E2005_2027_FTCGTTCCTGGA387RPOB_EC_2041_2064_RTTGACGTTGCATG1399
ACACGATGACGTTCGAGCCCAT
C
963RPOB_EC_1527_1549_FTCAGCTGTCGC282RPOB_EC_1630_1649_RTCGTCGCGGACTT1104
AGTTCATGGACCGAAGCC
C
964INFB_EC_1347_1367_FTGCGTTTACCG515INFB_EC_1414_1432_RTCGGCATCACGCC1090
CAATGCGTGCGTCGTC
965VALS_EC_1128_1151_FTATGCTGACCG237VALS_EC_1231_1257_RTTCGCGCATCCAG1384
ACCAGTGGTACGAGAAGTACATGT
GTT
978RPOC_EC_2145_2175_FTCAGGAGTCGT285RPOC_EC_2228_2247_RTTACGCCATCAGG1363
TCAACTCGATCCCACGCA
TACATGATG
1045CJST_CJ_1668_1700_FTGCTCGAGTGA522CJST_CJ_1774_1799_RTGAGCGTGTGGAA1170
TTGACTTTGCTAAGGACTTGGATG
AAATTTAGAGA
1046CJST_CJ_2171_2197_FTCGTTTGGTGG388CJST_CJ_2283_2313_RTCTCTTTCAAAGC1126
TGGTAGATGAAACCATTGCTCATT
AAAGGATAGT
1047CJST_CJ_584_616_FTCCAGGACAAA315CJST_CJ_663_692_RTTCATTTTCTGGT1379
TGTATGAAAAACCAAAGTAAGCAG
TGTCCAAGAAGTATC
1048CJST_CJ_360_394_FTCCTGTTATCC346CJST_CJ_442_476_RTCAACTGGTTCAA955
CTGAAGTAGTTAAACATTAAGTTG
AATCAAGTTTGTAATTGTCC
TT
1049CJST_CJ_2636_2668_FTGCCTAGAAGA504CJST_CJ_2753_2777_RTTGCTGCCATAGC1409
TCTTAAAAATTAAAGCCTACAGC
TCCGCCAACTT
1050CJST_CJ_1290_1320_FTGGCTTATCCA575CJST_CJ_1406_1433_RTTTGCTCATGATC1437
AATTTAGATCGTGCATGAAGCATA
TGGTTTTACAA
1051CJST_CJ_3267_3293_FTTTGATTTTAC707CJST_CJ_3356_3385_RTCAAAGAACCCGC951
GCCGTCCTCCAACCTAATTCATCA
GGTCGTTTA
1052CJST_CJ_5_39_FTAGGCGAAGAT222CJST_CJ_104_137_RTCCCTTATTTTTC1029
ATACAAAGAGTTTTCTACTACCTT
ATTAGAAGCTCGGATAAT
AGA
1053CJST_CJ_1080_1110_FTTGAGGGTATG681CJST_CJ_1166_1198_RTCCCTCATGTTT1022
CACCGTCTTTAAATGATCAGGAT
TTGATTCTTTAAAAAGC
1054CJST_CJ_2060_2090_FTCCCGGACTTA323CJST_CJ_2148_2174_RTCGATCCGCATCA1068
ATATCAATGAACCATCAAAAGCAA
AATTGTGGAA
1055CJST_CJ_2869_2895_FTGAAGCTTGTT432CJST_CJ_2979_3007_RTCCTCCTTGTGCC1045
CTTTAGCAGGATCAAAACGCATTT
CTTCATTA
1056CJST_CJ_1880_1910_FTCCCAATTAAT317CJST_CJ_1981_2011_RTGGTTCTTACTTG1309
TCTGCCATTTTCTTTGCATAAACT
TCCAGGTATTTCCA
1057CJST_CJ_2185_2212_FTAGATGAAAAG208CJST_CJ_2283_2316_RTGAATTCTTTCAA1152
GGCGAAGTGGCAGCACCATTGCTC
TAATGGATTATAGT
1058CJST_CJ_1643_1670_FTTATCGTTTGT660CJST_CJ_1724_1752_RTGCAATGTGTGCT1198
GGAGCTAGTGCATGTCAGCAAA
TTATGCAAGAT
1059CJST_CJ_2165_2194_FTGCGGATCGTT511CJST_CJ_2247_2278_RTCCACACTGGATT1002
TGGTGGTTGTAGTAATTTACCTTG
GATGAAAATTCTTT
1060CJST_CJ_599_632_FTGAAAAATGTC424CJST_CJ_711_743_RTCCCGAACAATGA1024
CAAGAAGCATAGTTGTATCAACTA
GCAAAAAAAGCTTTTTAC
A
1061CJST_CJ_360_393_FTCCTGTTATCC345CJST_CJ_443_477_RTACAACTGGTTCA882
CTGAAGTAGTTAAAACATTAAGCT
AATCAAGTTTGGTAATTGTC
T
1062CJST_CJ_2678_2703_FTCCCCAGGACA321CJST_CJ_2760_2787_RTGTGCTTTTTTTG1339
CCCTGAAATTTCTGCCATAGCAAA
CAACGC
1063CJST_CJ_1268_1299_FAGTTATAAACA29CJST_CJ_1349_1379_RTCGGTTTAAGCTC1096
CGGCTTTCCTATACATGATCGTAA
TGGCTTATCCGGATA
1064CJST_CJ_1680_1713_FTGATTTTGCTA479CJST_CJ_1795_1822_RTATGTGTAGTTGA938
AATTTAGAGAAGCTTACTACATGA
ATTGCGGATGAGC
A
1065CJST_CJ_2857_2887_FTGGCATTTCTT565CJST_CJ_2965_2998_RTGCTTCAAAACGC1253
ATGAAGCTTGTATTTTTACATTTT
TCTTTAGCACGTTAAAG
1070RNASEP_BKM_580_599_FTGCGGGTAGGG512RNASEP_BKM_665_686_RTCCGATAAGCCGG1034
AGCTTGAGCATTCTGTGC
1071RNASEP_BKM_616_637_FTCCTAGAGGAA333RNASEP_BKM_665_687_RTGCCGATAAGCCC1222
TGGCTGCCACGGGATTCTGTGC
1072RNASEP_BDP_574_592_FTGGCACGGCCA561RNASEP_BDP_616_635_RTCGTTTCACCCTG1115
TCTCCGTGTCATGCCG
107323S_BRM_1110_1129_FTGCGCGGAAGA51023S_BRM_1176_1201_RTCGCAGGCTTACA1074
TGTAACGGGGAACGCTCTCCTA
107423S_BRM_515_536_FTGCATACAAAC49623S_BRM_616_635_RTCGGACTCGCTTT1088
AGTCGGAGCCTCGCTACG
1075RNASEP_CLB_459_487_FTAAGGATAGTG162RNASEP_CLB_498_526_RTGCTCTTACCTCA1247
CAACAGAGATACCGTTCCACCCTT
TACCGCCACC
1076RNASEP_CLB_459_487_FTAAGGATAGTG162RNASEP_CLB_498_522_RTTTACCTCGCCTT1426
CAACAGAGATATCCACCCTTACC
TACCGCC
1077ICD_CXB_93_120_FTCCTGACCGAC343ICD_CXB_172_194_RTAGGATTTTTCCA921
CCATTATTCCCCGGCGGCATC
TTTATC
1078ICD_CXB_92_120_FTTCCTGACCGA671ICD_CXB_172_194_RTAGGATTTTTCCA921
CCCATTATTCCCGGCGGCATC
CTTTATC
1079ICD_CXB_176_198_FTCGCCGTGGAA369ICD_CXB_224_247_RTAGCCTTTTCTCC916
AAATCCTACGCGGCGTAGATCT
T
1080IS1111A_NC002971_6866 —TCAGTATGTAT290IS1111A_NC002971_6928_6954_RTAAACGTCCGATA848
6891_FCCACCGTAGCCCCAATGGTTCGCT
GTCC
1081IS1111A_NC002971_7456 —TGGGTGACATT594IS1111A_NC002971_7529_7554_RTCAACAACACCTC952
7483_FCATCAATTTCACTTATTCCCACTC
TCGTTC
1082RNASEP_RKP_419_448_FTGGTAAGAGCG599RNASEP_RKP_542_565_RTCAAGCGATCTAC957
TGGTAACACCGCATTACAA
1083RNASEP_RKP_422_443_FTAAGAGCGCAC159RNASEP_RKP_542_565_RTCAAGCGATCTAC957
CGGTAAGTTGGCCGCATTACAA
1084RNASEP_RKP_466_491_FTCCACCAAGAG310RNASEP_RKP_542_565_RTCAAGCGATCTAC957
CAAGATCAAATCCGCATTACAA
AGGC
1085RNASEP_RKP_264_287_FTCTAAATGGTC391RNASEP_RKP_295_321_RTCTATAGAGTCCG1119
GTGCAGTTGCGGACTTTCCTCGTG
TGA
1086RNASEP_RKP_426_448_FTGCATACCGGT497RNASEP_RKP_542_565_RTCAAGCGATCTAC957
AAGTTGGCAACCCGCATTACAA
A
1087OMPB_RKP_860_890_FTTACAGGAAGT654OMPB_RKP_972_996_RTCCTGCAGCTCTA1051
TTAGGTGGTAACCTGCTCCATTA
TCTAAAAGG
1088OMPB_RKP_1192_1221_FTCTACTGATTT392OMPB_RKP_1288_1315_RTAGCAgCAAAGT910
TGGTAATCTTGTATCACACCTGCA
CAGCACAGGT
1089OMPB_RKP_3417_3440_FTGCAAGTGGTA485OMPB_RKP_3520_3550_RTGGTTGTAGTTCC1310
CTTCAACATGGTGTAGTTGTTGCA
GGTTAAC
1090GLTA_RKP_1043_1072_FTGGGACTTGAA576GLTA_RKP_1138_1162_RTGAACATTTGCGA1147
GCTATCGCTCTCGGTATACCCAT
TAAAGATG
1091GLTA_RKP_400_428_FTCTTCTCATCC413GLTA_RKP_499_529_RTGGTGGGTATCTT1305
TATGGCTATTAAGCAATCATTCTA
TGCTTGCATAGC
1092GLTA_RKP_1023_1055_FTCCGTTCTTA330GLTA_RKP_1129_1156_RTTGGCGACGGTAT1415
AAATAGCAATAACCCATAGCTTTA
GAACTTGAAGCTA
1093GLTA_RKP_1043_1072_2_FTGGAGCTTGAA553GLTA_RKP_1138_1162_RTGAACATTGCGA1147
GCTATCGCTCTCGGTATACCCAT
AAAGATG
1094GLTA_RKP_1043_1072_3_FTGGAACTTGAA543GLTA_RKP_1138_1164_RTGTGAACATTTGC1330
GCTCTCGCTCTGACGGTATACCCA
TAAAGATGT
1095GLTA_RKP_400_428_FTCTTCTCATCC413GLTA_RKP_505_534_RTGCGATGGTAGGT1230
TATGGCTATTAATCTTAGCAATCA
TGCTTGCTTCT
1096CTXA_VBC_117_142_FTCTTATGCCAA410CTXA_VBC_194_218_RTGCCTAACAAATC1226
GAGGACAGAGTCCGTCTGAGTTC
GAGT
1097CTXA_VBC_351_377_FTGTATTAGGGG630CTXA_VBC_441_466_RTGTCATCAAGCAC1324
CATACAGTCCTCCAAAATGAACT
CATCC
1098RNASEP_VBC_331_349_FTCCGCGGAGTT325RNASEP_VBC_388_414_RTGACTTTCCTCCC1163
GACTGGGTCCTTATCAGTCTC
C
1099TOXR_VBC_135_158_FTCGATTAGGCA362TOXR_VBC_221_246_RTTCAAAACCTTGC1370
GCAACGAAAGCTCTCGCCAAACAA
CG
1100ASD_FRT_1_29_FTTGCTTAAAGT690ASD_FRT_86_116_RTGAGATGTCGAAA1164
TGGTTTTATTGAAAACGTTGGCAA
GTTGGCGAATAC
1101ASD_FRT_43_76_FTCAGTTTTAAT295ASD_FRT_129_156_RTCCATATTGTTGC1009
GTCTCGTATGAATAAAACCTGTTG
TCGAATCAAAAGC
G
1102GALE_FRT_168_199_FTTATCAGCTAG658GALE_FRT_241_269_RTCACCTACAGCTT973
ACCTTTTAGGTTAAAGCCAGCAAA
AAAGCTAAGCATG
1103GALE_FRT_834_865_FTCAAAAAGCCC245GALE_FRT_901_925_RTAGCCTTGGCAAC915
TAGGTAAAGAGATCAGCAAAACT
ATTCCATATC
1104GALE_FRT_308_339_FTCCAAGGTACA306GALE_FRT_390_422_RTCTTCTGTAAAGG1136
CTAAACTTACTGTGGTTTATTATT
TGAGCTAATGCATCCCA
1105IPAH_SGF_258_277_FTGAGGACCGTG458IPAH_SGF_301_327_RTCCTTCTGATGCC1055
TCGCGCTCATGATGGACCAGGA
G
1106IPAH_SGF_113_134_FTCCTTGACCGC350IPAH_SGF_172_191_RTTTTCCAGCCATG1441
CTTTCCGATACCAGCGAC
1107IPAH_SGF_462_486_FTCAGACCATGC271IPAH_SGF_522_540_RTGTCACTCCCGAC1322
TCGCAGAGAAAACGCCA
CTT
1111RNASEP_BRM_461_488_FTAAACCCCATC147RNASEP_BRM_542_561_RTGCCTCGCGCAAC1227
GGGAGCAAGACCTACCCG
CGAATA
1112RNASEP_BRM_325_347_FTACCCCAGGGA185RNASEP_BRM_402_428_RTCTCTTACCCCAC1125
AAGTGCCACAGCCTTTCACCCTTA
AC
1128HUPB_CJ_113_134_FTAGTTGCTCAA230HUPB_CJ_157_188_RTCCCTAATAGTAG1028
ACAGCTGGGCTAAATAACTGCATC
AGTAGC
1129HUPB_CJ_76_102_FTCCCGGAGCTT324HUPB_CJ_157_188_RTCCCTAATAGTAG1028
TTATGACTAAAAAATAACTGCATC
GCAGATAGTAGC
1130HUPB_CJ_102_FTCCCGGAGCTT324HUPB_CJ_114_135_RTAGCCCAGCTGTT913
TTATGACTAAATGAGCAACT
GCAGAT
1151AB_MLST-11-TGAGATTGCTG454AB_MLST-11-TTGTACATTTGAA1418
OIF007_62_91_FAACATTTAATGOIF007_169_203_RACAATATGCATGA
CTGATTGACATGTGAAT
1152AB_MLST-11-TATTGTTTCAA243AB_MLST-11-TCACAGGTTCTAC969
OIF007_185_214_FATGTACAAGGTOIF007_291_324_RTTCATCAATAATT
GAAGTGCGTCCATTGC
1153AB_MLST-11-TGGAACGTTAT541AB_MLST-11-TTGCAATCGACAT1400
OIF007_260_289_FCAGGTGCCCCAOIF007_364_393_RATCCATTTCACCA
AAATTCGTGCC
1154AB_MLST-11-TGAAGTGCGTG436AB_MLST-11-TCCGCCAAAAACT1036
OIF007_206_239_FATGATATCGATOIF007_318_344_RCCCCTTTTCACAG
GCACTTGATGTG
A
1155AB_MLST-11-TCGGTTTAGTA378AB_MLST-11-TTCTGCTTGAGGA1392
OIF007_522_552_FAAAGAACGTATOIF007_587_610_RATAGTGCGTGG
TGCTCAACC
1156AB_MLST-11-TCAACCTGACT250AB_MLST-11-TACGTTCTACGAT902
OIF007_547_571_FGCGTGAATGGTOIF007_656_686_RTTCTTCATCAGGT
TGTACATC
1157AB_MLST-11-TCAAGCAGAAG256AB_MLST-11-TACAACGTGATAA881
OIF007_601_627_FCTTTGGAAGAAOIF007_710_736_RACACGACCAGAAG
GAAGGC
1158AB_MLST-11-TCGTGCCCGCA384AB_MLST-11-TAATGCCGGGTAG878
OIF007_1202_1225_FATTGCATAAAOIF007_1266_1296_RTGCAATCCATTCT
GCTCTAG
1159AB_MLST-11-TCGTCCCGCA384AB_MLST-11-TGCACCTGCGGTC1199
OIG007_1202_1225_FATTTGCATAAAOIF007_1299_1316_RGAGCG
GC
1160AB_MLST-11-TTGTAGCACAG694AB_MLST-11-TGCCATCCATAAT1215
OIF007_1234_1264_FTCCTGAAACOIF007_1335_1362_RCACGCCATACTGA
CG
1161AB_MLST-11-TAGGTTTACGT225AB_MLST-11-TGCCAGTTTCCAC1212
OIF007_1327_1356_FGATTATGGOIF007_1422_1448_RATTTCACGTTCGT
G
1162AB_MLST-11-TCGTGATTATG383AB_MLST-11-TCGCTTGAGTGTA1083
OIF007_1345_1369_FAAOIF007_1470_1494_RGTCATGATTGCG
1163AB_MLST-11-TTATGGATGGC662AB_MLST-11-TCGCTTGAGTGTA1083
OIF007_1351_1375_FGTOIF007_1470_1494_RGTCATGATTGCG
1164AB_MLST-11-TCTTTGCCATT422AB_MLST-11-TCGCTTGAGTGTA1083
OIF007_1387_1412_FGAAGATGACTTOIF007_1470_1494_RGTCATAGATTGCG
AAGC
1165AB_MLST-11-TACTAGCGGTA194AB_MLST-11-TGAGTCGGGTTCA1173
OIF007_1542_1569_FAGCTTAAACAAOIF007_1656_1680_RCTTACCTGGCA
GATTGC
1166AB_MLST-11-TTGCCAATGAT684AB_MLST-11-TGAGTCGGGTTCA1173
OIF007_1566_1593_FATTCGTTGGTTOIF007_1656_1680_RCTTTACCTGGCA
AGCAAG
1167AB_MLST-11-TCGGCGAAATC375AB_MLST-11-TACCGGAAGCACC890
OIF007_1611_1638_FCGTATTCCTGAOIF007_1731_1757_RAGCGACATTAATA
AAATGAG
1168AB_MLST-11-TACCACTATTA182AB_MLST-11-TGCAACTGAATAG1195
OIF007_1726_1752_FATGTCGCTGGTOIF007_1790_1821_RATTGCAGTAAGTT
GCTTCATAAGC
1169AB_MLST-11-TTATAACTTAC656AB_MLST-11-TGAATTATGCAAG1151
OIF007_1792_1826_FTGCAATCTATTOIF007_1876_1909_RAAGTGATCAATTT
CAGTTGCTGTCTCACGA
GTG
1170AB_MLST-11-TTATAACTTAC656AB_MLST-11-TGCCGTAACTAAC1224
OIF007_1792_1826_FTGCAATCTATTOIF007_1895_1927_RATAAGAGAATTAT
CAGTTGCTTGGGCAAGAA
TG
1171AB_MLST-11-TGGTTATGTAC618AB_MLST-11-TGACGGCATCGA1157
OIF007_1970_2002_FCAAATACTTTGOIF007_2097_2118_RACCACCGTC
TCTGAAGAGG
1172RNASEP_BRM_461_488_FTAAACCCCATC147RNASEP_BRM_542_561_2_RTGCCTCGTGCAAC1228
GGGAGCAAGACCCACCCG
CGAATA
2000CTXB_NC002505_46_70_FTCAGCGTATGC278CTSB_NC002505_132_162_RTCCGGCTAGAGAT1039
ACATGGAACTCTCTGTATACGAC
CTCAATATC
2001FUR_NC002505_87_113_FTGAGTGCCAAC465FUR_NC002505_205_228_RTCCGCCTTCAAAA1037
ATATCAGTGCTTGGTGGCGAGT
GAAGA
2002FUR_NC002505_87_113_FTGAGTGCCAAC465FUR_NC002505_178_205_RTCACGATACCTGC974
ATATCAGTGCTATCATCAAATTG
GAAGAGTT
2003GAPA_NC002505_533_560_FTCGACAACACC356GAPA_NC002505_646_671_RTCAGAATCGATGC980
ATTATCTATGGCAAATGCGTCATC
2004GAPA_NC002505_505_19_721_FTCAATGAACGA259GAPA_NC002505_769_798_RTCCTCTATGCAAC1046
CCAACAAGTGATTAGTATCAACA
TTGATGGAAT
2005GAPA_NC002505_753_782_FTGCTAGTCAAT517GAPA_NC002505_856_881_RTCCATCGCAGTCA1011
CTATCATTCCGCGTTTACTGTTGG
GTTGATAC
2006GYRB_NC002505_2_32_FTGCCGGACAAT501GYRB_NC002505_109_134_RTCCACCACCTCAA1003
TACGATTCATCAGACCATGTGGTG
GAGTATTAA
2007GYRB_NC002505_123_152_FTGAGGTGGTGG460GYRB_NC002505_199_225_RTCCGTCATCGCTG1042
ATAACTCAATTACAGAAACTGAGT
GATGAAGCT
2008GYRB_NC002505_768_794_FTATGCAGTGGA236GYRB_NC002505_832_860_RTGGAAACCGGCTA1262
ACGATGGTTTCAGTGAGTACCACC
CAAGAATC
2009GYRB_NC002505_837_860_FTGGTACTCACT603GYRB_NC002505_937_957_RTCCTTCACGCGCA1054
TAGCGGGTTTTCATCACC
CG
2010GYRB_NC002505_934_956_FTCGGGTGATGA377GYRB_NC002505_982_1007_RTGGCTTGAGAATT1283
TGCGCGTGAAGTAGGATCCGGCAC
G
2011GYRB_NC002505_1161_1190_FTAAAGCCCGTG148GYRB_NC002505_1255_1284_RTGAGTCACCCTCC1172
AAATGACTCGTACAATGTATAGTT
CGTAAAGGCAGA
2012OMPU_NC002505_275_110_FTACGCTGACGG190OMPU_NC002505_154_180_RTGCTTCAGCACGG1254
AATCAACCAAACCACCAACTTCTA
GCGGG
2013OMPU_NC002505_258_283_FTGACGGCCTAT451OMPU_NC002505_346_369_RTCCGAGACCAGCG1033
ACGGTGTTGGTTAGGTGTAACG
TTCT
2014OMPU_NC002505_431_455_FTCACCGATATC266OMPU_NC002505_544_567_RTCGGTCAGCAAAA1094
ATGGCTTACCACGGTAGCTTGC
CGG
2015OMPU_NC002505_533_557_FTAGGCGTGAAA223OMPU_NC002505_625_651_RTAGAGAGTAGCCA908
GCAAGCTACCGTCTTCACCGTTGT
TTTC
2016OMPU_NC002505_689_713_FTAGGTGCTGGT224OMPU_NC002505_725_751_RTGGGGTAAGACGC1291
TACGCAGATCAGGCTAGCATGTAT
AGAT
2017OMPU_NC002505_727_747_FTACATGCTAGC181OMPU_NC002505_811_835_RTAGCAGCTAGCTC911
CGCGTCTTACGTAACCAGTGTA
2018OMPU_NC002505_931_953_FTACTACTTCAA193OMPU_NC002505_1033_1053_RTTAGAAGTCGTAA1368
GCCGAACTTCCCGTGGACC
G
2019OMPU_NC002505_927_953_FTACTTACTACT197OMPU_NC002505_1033_1054_RTGGTTAGAAGTCG1307
TCAAGCCGAACTAACGTGGACC
TTCCG
2020TCPA_NC002505_48_73_FTCACGATAAGA269TCPA_NC002505_148_170_RTTCTGCGAATCAA1391
AAACCGGTCAATCGCACGCTG
GAGG
2021TDH_NC004605_265_289_FTGGCTGACATC574TDH_NC004605_357_386_RTGTTGAAGCTGTA1351
CTACATGACTGCTTGACCTGATTT
TGATACG
2022VVHA_NC004460_772_802_FTCTTATTCCAA412VVHA_NC004460_862_886_RTACCAAAGCGTGC887
CTTCAAACCGAACGATAGTTGAG
ACTATGACG
202323S_EC_2643_2667_FTGCCTGTTCTT50823S_EC_2746_2770_RTGGGTTTCGCGCT1297
AGTACGAGAGGAGATGCTTTCA
ACC
202416S_EC_713_732_TMOD_FTAGAACACCCG20216S_EC_789_811_RTGCGTGGACTAC1240
ATGGCGAAGGCAGGGTATCTA
202516S_EC_784_806_FTGGATTAGAGA56016S_EC_880_897_TMOD_RTGGCCGTACTCCC1278
CCCTGGTAGTCCAGGCG
C
202616S_EC_959_981_FTGTCGATGCAA63416S_EC_1052_1074_RTACGAGCTGACGA896
CGCGAAGAACCCAGCCATGCA
T
2027TUFB_EC_956_979_FTGCACACGCCG489TUFB_EC_1034_1058_2_RTGCATCACCATTT1204
TTCTTCAACAACCTTGTCCTTCG
CT
2028RPOC_EC_2146_2174_TMOD_FTCAGGAGTCGT284RPOC_EC_2227_2249_RTGCTAGGCCATCA1244
TCAACTCGATCGGCCACGCAT
TACATGAT
2029RPOB_EC_1841_1866_FTGGTTATCGCT617RPOB_EC_1909_1929_TMOD_RTGCTGGATTCGCC1250
CAGGCGAACTCTTTGCTACG
CAAC
2030RPLB_EC_650_679_TMOD_FTGACCTACAGT449RPLB_EC_739_763_RTGCCAAGTGCTGG1208
AAGAGGTTCTGTTTACCCCATGG
AATGAACC
2031RPLB_EC_690_710_FTCCACACGGTG309RPLB_EC_737_760_RTGGGTGCTGGTTT1295
GTGGTGAAGGACCCCATGGAG
2032INFB_EC_1366_1393_FTCTCGTGGTGC397INFB_EC_1439_1469_RTGTGCTGCTTTCG1335
ACAAGTAACGGCATGGTTAATTGC
ATATTATTCAA
2033VALS_EC_1105_1124_TMOD_FTCGTGGCGGCG385VALS_EC_1195_1219_RTGGGTACGAACTG1292
TGGTTATCGAGATGTCGCCGTT
2034SSPE_BA_113_137_FTGCAAGCAAAC482SSPE_BA_197_222_TMOD_RTTGCACGTCTGTT1402
GCACAATCAGATCAGTTGCAAATT
AGCC
2035RPOC_EC_2218_2241_TMOD_FTCTGGCAGGTA405RPOC_EC_2313_2338_RTGGCACCGTGGGT1273
TGCGTTGTCTGTGAGATGAAGTAC
ATG
2056MECI-NC003923-TTTACACATAT698MECI-NC003923-41798-TTGTGATATGGAG1420
41798-41609_33_60_FCGTGAGCAATG41609_86_113_RGTGTAGAAGGTGT
AACTGATA
2057AGR-III_NC003923-TCACCAGTTTG263AGR-III_NC003923-ACCTGCATCCCTA730
2108074-CCACGTATCTT2108074-AACGTACTTGC
2109508_1_23_FCAA2109507_56_79_R
2058AGR-III_NC003923-TGAGCTTTTAG457AGR-III_NC003923-TACTTCAGCTTCG906
2108074-TTGACTTTTTC2108074-TCCAATAAAAAAT
2109507_569_596_FAACAGC2109507_622_653_RCACAAT
2059AGR-III_NC003923-TTTCACACAGC701AGR-III_NC003923-TGTAGGCAAGTGC1319
2108074-GTGTTTATAGT2108074-ATAAGAAATTGAT
2109507_1024_1052_FTCTACCA2109507_1070_1098_RACA
2060AGR-TGGTGACTTCA610AGR-TCCCCATTAATAA1021
I_AJ617706_622_651_FTAATGGATGAAI_AJ617706_694_726_RTTCCACCTACTAT
GTTGAAGTCACACT
2061AGR-TGGGATTTTAA579AGR-TGGTACTTCAACT1302
I_AJ617706_580_611_FAAAACATTGGTI_AJ617706_626_655_RTCATCCATTATGA
AACATCGCAGAGTC
2062AGR-II_NC002745-TCTTGCAGCAG415AGR-II_NC002745-TTGTTTATTGTTT1424
2079448-TTTATTTGATG2079448-CCATATGCTACAC
2080879_620_651_FAACCTAAAGT2080879_700_731_RACTTTC
2063AGR-II_NC002745-TGTACCCGCTG624AGR-II_NC002745-TCGCCATAGCTAA1077
2079448-AATTAACGAAT2079448-GTTGTTTATTGTT
2080879_649_679_FTTATACGAC2080879_715_745_RTCCAT
2064AGR-TGGTATTCTAT606AGR-TGCGCTATCAACG1233
IV_AJ617711_931_961_FTTTGCTGATAAIV_AJ617711_1004_1035_RATTTTGACAATAT
TGACCTCGCATGTGA
2065AGR-TGGCACTCTTG562AGR-TCCCATACCTATG1017
IV_AJ617711_250_283_FCCTTTAATATTIV_AJ617711_309_335_RGCGATAACTGTCA
AGTAAACTATCT
A
2066BLAZ_NC002952TCCACTTATCG312BLAZ_NC002952TGGCCACTTTTAT1277
(1913827 . . .CAAATGGAAAA(1913827 . . .CAGCAACCTTACA
1914672)_68_68_FTTAAGCAA1914672)_68_68_RGTC
2067BLAZ_NC002952TGCACTTATCG494BLAZ_NC002952TAGTCTTTTGGAA926
(1913827 . . .CAAATGGAAAA(1913827 . . .CACCGTCTTTAAT
1914672)_68_68_2_F1914672)_68_68_2_RTAAAGT
2068BLAZ_NC002952TGATACTTCAA467BLAZ_NC002952TGGAACACCGTCT1263
(1913827 . . .CGCCTGCTGCT(1913827 . . .TTAATTAAAGTAT
1914672)_68_68_3_FTTC1914672_68_68_3_FCTCC
2069BLAZ_NC002952TATACTTCAAC232BLAZ_NC002952TCTTTTCTTTGCT1145
(1913827 . . .GCCTGCTGCTT(1913827 . . .TAATTTTCCATTT
1914672)_68_68_4_FTC1914672)_68_68_4_RGCGAT
2070BLAZ_NC002952TGCAATTGCTT487BLAZ_NC002952TTACTTCCTTACC1366
(1913827 . . .TAGTTTTAAGT(1913827 . . .ACTTTTAGTATCT
1914672)_1_33_FGCATGTAATTC1914672)_34_67_RAAAGCATA
2071BLAZ_NC002952TCCTTGCTTTA351BLAZ_NC002952TGGGGACTTCCTT1289
(1913827 . . .GTTTTAAGTGC(1913827 . . .ACCACTTTTAGTA
1914672)_3_34_FATGTAATTCAA1914672)_40_68_RTCTAA
2072BSA-A_NC003923-TAGCGAATGTG214BSA-A_NC003923-TGCAAGGGAAACC1197
1304065-GCTTTACTTCA1304065-TAGAATTACAAAC
1303589_99_125_FCAATT1303589_165_193_R
2073BSA-A_NC003923-ATCAATTTGGT32BSA-A_NC003923-TGCATAGGAAGG1203
1304065-GGCCAAGAAC1304065-TAACACCATAGTT
1303589_194_218_FCTGG1303589_253_278_R
2074BSA-A_NC003923-TTGACTGCGGC679BSA-A_NC003923-TAACAACGTTACC856
1304065-ACAACACGGAT1304065-TTCGCGATCCACT
1303589_328_349_F1303589_388_415_R
2075BSA-A_NC003923-TGCTATGGTGT519BSA-A_NC003923-TGTTGTGCCGCAG1353
1304065-TACCTTCCCTA1304065-TCAAATATCTAAAT
1303589_253_278_FTGCA1303589_317_344_R
2076BSA-B_NC003923-TAGCAACAAAT209BSA-B_NC003923-TGTGAAGAACTTT1331
1917149-ATATCTGAAGC1917149-CAAATCTGTGAAT
1914156_953_982_FAGCGTACT1914156_1011_1039_RCCA
2077BSA-B_NC003923-TGAAAAGTATG426BSA-B_NC003923-TCTTCTTGAAAAA1138
1917149-GATTTGAACAA1917149-TTGTTGTCCCGAA
1914156_1050_1081_FCTCGTGAATA1914156_1109_1136_RAC
2078BSA-B_NC003923-TCATTATCATG300BSA-B_NC003923-TGGACTAATAACA1267
1917149-CGCCAATGAGT1917149-ATGAGCTCATTGT
1914156_1260_1286_FGCAGA1914156_1323_1353_RACTGA
2079BSA-B_NC003923-TTTCATCTTAT703BSA-B_NC003923-TGAATATGTAATG1148
1917149-CGAGGACCCGA1917149-CAAACCAGTCTTT
1914156_2126_2153_FATCGA1914156_2186_2216_RGTCAT
2080ERMA_NC002952-TCGCTATCTTA372ERMA_NC002952-TGAGTCTACACTT1174
55890-TCGTTGAGAAG55890-AGGCTTAGGATGA
56621_366_392_FGGATT56621_487_513_RA
2081ERMA_NC002952-TAGCTATCTTA217ERMA_NC002952-TGAGCATTTTTAT1167
55890-TCGTTGAGAAG55890-ATCCATCTCCACC
56621_366_395_FGGATTTGC56621_438_465_RAT
2082ERMA_NC002952-TGATCGTTGAG470ERMA_NC002952-TCTTGGCTTAGGA1143
55890-AAGGGATTTGC55890-TGAAAATATAGTG
56621_374_402_FGAAAAGA56621_473_504_RGTGGTA
2083ERMA_NC002952-TGCAAAATCTG480ERMA_NC002952-TCAATACAGAGTC964
55890-CAACGAGCTTT55890-TACACTTGGCTTA
56621_404_427_FGG56621_491_520_RGGAT
2084ERMA_NC002952-TCATCCTAAGC297ERMA_NC002952-TGGACGATATTCA1266
55890-CAAGTGTAGAC55890-CGGTTTACCCACT
56621_489_516_FTCTGTA56621_586_615_RTATA
2085ERMA_NC002952-TATAAGTGGGT231ERMA_NC002952-TTGACATTTGCA1397
55890-AAACCGTGAAT55890-TGCTTCAAAGCCT
56621_586_614_FATCGTGT56621_640_665_RG
2086ERMC_NC005908-TCTGAACATGA399ERMC_NC005908-TCCGTAGTTTTG1041
2004-TAATATCTTTG2004-CATAATTATGGT
2738_85_116_FAAATCGGCTC2738_173_206_RCTATTTCAA
2087ERMC_NC005908-TCATGATAATA298ERMC_NC005908-TTTATGGTCTAT1429
2004-TCTTTGAAATC2004-TTCAATGGCAGTT
2738_90_120_FGGCTCAGGA2738_460_189_RACGAA
2088ERMC_NC005908-TCAGGAAAAGG283ERMC_NC005908-TATGGTCTATTT936
2004-GCATTTTACCC2004-CAATGGCAGTTAC
2738_115_139_FTTG2738_161_187_RGA
2089ERMC_NC005908-TAATCGTGGAA168ERMC_NC005908-TCAACTTCTGCC956
2004-TACGGGTTTGC2004-ATTAAAAGTAATG
2738_374_397_FTA2738_325_452_RCCA
2090ERMC_NC005908-TCTTTGAAATC421ERMC_NC005908-TGATGGTCTATT1185
2004-GGCTCAGGAAA2004-TCAATGGCAGTTA
2738_101_125_FAGG2738_159_188_RCGAAA
2091ERMB_Y13600-625-TGTTGGGAGTA644ERMB_Y13600-625-TCAACAATCAGA953
1362_291_321_FTTCCTTACCAT1362_352_380_RTAGATGTCAGACG
TTAAGCACACATG
2092ERMB_Y13600-625-TGGAAAGCCAT536ERMB_Y13600-625-TGCAAGAGCAAC1196
1362_344_367_FGCGTCTGACAT1362_415_437_RCCTAGTGTTCG
2093ERMB_Y13600-625-TGGATATTCAC556ERMB_Y13600-625-TAGGATGAAAGC919
1363_404_429_FCGAACACTAGG1362_471_493_RATTCCGCTGGC
2094ERMB_Y13600-625-TAAGCTGCCAG161ERMB_Y13600-625-TCATTCTGTGGTA989
1362_465_487_FCGGAATGCTTT1362_521_545_RTGGCGGGTAAGTT
C
2095PVLUK_NC003923-TGAGCTGCATC456PVLUK_NC003923-TGGAAAACTCAT1261
1529595-ACTGTATTGGA1529595-GAAATTAAAGTGA
1531285_688_713_FTAG1531285_775_804_RAAGGA
2096PVLUK_NC003923-TGGAACAAAAT539PVLUK_NC003923-TCATTAGGTAAAA993
1529595-AGTCTCTCGGA1529595-TGTCTGGACATG
1531285_1039_1068_FTTTTGACT1531285_1095_1125_RATCCAA
2097PVLUK_NC003923-TGAGTAACATC461PVLUK_NC003923-TCTCATGAAAAAG1124
1529595-CATATTTCTGC1529595-GCTCAGGAGATAC
1531285_908_936_FCATACGT1531285_950_978_RAAG
2098PVLUK_NC003923-TCGGAATCTGA373PVLUK_NC003923-TCACACCTGTAAG968
1529595-TGTTCAGTTGT1529595-TGAGAAAAAGGTT
1531285_610_633_FTT1531285_654_682_RTGAT
2099SA442_NC003923-TGTCGGTACAC635SA442_NC003923-TTTCCGATCAAC1433
2538576-GATATTCTTCA2538576-GTAATGAGATTTC
25388311_35_FCGA2538831_98_124_RA
2100SA442_NC003923-TGAAATCTCAT427SA442_NC003923-TCGTATGACCAGC1098
2538576-TACGTTGCATC2538576-TTCGGTACTACTA
2538831_98_124_FG2538831_163_188_R
2101SA442_NC003923-TCTCATTACGT395SA442_NC003923-TTTATGACCAGCT1428
2538576-TGCATCGGAAA2538576-TCGGTACTACTAA
2538831_103_126_FCA2538831_161_187_RA
2102SA442_NC003923-TAGTACCGAAG226SA442_NC003923-TGATAATGAAGGG1179
2538576-CTGGTCATACG2538576-AAACCTTTTTCAC
2538831_166_188_FAG
2538831_231_257_R
2103SEA_NC003923-TGCAGGGAACA495SEA_NC003923-TCGATCGTGACTC1070
2052219-GCTTTAGGCA2052219-TCTTTATTTTCAG
2051456_115_135_F2051456_173_200_RTT
2104SEA_NC003923-TAACTCTGATG156SEA_NC003923-TGTAATTAACCGA1315
2052219-TTTTTGATGGG2052219-AGGTTCTGTAGA
2051456_572_598_FAAGGT2051456_621_651_RGTATG
2105SEA_NC003923-TGTATGGTGGT629SEA_NC003923-TAACCGTTTCCA861
2052219-GTAACGTTACA2052219-AGGTACTGTATTT
2051456_382_414_FTGATAATAAT2051456_464_492_RTGT
C
2106SEA_NC003923-TTGTATGTATG695SEA_NC003923-TAACCGTTTCCAA862
2052219-GTGGTGTAACG2052219-AGGTACTGTATTT
2051456_377_406_FTTACATGA2051456_459_492_RTGTTTACC
2107SEB_NC002758-TTTCACATGTA702SEB_NC002758-TCATCTGGTTTAG988
2135540-ATTTTGATATT2135540-GATCTGGTTGACT
2135140_208_137_FCGCACTGA2135140_273_298_R
2108SEB_NC002758-TATTTCACATG244SEB_NC002758-TGCAACTCATCTG1194
2135540-TAATTTTGATA2135540-GTTAGGATCT
2135140_106_235_FTTCGCACT2135140_281_304_R
2109SEB_NC002758-TAACAACTCGC151SEB_NC002758-TGTGCAGGCATCA1334
2135540-CTTATGAAACG2135540-TGTCATACCAA
2135140_402_402_FGGATATA2135140_402_402_R
2110SEB_NC002758-TTGTATGTATG696SEB_NC002758-TTACCATCTTCAA1361
2135540-GTGGTGTAACT2135540-ATACCCGAACAG
2135140_402_402_2_FGAGCA2135140_402_402_2_R
2111SEC_NC003923-TTAACATGAAG648SEC_NC003923-TGAGTTTGCACTT1177
851678-GAAACCACTTT851678-CAAAAGAAATTGT
852768_546_575_FGATAATGG852768_620_647_RGT
2112SEC_NC003923-TGGAATAACAA546SEC_NC003923-TCAGTTTGCACTT985
851678-AACATGAAGGA851678-CAAAAGAAATTGT
852768_537_566_FAACCACTT852768_619_647_RGTT
2113SEC_NC003923-TGAGTTTAACA466SEC_NC003923-TCGCCTGGTGCAG1078
851678-GTTCACCATAT851678-GCATCATAT
852768_720_749_FGAAACAGG852768_794_815_R
2114SEC_NC003923-TGGTATGATAT604SEC_NC003923-TCTTCACACTTTT1133
851678-GATGCCTGCAC851678-AGAATCAACCGTT
852768_787_810_FCA852768_853_886_RTTATTGTC
2115SED_M28521_657_TGGTGGTGAAA615SED_M28521_TGTACACCATTTA1318
682_FTAGATAGGACT741_770_RTCCACAAATTGAT
GCTTTGGT
2116SED_M28521_TGGAGGTGTCA554SED_M28521_TGGGCACCATTTA1288
690_711_FACTCCACACGA739_770_RTCCACAAATTGAT
ATGGTAT
2117SED_M28521_TTGCACAAGCA683SED_M28521_TCGCGCTGTATTT1079
833_854_FAGGCGCTATTT888_911_RTTCCTCCGAGA
2118SED_M28521_TGGATGTTAAG559SED_M28521_TGTCAATATGAAG1320
962_987_FGGTGATTTTCC1022_1048_RGTGCTCTGTGGAT
CGAAA
2119SEA-SEE_NC002952-TTTACACTACT699SEA-SEE_NC002952-TCATTTATTTCTT994
2131289-TTTATTCATTG2131289-CGCTTTTCTGCT
2130703_16_45_FCCCTAACG2130703_71_98_RAC
2120SEA-SEE_NC002952-TGATCATCCGT469SEA-SEE_NC002952-TAAGCACCATATA870
2131289-GGTATAACGAT2131289-AGTCTACTTTTTC
2130703_249_278_FTTATTAGT2130703_314_344_RCCCTT
2121SEE_NC002952-TGACATGATAA445SEE_NC002952-TCTATAGGTACT1120
2131289-TAACCGATTGA2131289-GTAGTTTGTTTTC
2130703_409_437_FCCGAAGA2130703_485_494_RCGTCT
2122SEE_NC002952-TGTTCAAGAGC640SEE_NC002952-TTTGCACCTTAC1436
2131289-TAGATCTTCAG2131289-CGCCAAAGCT
2130703_525_550_FGCAA2130703588_588_R
2123SEE_NC002952-TGTTCAAGAGC639SEE_NC002952-TACCTTACCGCC892
2131289-TAGATCTTCAG2131289-AAAGCTGTCT
2130703_525_549_FGCA2130703_588_586_2_R
2124SEE_NC002952-TCTGGAGGCAC403SEE_NC002952-TCCGTCTATCCA1043
2131289-ACCAAATAAAA2131289-CAAGTTAATTGGT
2130703_381_384_FCA2130703_444_471_RACT
2125SEG_NC002758-TGCTCAACCCG520SEG_NC002758-TAACTCCTCTTCC863
1955100-ATCCTAAATTA1955100-TTCAACAGGTGGA
1954171_225_251_FGACGA1954171_321_348_R
2126SEG_NC002758-TGGACAATAGA548SEG_NC002758-TGCTTTGTAATC1260
1955100-CAATCACCTTG1955100-AGTTCCTGAATAG
1954171_623_851_FGATTTACA1954171_871_702_RTAACCA
2127SEG_NC002758-TGGAGGTTGTT555SEG_NC002758-TGTCTATTGTCGA1329
1955100-GTATGTATGG1955100-ATTGTTACCTGTA
1954171_540_584_FTGTT1954171_607_635_RCAGT
2128SEG_NC002758-TACAAAGCAAG173SEG_NC002758-TGATTCAAATGCA1187
1955100-ACACTGGCTC1955100-GAACCATCAAACT
1954171_694_718_FACTA1954171_735_782_RCG
2129SEH_NC002953-TTGCAACTGCT682SEH_NC002953-TAGTGTTGTACCT927
60024-GATTTAGCTCA60024-CCATATAGACATT
60977_449_472_FGA60977_547_578_RCAGA
2130SEH_NC002953-TAGAAATCAAG201SEH_NC002953-TTCTGAGCTAAAT1390
60024-GTGATAGTGGC60024-ACAGCAGTTGC
60977_408_434_FAAATGA60977_450_473_R
2131SEH_NC002953-TCTGAARTGTC400SEH_NC002953-TACCATCTACCC888
60024-TATATGGAGGT60024-AACATTAGCACCA
60977_547_576_FACAACACTA60977_608_634_RA
2132SEH_NC002953-TTCTGAATGTC677SEH_NC002953-TAGCACCAATCAC909
60024-TATATGGAGGT60024-CCTTTCCTGT
60977_546_575_FACAACACT60977_594_616_R
2133SEI_NC002758-TCAACTCGAAT253SEI_NC002758-TCACAAGGACCAT966
1957830-TTTCAACAGGT1957830-TATAATCAATGCC
1956949_324_349_FACCA1956949_419_448_RAA
2134SEI_NC002758-TTCAACAGGTA666SEI_NC002758-TGTACAAGGACCA1316
1957830-CCAATGATTTG1957830-TTATAATCAATGC
1956949_336_363_FATCTCA1958949_420_447_RCA
2135SEI_NC002758-TGATCTCAGAA471SEI_NC002758-TCTGGCCCCTCCA1129
1957830-TCTAATAATTG1957830-TACATGTATTTAG
1956949_356_384_FGGACGAA1958949_449_474_R
2136SEI_NC002758-TCTCAAGGTGA394SEI_NC002758-TGGGTAGGTTTTT1293
1957830-TATTGGTGTAG1957830-ATCTGTGACGCCT
1956949_223_253_FGTAACTTAA1958949_290_316_RT
2137SEJ_AF053140-TGTGGAGTAAC637SEJ_AF053140-TCTAGCGGAACAA1118
1307_1332_FACTGCATGAAA1381_1404_RCAGTTCTGATG
ACAA
2138SEJ_AF053140-TAGCATCAGAA211SEJ_AF053140-TCCTGAAGATCTA1049
1378_1403_FCTGTTGTTCCG1429_1458_RGTTCTTGAATGGT
CTAGTACT
2139SEJ_AF053140-TAACCATTCAA153SEJ_AF053140-TAGTCCTTTCTGA925
1431_1459_FGAACTAGATCT1500_1531_RATTTACCATCAA
TCAGGCAAGGTAC
2140SEJ_AF053140-TCATTCAAGAA301SEJ_AF053140-TCAGGTATGAAAC984
1434_1461_FCTAGATCTTCA1521_1549_RACGATTAGTCCTT
GGCAAGTCT
2141TSST_NC002758-TGGTTTAGATA619TSST_NC002758-TGTAAAAGCAGGG1312
2137564-ATTCTTTAGGA2137564-CTATAATAAGGAC
2138293_206_236_FTCTATGCGT2138293_278_305_RTC
2142TSST_NC002758-TGCGTATAAAA514TSST_NC002758-TGCCCTTTTGTAA1221
2137564-AACACAGATGG2137564-AAGCAGGGCTAT
2138293_232_258_FCAGCA2138293_289_313_R
2143TSST_NC002758-TCCAAATAAGT304TSST_NC002758-TACTTTAAGGGGC907
2137564-GGCGTTACAAA2137564-TATCTTTACCATG
2138293_382_410_FTACTGAAA2138293_448_478_RAACCT
2144TSST_NC002758-TCTTTTACAAA423TSST_NC002758-TAAGTTCCTTCGC874
2137564-AGGGGAAAAG2137564-TAGTATGTTGGCT
2138293_297_325_FTTGACTT2138293_347_373_RT
2145ARCC_NC003923-TCGCCGGCAAT368ARCC_NC003923-TGAGTTAAAATGC1175
2725050-GCCATTGGATA2725050-GATTGATTTCAGT
2724595_37_58_F2724595_97_128_R
2146ARCC_NC003923-TGAATAGTGAT437ARCC_NC003923-TCTTCTTCTTCG1137
2725050-AGAACTGTAGG2725050-TATAAAAAGGACC
2724595_131_161_FCACAATCGT2724595_214_245_RAATTGG
2147ARCC_NC003923-TTGGTCCTTTT691ARCC_NC003923-TGGTGTTCTAGTA1306
2725050-TATACGAAAGA2725050-TAGATTGAGGTAG
2724595_218_249_FAGAAGTTGAA2724595_322_353_RTGGTGA
2148AROE_NC003923-TTGCGAATAGA686AROE_NC003923-TCGAATTCAGCTA1064
1674726-ACGATGGCTCG1674726-AATACTTTTCAGC
1674277_371_393_FT1674277_435_464_RATCT
2149AROE_NC003923-TGGGGCTTTAA590AROE_NC003923-TACCTGCATTAAT891
1674726-ATATTCCAATT1674726-CGCTTGTTCATCA
1674277_30_62_FGAAGATTTTCA1674277_155_181_RA
2150AROE_NC003923-TGATGGCAAGT474AROE_NC003923-TAAGCAATACCTT869
1674726-GGATAGGGTAT1674726-TACTTGCACCACC
1674277_204_232_FAATACAG1674277_308_335_RTTG
2151GLPF_NC003923-TGCACCGGCTA491GLPF_NC003923-TGCAACAATTAAT1193
1296927-TTAAGAATTAC1296927-GCTCCGACAATTA
297391_270_301_FTTTGCCAACT1297391_382_414_RAAGGATT
2152GLPF_NC003923-TGGATGGGGAT558GLPF_NC003923-TAAAGACACCGCT850
1296927-TAGCGGTTACA1296927-GGGTTTAAATGTG
1297391_27_51_FATG1297391_81_108_RCA
2153GLPF_NC003923-TAGCTGGCGCG218GLPF_NC003923-TCACCGATAAATA972
1296927-AAATTAGGTGT1296927-AAATACCTAAAGT
1297391_239_260_F1297391_323_359_RTAATGCCATTG
2154GMK_NC003923-TACTTTTTTAA200GMK_NC003923-TGATATTGAACTG1180
1190906-AACTAGGGATG1190906-GTGTACCATAATA
119334_91_122_FCGTTTGAAGC1191334_166_197_RGTTGCC
2155GMK_NC003923-TGAAGTAGAAG435GMK_NC003923-TCGCTCTCTCAAG1082
1190906-GTGCAAAGCAA1190906-TGATCTAAACTTG
1191334_240_267_FGTTAGA1191334_305_333_RGAG
2156GMK_NC003923-TCACCTCCAAG268GMK_NC003923-TGGGACGTAATCG1284
1190906-TTTAGATCACT1190906-TATAAATTCATCA
1191334_301_329_FTGAGAGA1191334_403_432_RTTTC
2157PTA_NC003923-TCTTGTTTATG418PTA_NC003923-TGGTACACCTGGT1301
628885-CTGGTAAAGCA628885-TTCGTTTTGATGA
629355_237_263_FGATGG629355_314_345_RTTTGTA
2158PTA_NC003923-TGAATTAGTTC439PTA_NC003923-TGCATTGTACCGA1207
628885-AATCATTTGTT628885-AGTAGTTCACATT
629355_141_171_FGAACGACGT629355_211_239_RGTT
2159PTA_NC003923-TCCAAACCAGG303PTA_NC003923-TGTTCTGGATTGA1349
628885-TGTATCAAGAA628885-TTGCACAATCACC
629355_328_356_FCATCAGG629355_393_422_RAAAG
2160TPI_NC003923-TGCAAGTTAAG486TPI_NC003923-TGAGATGTTGATG1165
830671-AAAGCTGTTGC830671-ATTACCAGTTCC
831072_131_160_FAGGTTTAT831072_209_239_RGATTG
2161TPI_NC003923-TCCCACGAAAC318TPI_NC003923-TGGTACAACATCG1300
830671-AGATGAAGAAA830671-TTAGCTTTACCAC
831072_1_34_FTTAACAAAAAA831072_97_129_RTTTCACG
G
2162TPI_NC003923-TCAAACTGGGC246TPI_NC003923-TGGCAGCAATAGT1275
830671-AATCGGAACTG830671-TTGACGTACAAAT
831072_199_227_FGTAAATC831072_253_286_RGCACACAT
2163YQI_NC003923-TGAATTGCTGC440YQI_NC003923-TCGCCAGCTAGCA1076
378916-TATGAAAGGTG378916-CGATGTCATTTTC
379431_142_167_FGCTT379431_259_284_R
2164YQI_NC003923-TACAACATATT175YQI_NC003923-TTCGTGCTGGATT1388
378916-ATTAAAGAGAC378916-TTGTCCTTGTCCT
379431_44_77_FGGGTTTGAATC379431_120_145_R
C
2165YQI_NC003923-TCCAGCACGAA314YQI_NC003923-TCCAACCCAGAAC997
378916-TTGCTGCTATG378916-CACATACTTTATT
379431_135_160_FAAAG379431_193_221_RCAC
2166YQI_NC003923-TAGCTGGCGGT219YQI_NC003923-TCCATCTGTTAAA1013
378916-ATGGAGAATAT378916-CCATCATATACCA
379431_275_300_FGTCT379431_364_396_RTGCTATC
2167BLAZ_TCCACTTATCG312BLAZ_TGGCCACTTTTAT1277
(1913827 . . .CAAATGGAAAA(1913827 . . .CAGCAACCTTACA
1914672)_546_TTAAGCAA1914672)_655_GTC
575_F683_R
2168BLAZ_TGCACTTATCG494BLAZ_TAGTCTTTTGGAA926
(1913827 . . .CAAATGGAAAA(1913827 . . .CACCGTCTTTAAT
1914672)_546_TTAAGCAA1914672)_628_TAAAGT
575_2_F659_R
2169BLAZ_TGATACTTCAA467BLAZ_TGGAACACCGTCT1263
(1913827 . . .CGCCTGCTGCT(1913827 . . .TTAATTAAAGTAT
1914672)_507_TTC1914672)_622_CTCC
531_F651_R
2170BLAZ_TATACTTCAAC232BLAZ_TCTTTTCTTGCT1145
(1913827 . . .GCCTGCTGCTT1913827 . . .TAATTTTCCATTT
1914672)_508_TC1914672)_553_GCGAT
531_F583_R
2171BLAZ_TGCAATTGCTT487BLAZ_TTACTTCCTTACC1366
(1913827 . . .TAGTTTTAAGT(1913827 . . .CTTTTAGTATCT
1914672)_24_GCATGTAATTC1914672)_121_AAAGCATA
56_F154_R
2172BLAZ_TCCTTGCTTTA351BLAZ_TGGGGACTTCCTT1289
(1913827 . . . 1914672)_GTTTTAAGTGC(1913827 . . . 1914672)_ACCACTTTTAGTA
26_58_FATGTAATTCAA127_157_RTCTAA
2173BLAZ_NC002952-TCCACTTATCG312BLAZ_NC002952-TGGCCACTTTTAT1277
1913827-CAAATGGAAAA1913827-CAGCAACCTTACA
1914672_546_575_FTTAAGCAA1914672_655_683_RGTC
2174BLAZ_NC002952-TGCACTTATCG494BLAZ_NC002952-TAGTCTTTTGGAA926
1913827-CAAATGGAAAA1913827-CACCGTCTTTAAT
1914672_546_575_2_FTTAAGCAA1914672_628_659_RTAAAGT
2175BLAZ_NC002952-TGATACTTCAA467BLAZ_NC002952-TGGAACACCGTCT1263
1913827-CGCCTGCTGCT1913827-TTAATTAAAGTAT
1914672_507_531_FTTC1914672_622_651_RCTCC
2176BLAZ_NC002952-TATACTTCAAC232BLAZ_NC002952-TCTTTTCTTTGCT1145
1913827-GCCTGCTGCTT1913827-TAATTTTCCATTT
1914672_508_531_FTC1914672_553_583_RGCGAT
2177BLAZ_NC002952-TGCAATTGCTT487BLAZ_NC002952-TTACTTCCTTACC136
1913827-TAGTTTTAAGT1913827-ACTTTTAGTATCT
1914672_24_56_FGCATGTAATTC1914672_121_154_RAAAGCATA
2178BLAZ_NC002952-TCCTTGCTTTA351BLAZ_NC002952-TGGGGACTTCCTT1289
1913827-GTTTTAAGTGC1913827-ACCACTTTTAGTA
1914672_26_58_FATGTAATTCAA1914672_127_157_RTCTAA
2247TUFB_NC002758-TGTTGAACGTG643TUFB_NC002758-TGTCACCAGCTTC1321
615038-GTCAAATCAAA615038-AGCGTAGTCTAA
616222_693_721_FGTTGGTG616222_793_820_RTAA
2248TUFB_NC002758-TCGTGTTGAAC386TUFB_NC002758-TGTCACCAGCTTC1321
615038-GTGGTCAAATC615038-AGCGTAGTCTAAT
616222_690_716_FAAAGT616222_793_820_RAA
2249TUFB_NC002758-TGAACGTGGTC430TUFB_NC002758-TGTCACCAGCTTC1321
615038-AAATCAAAGTT615038-AGCGTAGTCTAAT
616222_696_725_FGGTGAAGA616222_793_820_RAA
2250TUFB_NC002758-TCCCAGGTGAC320TUFB_NC002758-TGGTTTGTCAGAA1311
615038-GATGTACCTGT615038-TCACGTTCTGGAG
616222_488_513_FAATC616222_601_630_RTTGG
2251TUFB_NC002758-TGAAGGTGGAC433TUFB_NC002758-TAGGCATAACCAT922
615038-GTCACACTCCA615038-TTCAGTACCTTCT
616222_945_972_FTTCTTC616222_1030_1060_RGGTAA
2252TUFB_NC002758-TCCAATGCCAC307TUFB_NC002758-TTCCATTTCAACT1382
615038-AAACTCGTAA615038-AATTCTAATAATT
616222_333_356_FCA616222_424_459_RCTTCATCGTC
2253NUC_NC002758-TCCTGAAGCAA342NUC_NC002758-TACGCTAAGCCAC899
894288-GTGCATTTTAC894288-GTCCATATTTATC
894974_402_424_FGA894974_483_509_RA
2254NUC_NC002758-TCCTTATAGGG349NUC_NC002758-TGTTTGTGATGCA1354
894288-ATGGCTATCAG894288-TTTGCTGAGCTA
894974_53_81_FTAATGTT894974_165_189_R
2255NUC_NC002758-TCAGCAAATGC273NUC_NC002758-TAGTTGAAGTTGC928
894288-ATCACAAACAG894288-ACTATATACTGTT
894974_169_194_FATAA894974_222_250_RGGA
2256NUC_NC002758-TACAAAGGTCA174NUC_NC002758-TAAATGCACTTGC853
894288-ACCAATGACAT894288-TTCAGGGCCATAT
894974_316_345_FTCAGACTA89474_396_421_R
2270RPOB_EC_3798_3821_1_FTGGCCAGCGCT566RPOB_EC_3868_3895_RTCACGTCGTCCGA979
TCGGTGAAATGCTTCACGGGTCAG
GACT
2271RPOB_EC_3789_3812_FTCAGTTCGGCG294RPOB_EC_3860_3890_RTCGTCGGACTTAA1107
GTCAGCGCTTCCGGTCAGCATTTC
GGCTGCA
2272RPOB_EC_3789_3812_FTCAGTTCGGCG294RPOB_EC_3860_3890_2_RTCGTCCGACTTAA1102
GTCAGCGCTTCCGGTCAGCATTTC
GGCTGCA
2273RPOB_EC_3789_3812_FTCAGTTCGGCG294RPOB_EC_3862_3890_RTCGTCGGACTTAA1106
GTCAGCGCTTCCGGTCAGCATTTC
GGCTG
2274RPOB_EC_3789_3812_FTCAGTTCGGCG294RPOB_EC_3862_3890_RTCGTCCGACTTAA1101
GTCAGCGCTTCCGGTCAGCATTTC
GGCTG
2275RPOB_EC_3793_3812_FTTCGGCGGTCA674RPOB_EC_3865_3890_RTCGTCGGACTTAA1105
GCGCTTCGGCGGTCAGCATTTC
2276RPOB_EC_3793_3812_FTTCGGCGGTCA674RPOB_EC_3865_3890_RTCGTCCGACTTAA1100
GCGCTTCGGCGGTCAGCATTTC
2309MUPR_X75439_1658_1689_FTCCTTTGATAT352MUPR_X75439_1744_1773_RTCCCTTCCTTAT1030
ATTATGCGATGATGAGAAGGAAAC
GAAGGTTGGTCACT
2310MUPR_X75439_1330_1353_FTTCCTCCTTTT669MUPR_X75439_1413_1441_RTGAGCTGGTGCTA1171
GAAAGCGACGGTATGAACAATACC
TTAGT
2312MUPR_X75439_1314_1338_FTTTCCTCCTTT704MUPR_X75439_1381_1409_RTATATGAACAATA931
TGAAAGCGACCCAGTTCCTTCTG
GGTTAGT
2313MUPR_X75439_2486_2516_FTAATTGGGCTC172MUPR_X75439_2548_2574_RTTAATCTGGCGT1360
TTTCTCGCTTAGGAAGTGAAATCG
AACACCTTAT
2314MUPR_X75439_2547_2572_FTACGATTTCAC188MUPR_X75439_2605_2630_RTCGTCCTCTCGAA1103
TTCCGCAGCCATCTCCGATATACC
GATT
2315MUPR_X75439_2666_2696_FTGCGTACAATA513MUPR_X75439_2711_2740_RTCAGATATAAATG981
CGCTTTATGAAGAACAAATGGAGC
ATTTTAACACACT
2316MUPR_X75439_2813_2843_FTAATCAAGCAT165MUPR_X75439_2867_2890_RTCTGCATTTTTGC1127
TGGAAGATGAAGAGCCTGTCTA
ATGCATACC
2317MUPR_X75439_884_914_FTGACATGGACT447MUPR_X75439_977_1007_RTGTACAATAAGGA1317
CCCCCTATATAGTCACCTTATGTC
ACTCTTGAGCCTTA
2318CTXA_NC002505-TGGTCTTATGC608CTXA_NC002505-TCGTGCCTAACAA1109
1568114-CAAGAGGACAG1568114-ATCCCGTCTGAGT
1567341_114_142_FAGTGAGT1567341_194_221_RTC
2319CTXA_NC002505-TCTTATGCCAA411CTXA_NC002505-TCGTGCCTAACAA1109
1568114-GAGGACAGAGT1568114-ATCCCGTCTGAGT
1567341_117_145_FGAGTACT1567341_194_221_RTC
2320CTXA_NC002505-TGGTCTTATGC608CTXA_NC002505-TAACAAATCCCGT855
1568114-CAAGAGGACAG1568114-CTGAGTTCCTCTT
1567341_114_142_FAGTGAGT1567341_186_214_RGCA
2321CTXA_NC002505-TCTTATGCCAA411CTXA_NC002505-TAACAAATCCGT855
1568114-GAGGACAGAGT1568114-CTGAGTTCCTCTT
1567341_117_145_FGAGTACT1567341_186_214_RGCA
2322CTXA_NC002505-AGGACAGAGTG27CTXA_NC002505-TCCCGTCTGAGTT1027
1568114-AGTACTTTGAC1568114-CCTCTTGCATGAT
1567341_129_156_FCGAGGT1567341_180_207_RCA
2323CTXA_NC002505-TGCCAAGAGGA500CTXA_NC002505-TAACAAATCCCGT855
1568114-CAGAGTGAGTA1568114-CTGAGTTCCTCTT
1567341_122_149_FCTTTGA1567341_186_214_RGCA
2324INV_U22457-74-TGCTTATTTAC530INV_U22457-74-TGACCCAAAGCT1154
3772_831_858_FCTGCACTCCCA3772_942_966_RAAAGCTTTACTG
CAACTG
2325INV_U22457-74-TGAATGCTTAT438INV_U22457-74-TAACTGACCCAAA864
3772_827_857_FTTACCTGCACT3772_942970_RGCTGAAAGCTTTA
CCCACAACTCTG
2326INV_U22457-74-TGCTGGTAACA526INV_U22457-74-TGGGTTGCGTTG1296
3772_1555_1581_FGAGCCTTATAG3772_1619_1647_RAGATTATCTTTAC
GCGCACAA
2327INV_U22457-74-TGGTAACAGAG598INV_U22457-74-TCATAAGGGTTG987
3772_1558_1585_FCCTTATAGGCG3772_1622_1652_RGTTGCAGATTATC
CATATGTTTAC
2328ASD_NC006570-TGAGGGTTTTA459ASD_NC006570-TGATTCGATCATA1188
439714-TGCTTAAAGTT439714-CGAGACATTAAA
438608_3_37_FGGTTTTATTGG438608_54_84_RCTGAGT
TT
2329ASD_NC006570-TAAAGTTGGTT149ASD_NC006570-TCAAAATCTTTTG948
439714-TTATTGGTTGG439714-ATTCGATCATACG
438608_18_45_FCGCGGA438608_66_95_RAGAC
2330ASD_NC006570-TTAAAGTTGGT647ASD_NC006570-TCCCAATCTTTTG1016
439714-TTTATTGGTTG439714-ATTCGATCATACG
438608_17_45_FGCGCGGA438608_67_95_RAGA
2331ASD_NC006570-TTTTATGCTTA709ASD_NC006570-TCTGCCTGAGATG1128
439714-AAGTTGGTTTT439714-TCGAAAAAACGT
438608_9_40_FATTGGTTGGC438608_107_134_RTG
2332GALE_AF513299_171_200_FTCAGCTAGACC280GALE_AF513299_241_271_RTCTCACCTACAGC1122
TTTTAGGTAAATTTAAAGCCAGCA
GCTAAGCTAAATG
2333GALE_AF513299_168_199_FTTATCAGCTAG658GALE_AF513299_245_271_RTCTCACCTACAG1121
ACCTTTTAGGTTTTAAAGCCAGCA
AAAGCTAAGCA
2334GALE_AF513299_168_199_FTTATCAGCTAG658GALE_AF513299_233_264_RTACAGCTTTAAAG883
ACCTTTTAGGTCCAGCAAAATGAA
AAAGCTAAGCTTACAG
2335GALE_AF513299_169_198_FTCCCAGCTAGA319GALE_AF513299_252_279_RTTCAACACTCTCA1374
CCTTTTAGGTACCTACAGCTTTAA
AAGCTAAGAG
2236PLA_AF053945_7371_7403_FTTGAGAAGACA680PLA_AF053945_7434_7468_RTACGTATGTAAAT900
TCCGGCTCACGTCCGCAAAGACTT
TTATTATGGTATGGCATTAG
2337PLA_AF053945_7377_7403_FTGACATCCGGC443PLA_AF053945_7428_7455_RTCCGCAAAGACTT1035
TCACGTTATTATGGCATTAGGTGT
TGGTAGA
2338PLA_AF053945_7377_7404_FTGACATCCGGC444PLA_AF053945_7430_7460_RTAAATTCCGCAAA854
TCACGTTATTAGACTTTGGCATTA
TGGTACGGTGT
2339CAF_AF053947_33412_33441_FTCCGTTATCGC329CAF_AF053947_33498_33523_RTAAGAGTGATGC866
CATTGCATTATGGCTGGTTCAACA
TTGGAACT
2340CAF_AF053947_33426_33458_FTGCATTATTTG499CAF_AF053947_33483_33507_RTGGTTCAACAAG1308
GAACTATTGCAGTTGCCGTTGCA
ACTGCTAATGC
2341CAF_AF053947_33407_33429_FTCAGTTCCGTT291CAF_AF053947_33483_33504_RTTCAACAAGAGTT1373
ATCGCCATTGCGCCGTTGCA
A
2342CAF_AF053947_33407_33431_FTCAGTTCCGTT293CAF_AF053947_33494_33517_RTGATGCGGGCTGG1184
ATCGCCATTGTTCAACAAGAG
CATT
2344GAPA_NC_002505_1_28_F_1TCAATGAACGA260GAPA_NC_002505_29_58_R_1TCCTTTATGCAAC1060
TCAACAAGTGATTGGTATCAACAG
TTGATGGAAT
2472OMPA_NC000117_68_89_FTGCCTGTAGGG507OMPA_NC000117_145_167_RTCACACCAAGTAG967
AATCCTGCTGATGCAAGGATC
A
2473OMPA_NC000117_798_821_FTGATTACCATG475OMPA_NC000117_865_893_RTCAAAACTTGCTC947
AGTGGCAAGCATAGACCATTTAAC
AGTCC
2474OMPA_NC000117_645_671_FTGCTCAATCTA521OMPA_NC000117_757_777_RTGTCGCAGCATCT1328
AACCTAAAGTCGTTCCTGC
GAAGA
2475OMPA_NC000117_947_973_FTAACTGCATGG157OMPA_NC000117_1011_1040_RTGACAGGACACAA1153
AACCCTTCTTTTCTGCATGAAGTC
ACTAGTGAG
2476OMPA_NC000117_774_795_FTACTGGAACAA196OMPA_NC000117_871_894_RTTCAAAAGTTGCT1371
AGTCTGCGACCCGAGACCATTG
2477OMPA_NC000117_457_483_FTTCTATCTCGT676OMPA_NC000117_511_534_RTAAAGAGACGTTT851
TGGTTTATTCGGGTAGTTCATTTG
GAGTTC
2478OMPA_NC000117_687_710_FTAGCCCAGCAC212OMPA_NC000117_787_816_RTTGCCATTCATGG1406
AATTTGTGATTTATTTAAGTGTAG
CAAGA
2479OMPA_NC000117_540_566_FTGGCGTAGTAG571OMPA_NC000117_649_672_RTTCTTGAACGCGA1395
AGCTATTTACAGGTTTCGATTG
GACAC
2480OMPA_NC000117_338_360_FTGCACGATGCG492OMPA_NC000117_417_444_RTCCTTTAAAATAA1058
GAATGGTTCACCCGCTAGTAGCTC
ACT
2481OMP2_NC000117_18_40_FTATGACCAAAC234OMP2_NC000117_71_91_RTCCCGCTGGCAAA1025
TCATCAGACGATAAACTCG
G
2482OMP2_NC000117_354_382_FTGCTACGGTAG516OMP2_NC000117_445_471_RTGGATCACTGCTT1270
GATCTCCTTATACGAACTCAGCTT
CCTATTGC
2483OMP2_NC000117_1297_1319_FTGGAAAGGTGT537OMP2_NC000117_1396_1419_RTACGTTTGTATCT903
TGCAGCTACTCTCTGCAGAACC
A
2484OMP2_NC000117_1465_1493_FTCTGGTCCAAC407OMP2_NC000117_1541_1569_RTCCTTTCAATGTT1062
AAAAGGAACGAACAGAAAACTCTA
TTACAGGCAG
2485OMP2_NC000117_44_66_FTGACGATCTTC450OMP2_NC000117_120_148_RTGTCAGCTAAGC1323
GCGGTGACTAGTAATAACGTTTGT
TAGAG
2486OMP2_NC000117_166_190_FTGACAGCGAAG441OMP2_NC000117_240_261_RTTGACATCGTCCC1396
AAGGTTAGACTTCTTCACAG
TGTCC
2487GYRA_NC000117_514_536_FTCAGGCATTGC287GYRA_NC000117_640_660_RTGCTGTAGGGAAA1251
GGTTGGGATGGTCAGGGCC
2488GYRA_NC000117_801_827_FTGTGAATAAAT636GYRA_NC000117_871_893_RTTGTCAGACTCAT1419
CACGATTGATTCGCGAACATC
GAGCA
2489GYRA_NC002952_219_242_FTGTCATGGGTA632GYRA_NC002952_319_345_RTCCATCCATAGAA1010
AATATCACCCTCCAAAGTTACCTT
CAG
2490GYRA_NC002952_964_983_FTACAAGCACTC176GYRA_NC002952_1024_1041_RTCGCAGCGTGCGT1073
CCAGCTGCAGGCAC
2491GYRA_NC002952_1505_1520_FTCGCCCGCGAG366GYRA_NC002952_1546_1562_RTTGGTGCGCTTGG1416
GACGTCGTA
2492GYRA_NC002952_59_81_FTCAGCTACATC279GYRA_NC002952_124_143_RTGGCGATGCACTG1279
GACTATGCGATGCTTGAG
G
2493GYRA_NC002952_216_239_FTGACGTCATCG452GYRA_NC002952_313_333_RTCCGAAGTTGCCC1032
GTAAGTACCACTGGCCGTC
CC
2494GYRA_NC002952_219_242_2_FTGTACTCGGTA625GYRA_NC002952_308_330_RTAAGTTACCTTGC873
AGTATCACCCGCCGTCAACCA
CA
2495GYRA_NC002952_115_141_FTGAGATGGATT453GYRA_NC002952_220_242_RTGCGGGTGATACT1236
TAAACCTGTTCTACCGAGTAC
ACCGC
2496GYRA_NC002952_517_5_39_FTCAGGCATTGC287GYRA_NC002952_643_663_RTGCTGTAGGGAAA1251
GGTTGGGATGGTCAGGGCC
C
2497GYRA_NC002952_273_2_93_FTCGTATGGCTC380GYRA_NC002952_338_360_RTGCGGCAGCACTA1234
AATGGTGGAGTCACCATCCA
2498GYRA_NC000912_257_278_FTGAGTAAGTT462GYRA_NC000912_346_370_RTCGAGCCGAAGTT1067
CCACCCGCACGCCCTGTCCGTC
G
2504ARCC_NC003923-TAGTpGATpAG229ARCC_NC003923-2725050-TCpTpTpTpCpGT1116
2725050-AACpTpGTAGG2724595_214_239P_RATAAAAAGGACpC
2724595_135_161P_FCpACpAATpCppAATpTpGG
GT
2505PTA_NC003923-TCTTGTpTpTp417PTA_NC003923-628885-TACpACpCpTGGT904
629355_629355_237_263P_FATGCpTpGGTApTpTpCpGTpTpT
AAGCAGATGGpTpGATGATpTpT
pGTA
2517CJMLST_ST1_1852_1883_FTTTGCGGATGA708CJMLST_ST1_1945_1977_RTGTTTTATGTG1355
AGTAGGTGCCTTAGTTGAGCTTAC
ATCTTTTTGCTTACTACATGAGC
2518CJMLST_ST1_2963_2992_FTGAAATTGCTA428CJMLST_ST1_3073_3097_RTCCCCATCTCCGCA1020
CAGGCCCTTTAAAGACAATAAA
GGACAAGG
2519CJMLST_ST1_2350_2378_FTGCTTTTGATG535CJMLST_ST1_2447_2481_RTCTACAACACT1117
GTGATGCAGATGATTGTAATTTG
TCGTTTGGCCTTGTTCTTT
2520CJMLST_ST1_654_684_FTATGTCCAAGA240CJMSLT_ST1_725_756_RTCGGAAACAAAGA1084
AGCATAGCAAAATTCATTTTCTGG
AAAAGCAATTCCAAA
2521CJMSLT_ST1_360_395_FTCCTGTTATTC347CJMLST_ST1_454_457_RTGCTATATGCTAC1245
CTGAAGTAGTTAACTGGTTCAAAA
AATCAAGTTTGACATTAAG
TTA
2522CJMSLT_ST1_1231_1258_FTGGCAGTTTTA564CJMSLT_ST1_1312_1340_RTTTAGCTACTATT1427
CAAGGTGCTGTCTAGCTGCCATTT
TTCATCCCA
2523CJMSLT_ST1_3543_3574_FTGCTGTAGCTT529CJMLST_ST1_3656_3685_RTCAAAGAACCAGC1427
ATCGCGAAATGACCTAATTCATCA
TCTTTGATTTTTTA
2524CJMLST_ST1_1_17_FTAAAACTTTTG145CJMSLT_ST1_55_84_RTGTTCCAATAGCA1348
CCGTAATGATGGTTCCGCCCAAAT
GGTGAAGATATTGAT
2525CJMSLT_ST1_1312_1342_FTGGAAATGGCA538CJMSLT_ST1_1383_1417_RTTTCCCCGATC1432
GCTAGAATAGTTAAATTTGGATAA
AGCTAAAATGCCATAGGAAA
2526CJMSLT_ST1_2254_2286_FTGGGCCTAATG582CJMSLT_ST1_2352_2379_RTCCAAACGATC996
GGCTTAATATCTGCATCACCATCA
AATGAAAATTGAAAG
2527CJMSLT_ST1_1380_1411_FTGCTTTCCTAT534CJMSLT_ST1_1486_1520_RTGCATGAAGCATA1205
GGCTTATCCAAAAAACTGTATCAA
ATTTAGATCGGTGCTTTTA
2528CJMLST_ST1_3413_3437_FTTGTAAATGCC692CJMLST_ST1_3511_3542_RTGCTTGCTCAAAT1257
GGTGCTTCAGACATCATAAACAAT
TCCTAAAGC
2529CJMSLT_ST1_1130_1156_FTACGCGTCTTG189CJMSLT_ST1_1203_RTAGGATGAGCATT920
AAGCGTTTCGTTAATCAGGGAAAGAA
TGAAGAATC
2530CJMSLT_ST1_2840_2872_FTGGGGCTTTGC591CJMSLT_ST1_2940_2973_RTAGCGATTTCT917
TTTATAGTTTTACTCCTAGAGTTG
TTACATTTAAGAAATTTCAGG
2531CJMSLT_ST1_2058_2084_FTATTCAAGGTG241CJMSLT_ST1_2131_2162_RTTGGTTCTTACTT1417
GTCCTTTGATGGTTTTGCATAAAC
CATGTTTTCCA
2532CJMSLT_ST1_553_585_FTCCTGATGCTC344CJMLST_ST1_655_685_RTATTGCTTTTTTT942
AAAGTGCTTTTGCTATGCTTCTTG
TTAGATCCTTTGACAT
2564GTLA_NC002163-TCATGTTGAGC299GTLA_NC002163-1604930-TTTTGCTCATGAT1443
1604930-TTAAACCTATA1604529_352_380_RCTGCATGAAGCAT
1604529_306_338_FGAAGTAAAAGCAAA
2565UNCA_NC002163-TCCCCCACGCT322UNCA_NC002163-112166-TCGACCTGGAGGA1065
112166-TTAATTGTTTT112647_146_171_RCGACGTAAAATCA
112647_80_113_FATGATGATTTGCGACGTAAAATCA
AG
2566UNCA_NC002163-TAATGATGAAT170UNCA_NC002316-112166-TGGGATAACAT1285
112166-TAGGTGCGGGT112647_294_329_RTGGTTGGAATATA
112647_233_305_FTCTTTAGCAGAAACATC
2567PGM_NC002163-TCTTGATACTT414PGM_NC002163-327773-TCCATCGCCAGTT1012
327773-GTAATGTGGGC328270_365_396_RTTTGCATAATCGC
328270_273_305_FGATAAATATGTTAAAAA
2568TKT_NC002163-TTATGAAGCGT661TKT_NC002163-1569415-TCAAAACGCATTT946
1569415-GTTCTTTAGCA1569873_350_383_RTTACATCTTCGTT
1569873_255_284_FGGACTTCAAAAGGCTA
2570GTLA_NC002163-TCGTCTTTTTG381GLTA_NC002163-1604930-TGTTCATGTTTAA1347
1604930-ATTCTTTCCCT1604529_109_142_RATGATCAGGATAA
1604529_39_68_FGATAATGCAAAGCACT
2571TKT_NC002163-TGATCTTAAAA472TKT_NC002163-1569415-TGCCATAGCAAAG1214
1569415-ATTTCCGCCAA1569903_139_162_RCCTACAGCATT
1569903_33_62_FCTTCATTCCCTACAGCATT
2572TKT_NC002163-TAAGGTTTATT164TKT_NC002163-1569415-TACATCTCCTTCG886
1569415-GTCTTTGTGGA1569903_313_345_RATAGAAATTTCAT
1569903_207_239_FGATGGGGATTTTGCTATC
2573TKT_NC002163-TAGCCTTTAAC213TKT_NC002163-1569415-TAAGACAAGGTTT865
1569415-GAAAATGTAAA1569903_449_481_RTGTGGATTTTTTA
1569903_350_383_FAATGCGTTTTGGCTTGTT
A
2574TKT_NC002163-TTCAAAAACTC665TKT_NC002163-1569415-TTGCCATAGCAAA1405
1569415-CAGGCCATCCT1569903_139_163_RGCCTACAGCATT
1569903_60_92_FGAAATTTCAAC
2575GTLA_NC002163-TCGTCTTTTTG382GLTA_NC002163-1604930-TGCCATTTCCATG1216
1604930-ATTCTTTCCCT1604529_139_168_RTACTCTTCTCTAA
1604529_39_70_FGATAATGCTCCATT
2576GLYA_NC002163-TCAGCTATTTT281GLYA_NC002163-367572-ATTGCTTCTTACT756
367572-TCCAGGTATCC368079_476_508_RTGCTTAGCATAAA
368079_386_414_FAAGGTGGTTTTCCA
2577GLYA_NC002163-TGGTGCGAGTG611GLYA_NC002163-367572-TGCTCACCTGCTA1246
367572-CTTATGCTCGT368079_242_270_RCAACAAGTCCAGC
368079_148_174_FATTATAAT
2578GLYA_NC002163-TGTAAGCTCTA622GLYA_NC002163-367572-TTCCACCTTGGAT1381
367572-CAACCCACAAA368079_384_416_RACCTGGAAAAATA
368079_298_327_FACCTTACGGCTGAAT
2579GLYA_NC002163-TGGTGGACATT614GLYA_NC002163-367572-TCAAGCTCTACAC961
367572-TAACACATGGT368079_52_81_RCATAAAAAAAGCT
368079_1_27_FGCAAACTCA
2580PGM_NC002163-TGAGCAATGGG455PGM_NC002163-327746-TTTGCTCTCCGCC1438
327746-GCTTTGAAAGA328270_356_379_RAAAGTTTCCAC
328270_254_285_FAAGAATTTTTA
AAT
2581PGM_NC002163-TGAAAAGGGTG425PGM_NC002163-327746-TGCCCCATTGCTC1219
327746-AAGTAGCAAAT328270_241_267_RTCATGATAGTAGT
328270_153_182_FGGAGATAGAGCTAC
2582PGM_NC002163-TGGCCTAATGG568PGM_NC002163-327746-TGCACGCAAACGC1200
327746-GCTTAATATCA328270_79_102_RTTTACTTCAGC
328270_19_50_FATGAAAATTG
2583UNCA_NC002163-TAAGCATGCTG160UNCA_NC002163-112166-TGCCCTTTCTAAA1220
112166-TGGCTTATCGT112647_196_225_RAGTCTTGAGTGAA
112647_114_141_FGAAATGGATA
2584UNCA_NC002163-TGCTTCGGATC532UBCA_NC002163-112166-TGCATGCTTACTC1206
112166-CAGCAGCACTT532112647_88_123_RAAATCATCATAAA
112647_3_29_FCAATACAATTAAAGC
2585ASPA_NC002163-TTAATTTGCCA652ASPA_NC002163-96692-TGCAAAAGTAACG1192
96692-AAAATGCAACC97166_403_432_RGTTACATCTGCTC
97166_308_335_FAGGTAGCAAT
2586ASPA_NC002163-TCGCGTTGCAA370ASPA_NC002163-966692-TCATGATAGAACT991
96692-CAAAACTTTCT97166_316_346_RACCTGGTTGCATT
97166_228_258_FAAAGTATGTTTTGG
2587GLNA_NC002163-TGGAATGATGA547GLNA_NC002163-658085-TGAGTTTGAACCA1176
658085-TAAAGATTTCG657609_340_371_RTTTCAGAGAGCGA
657609_244_275_FCAGATAGCTAATATCTAC
2588TKT_NC002163-TCGCTACAGGC371TKT_NC002163-1569415-TCCCCATCTCCGC1020
1569415-CCTTTAGGACA1569903_212_236_RAAAGACAATAAA
1569903_107_130_FCAGATAGCTAATATCTAC
2589TKT_NC002163-TGTTCTTTAGC642TKT_NC002163-1569415-TCCTTGTGCTTCA1057
1569415-AGGACTTCACA1569903_361_393_RAAACGCATTTTTA
1569903_265_296_FAACTTGATAACATTTTC
2590GLYA_NC002163-TGCCTATCTTT505GLYA_NC002163-367572-TCCTCTTGGGCCA1047
367572-TTGCTGATATA368095_317_340_RCGCAAAGTTTT
368095_214_246_FGCACATATTGCCGCAAAGTTTT
2591GLYA_NC002163-TCCTTTGATGC353GLYA_NC002163-367572-TCTTGAGCATTGG1141
367572-ATGTAATTGCT368095_485_516_RTTCTTACTTGTTT
368095_415_444_FGCAAAAGCTGCATA
2592PGM_NC002163_21_54_FTCCTAATGGAC332PGM_NC002163_116_142_RTCAAACGATCCGC949
TTAATATCAATATCACCATCAAAA
GAAAATTGTGGG
G
2593PGM_NC002163_149_176_FTAGATGAAAAA207PGM_NC002163_247_277_RTCCCCTTTAAAGC1023
GGCGAAGTGGCACCATTACTCATT
TAATGGATAGT
2594GLNA_NC002163-TGTCCAAGAAG633GLNA_NC002163-658085-TCAAAAACAAAGA
658085-CATAGCAAAAA657609_148_179_RATTCATTTTCTGG
657609_79_106_FAAGCAATCCAAA
2595ASPA_NC2163-TCCTGTTATTC347ASPA_NC002163-96685-TCAAGCTATATGC960
96685-CTGAAGTAGTT97196_467_497_RTACAACTGGTTCA
97196_367_402_FAATCAAGTTTGAAAAC
TTA
2596ASPA_NC002163-TGCCGTAATGA502ASPA_NC002163-96685-TACAACCTTCGGA880
96685-TAGGTGAAGAT97196_95_127_RTAATCAGGATGAG
97196_1_33_FATACAAAGAGTAATTAAT
2597ASPA_NC002163-TGGAACAGGAA540ASPA_NC002163-96685-TAAGCTCCCGTAT872
96685-TTAATTCTCAT97196_185_210_RCTTGAGTCGCCTC
97196_85_117_FCCTGATTATCC
2598PGM_NC002163-TGGCAGCTAGA563PGM_NC002163-327746-TCACGATCTAAAT975
327746-ATAGTAGCTAA328270_230_261_RTTGGATAAGCCAT
328270_165_195_FAATCCCTACAGGAAA
2599PGM_NC002163-TGGGTCGTGGT593PGM_NC002163-327746-TTTTGCTCATGAT1443
327746-TTTACAGAAAA328270_353_381_RCTGCATGAAGCAT
328270_252_286_FTTTCTTATATAAAA
2600PGM_NC002163-TGGGATGAAAA577PGM_NC002163-327746-TGATAAAAAGCAC1178
327746-AGCGTTCTTTT328270_95_123_RTAAGCGATGAAAC
328270_1_30_FATCCATGAAGC
2601PGM_NC002163-TAAACACGGCT146PGM_NC002163-327746-TCAAGTGCTTTTA963
327746-TTCCTATGGCT328270_314_345_RCTTCTATAGGTTT
328270_220_250_FTATCCAAATAAGCTC
2602UNCA_NC002163-TGTAGCTTATC628UNCA_NC002163-112166-TGCTTGCTCTTTC1258
112166-GCGAAATGTCT112647_199_229_RAAGCAGTCTTGAA
112647_123_152_FTTGATTTTTGAAG
2603UBCA_NC002163-TCCAGATGGAC313UNCA_NC002163-112166-TCCGAAACTTGTT1031
112166-AAATTTTCTTA112647_430_461_RTGTAGCTTTAATT
112647_333_365_FGAAACTGATTTTGAGC
2734GYRA_AY291534_237_264_FTCACCCTCATG265GYRA_AY291534_268_288_RTTGCGCCATACGT1407
GTGATTCAGCTACCATCGT
GTTTAT
2735GYRA_AY291534_224_252_FTAATCGGTAAG167GYRA_AY291534_256_285_RTGCCATACGTACC1213
TATCACCCTCAATCGTTTCATAAA
TGGTGATCAGC
2736GYRA_AY291534_170_198_FTAGGAATTACG221GYRA_AY291534_268_288_RTTGCGCCATACGT1407
GCTGATAAAGCACCATCGT
GTATAAA
2737GYRA_AY291534_224_252_FTAATCGGTAAG167GYRA_AY291534_319_346_RTATCGACAGATCC935
ATCACCCTCATAAAGTTACCATGC
GGTGATCC
2738GYRA_NC002953-7005-TAAGGTATGAC163GYRA_NC002953-7005-TCTTGAGCCATAC1142
9668_166_195_FACCGGATAAAT9668_265_287_RGTACCATTGC
CATATAAAGTACCATTGC
2739GYRA_NC002953-7005-TAATGGGTAAA171GYRA_NC002953-7005-TATCCATTGAACC933
9668_221_249_FTATCACCCTCA9668_316_343_RAAAGTTACCTTGG
TGGTGACCC
2740GYRA_NC002953-7005-TAATGGGTAAA171GYRA_NC002953-7005-TAGCCATACGTAC912
9668_221_249_FTATCACCCTCA9668_253_283_RCATTGCTTCATAA
TGGTGACAATAGA
2741GYRA_NC002953-7005-TCACCCTCATG264GYRA_NC002953-7005-TCTTGAGCCATAC1142
9668_234_261_FGTGACTCATCT9668_265_287_RGTACCATTGC
ATTTAT
2842CAPC_AF188935-TGGGATTATTG578CAPC_AF188935-56074-TGGTAACCCTTGT1299
56074-TTATCCTGTTA55628_348_378_RCTTTGAATTGTAT
55628_271_304_FTGCCATTTGAGTTGCA
A
2843CAPC_AF188935-TGATTATTGTT476CAPC_AF188935-56074-TGTAACCCTTGTC1344
56074-ATCCTGTTATG55628_349_377P_RTTTGAATpTpGTA
55628_273_303P_FCpCpATpTpTpTpTpTpGC
GAG
2844CAPC_AF188935-TCCGTTGATTA331CAPC_AF188935-56074-TGTTAATGGTAAC1344
56074-TTGTTATCCTG55628_349_384_RCCTTGTCTTTGAA
55628_268_303_FTTATGCCATTTTTGTATTTGC
GAG
2845CAPC_AF188935-TCCGTTGATTA331CAPC_AF188935-56074-TAACCCTTGTCTT860
56074-TTGTTATCCTG55628_337_375_RTGAATTGTATTTG
55628_268_303_FTTATGCCATTTCAATTAATCCTGG
GAG
2846PARC_X95819_33_58_FTCAAAAAAAT302PARC_X95819_121_153_RTAAAGGATAGCGG852
CAGCGCGTACATAACTAAATGGCT
GTGGGAGCCAT
2847PARC_X95819_65_92_FTACTTGGTAAA199PARC_X95819_157_178_RTACCCCAGTTCCC889
TACCACCCACACTGACCTTC
TGGTGA
2848PARC_X95819_69_93_FTGGTAAATACC596PARC_X95819_97_128_RTGAGCCATGAGTA1169
ACCCACACATGCCATGGCTTCATA
GTGACACATGC
2849PARC_NC003997-TTCCGTAAGTC668PARC_NC003997-3362578-TCCAAGTTTGACT1001
3362578-GGCTAAAACAG3365001_256_283_RTAAACGTACCATC
3365001_181_205_FTCGGC
2850PARC_NC003997-TGTAACTATCA621PARC_NC003997-3362578-TCGTCAACACTAC1099
3362578-CCCGCACGGTG3365001_304_335_RCATTATTACCATG
3365001_217_240_FATCATCTC
2851PARC_NC003997-TGTAACTATCA621PARC_NC003997-3362578-TGACTTAAACGTA1162
3362578-CCCGCACGGTG3365001_244_275_RCCATCGCTTCATA
3365001_217_240_FATTCATCTC
2852GYRA_AY642140_1_24_FTAAATCTGCCC150GYRA_AY642140_71_100_RTGCTAAAGTCTTG1242
CGTGTCGTTGGAGCCATACGAACA
TGACATGG
2853GYRA_AY642140_26_54_FTAATCGGTAAA166GYRA_AY642140_121_146_RTCGATCGAACCGA1069
TATCACCCGCAAGTTACCCTGACC
TGGTGAC
2854GYRA_AY642140_26_54_FTAATCGGTAAA166GYRA_AY642140_58_89_RTGAGCCATACGAA1168
TATCACCCGCACAATGGTTTCATA
TGGTGACAACAGC
2860CYA_AF065404_1348_1379_FTCCAACGAAGT305CYA_AF065404_1448_1472_RTCAGCTGTTAACG983
ACAATACAAGAGCTTCAAGACCC
CAAAAGAAGG
2861FEF_BA_AF065404_751_781_FTCGAAAGCTTT354LEF_BA_AF065404_843_881_RTCTTTAAGTTCTT1144
TGCATATTATACCAAGGATAGATT
TCGAGCCACTATTTCTTGTTCG
2862LEF_BA_AF065404_762_788_FTGCATATTATA498LEF_BA_AF065404_843_881_RTCTTTAAGTTCTT1144
TCGAGCCACAGCCAAGGATAGATT
CATCGTATTTCTTGTTCG
2917MUTS_AY698802_106_125_FTCCGCTGAATC326MUTS_AY698802_172_193_RTGCGGTCTGGCGC1237
TGTCGCCGCATATAGGTA
2918MUTS_AY698802_172_192_FTACCTATATGC187MUTS_AY698802_228_252_RTCAATCTCGACTT965
GCCAGACCGCTTTGTGCCGGTA
2919MUTS_AY698802_228_252_FTACCGGCGCAA186MUTS_AY698802_314_342_RTCGGTTTCAGTCA1097
AAAGTCGAGATTCTCCACCATAAA
TGGGGT
2920MUTS_AY698802_315_342_FTCTTTATGGTG419MUTS_AY698802_413_433_RTGCCAGCGACAGA1210
GAGATGACTGAAACCATCGTA
CCGA
2921MUTS_AY698802_394_411_FTGGGCGTGGAA585MUTS_AY698802_497_519_RTCCGGTAACTGGG1040
CGTCCACTCAGCTCGAA
2922AB_MLST-11-TGGGcGATGCT583AB_MLST-11-TAGTATCACCACG923
OIF007_991_1018_FGCgAAATGGTTOIF007_1110_1137_RTACACCCGGATCA
AAAAGAGT
2927GAPA_NC002505_694_721_FTCAATGAACGA259GAPA_NC_002505_29_58_R_1TCCTTTATGCAAC1060
CCAACAAGTGATTGGTATCAACAG
TTGATGGAAT
2928GAPA_NC002505_694_721_2_FTCGATGAACGA361GAPA_NC002505_769_798_2_RTCCTTTATGCAAC1061
CCAACAAGTGATTGGTATCAACCG
TTGATGGAAT
2929GAPA_NC002505_694_721_2_FTCGATGAACGA361GAPA_NC002505_769_798_3_RTCCTTTATGCAAC1059
CCAACAAGTGATTAGTATCAACCG
TTGATGGAAT
2932INFB_EC_1364_1394_FTTGCTCGTGGT688INFB_EC_1439_1468_RTTGCTGCTTTCGC1410
GCACAAGTAAATGGTTAATCGCT
CGGATATTACTCAA
2933INFB_EC_1364_1394_2_FTTGCTCGTGGT689INFB_EC_1439_1468_RTTGCTGCTTTCGC1410
GCAIAAGTAAATGGTTAATCGCT
CGGATATIACTCAA
2934INFB_EC_80_110_FTTGCCCGCGGT685INFB_EC_1439_1468_RTTGCTGCTTTCGC1410
GCGGAAGTAACATGGTTAATCGCT
CGATATTACTCAA
2949ACS_NC002516-TCGGCGCCTGC376ACS_NC002516-970624-TGGACCACGCCGA1265
970624-CTGATGA971013_364_383_RAGAACGG
2950ARO_NC002516_26883-TCACCGTGCCG267ARO_NC002516-26883-TGTGTTGTCGCCG1341
27380_4_26_FTTCAAGGAAGA27380_111_128_RCGCAG
G
2951ARO_NC002516-26883-TTTCGAAGGGC705ARO_NC002516-26883-TCCTTGGCATACA1056
27380_356_377_FCTTTCGACCTG27380_459_484_RTCATGTCGTAGCA
2952GUA_NC002516-TGGACTCCTCG551GUA_NC002516-4226546-TCGGCGAACATGG1091
4226546-GTGGTCGC4226174_127_146_RCCATCAC
2953GUA_NC002516-TGACCAGGTGA448GUA_NC002516-4226546-TGCTTCTCTTCCG1256
4226546-TGGCCATGTTC4226174_214_233_RGGTCGGC
4226174_120_142_FG
2954GUA_NC002516-TTTTGAAGGTG710GUA_NC002516-4226546-TGCTTGGTGGCTT1259
4226546-ATCCGTGCCAA4226174_265_287_RCTTCGTCGAA
4226174_155_178_FCG
2955GUA_NC002516-TTCCTCGGCCG670GUA_NC002516-4226546-TGCGAGGAACTTC1229
4226546-CCTGGC4226174_288_309_RACGTCCTGC
4226174_190_206_F
2956GUA_NC002516-TCGGCCGCACC374GUA_NC002516-4226546-TCGTGGGCCTTGC1111
4226546-TTCATCGAAGT4226174_355_371_RCGGT
2957MUT_NC002516-TGGAAGTCATC545MUT_NC002516-5551158-TCACGGGCCAGCT978
5551158-AAGCGCCTGGC5550717_99_116_RCGTCT
5550717_5_26_FAAGCGCCTGGC
2958MUT_NC002516-TCGAGCAGGC358MUT_NC002516-5551158-TCACCATGCGCCC971
5551158-GCTGCCG5550717_256_277_RGTTCACATA
5550717_5_26_F
2959NUO_NC002516-TCAACCTCGGC249NUO_NC002516-2984589-TCGGTGGTGGTAG1095
2984589-CCGAACCA2984954_97_117_RCCGATCTC
2960NUO_NC002516-TACTCTCGGTG195NUO_NC002516-2984589-TTCAGGTACAGCA1376
2984589-GAGAAGCTCGC2984954_301_326_RGGTGGTTCAGGAT
2961PPS_NC002516-TCCACGGTCAT311PPS_NC002516-1915014-TCCATTTCCGACA1014
1915014-GGAGCGCTA1915383_140_165_RCGTCGTTGATCAC
1915383_44_63_P
3962PPS_NC002516-TCGCCATCGTC365PPS_NC002516-1915014-TCCTGGCCATCCT1052
1915014-ACCAACCG1915383_341_360_RGCAGGAT
1915383_240_258_F
2963TRP_NC002516-TGCTGGTACGG527TRP_NC002516-671831-TCGATCTCCTTG1071
671831-GTCGAGGA672273_131_150_RGCGTCCGA
672273_24_42_F
2964TRP_NC002516-TGCACATCGTG490TRP_NC002516-671831-TGATCTCCATGGC1182
671831-TCCAACGTCAC672273_362_383_RGCGGATCTT
672273_261_282_F
2972AB_MLST-11-TGGGIGATGCT592AB_MLST-11-TAGTATCACCACG924
OIF007_1007_1034_FGCIAAATGGTTOIF007_1126_1153_RTACICCIGGATCA
AAAAGAGT
2993OMPU_NC002505-TTCCCACCGAT667OMPU_NC002505_544_567_RTCGGTCAGCAAAA1094
674828-ATCATGGCTTACGGTAGCTTGC
675880_428_455_F
2994GAPA_NC002505-TCCTCAATGAA335GAPA_NC002505-506780-TTTTCCCTTTATG1442
506780CGAICAACAAG507937_769_802_RCAACTTAGTATCA
507937_691_721_FTGATTGATGACIGGAAT
2995GAPA_NC002505-TCCTCIATGAA339GAPA_NC002505-506780-TCCATACCTTTAT1008
506780-ACGAICAACAA507937_769_803_RGCAACTTIGTAT
507937_691_721_2_FGTGATTGATGCAACIGGAAT
2996GAPA_NC002505-TCCTCGATGAA396GAPA_NC002505-506780-TCGGAAATATTCT1085
506780-CCGACCAACAA507937_785_817_RTTCAATACCTT
507937_692_721_FGTGATTGATTGTATGCAACT
2997GAPA_NC002505-TCCTCGATGAA337GAPA_NC002505-506780-TCGGAAATATTCT1085
506780-CGAICAACAAG507937_785_817_RTTCAATACCTTTA
507937_691_721_3_FTIATTGATGTGCAACT
2998GAPA_NC002505-TCCTCAATGAA336GAPA_NC002505-506780-TCGGAAATATTCT1087
506780-TGATCAACAAG507937_784_817_RTTCAATICCTTTI
507937_691_721_4_FTGATTGATGTGCAACTT
2999GAPA_NC002505-TCCTCIATGAA340GAPA_NC002505-506780-TCGGAAATATTCT1086
506780-IGAICAACAAG507937_784_817_2_RTTCAATACCTTTA
507937_691_721_5_FTIATTGATGTGCAACTT
3000GAPA_NC002505-TCCTCGATGAA338GAPA_NC002505-506780-TTTCAATACCTTT1430
506780-TGAICAACAAC507937_769_805_RGCAACTTIGTATC
507937_691_721_6_FAAGTIATTGATAACIGGAAT
G
3001CTXB_NC002505-TCAGCATATGC275CTXB_NC002505-1566967-TCCCGGCTAGAGA1026
1566967-ACATGGAACAC1567341_139_163_RTTCTGTATACGA
1567341_46_71_FCTCATTCTGTATACGA
3002CTXB_NC002505-TCAGCATATGC274CTXB_NC002505-1566967-TCCGGCTAGAGAT1038
1566967-ACATGGAACAC1567341_132_162_RTCTGTATACGAAA
1567341_46_70_FCTCATATC
3003CTXB_NC002505-TCAGCATATGC274CTXB_NC002505-1566967-TGCCGTATACGAA1225
1566967-ACATGGAACAC1567341_118_150_RAATATCTTATCAT
1567341_46_70_FCTCTTAGCGT
3004TUFB_NC002758-TACAGGCCGTG180TUFB_NC002758-615038-TCAGCGTAGTCTA982
615038-TTGAACGTGG61622_778_809_RATAATTTACGGAA
616222_684_704_FCATTTC
3005TUFB_NC002758-TGCCGTGTTGA503TUFB_NC0027858-615038-TGCTTCAGCGTAG1255
615038-ACGTGGTCAAA616222_783_813_RTCTAATAATTTAC
616222_688_710_FTGGAAC
3006TUFB_NC0027858-TGTGGTCAAAT638TUFB_NC002758-615038-TGCGTAGTCTAAT1238
615038-CAAAGTTGGTG616222_778_807_RAATTTACGGAACA
616222_700_726_FAAGATTTC
3007TUFB_NC002758-TGGTCAAATCA607TUFB_NC002758-615038-TGCGTAGTCTAAT1238
615038-AAGTTGGTGAAG616222_778_807_RAATTTACGGAACA
616222_702_726_FAATTTC
3008TUFB_NC002758-TGAACGTGGTC431TUFB_NC002758-615038-TCACCAGCTTCAG970
615038-AAATCAAAGTT616222_785_818_RCGTAGTCTAATAA
616222_696_726_FGGTGAAGAATTTACGGA
3009TUFB_NC002758-TCGTGTTGAAC386TUFB_NC002758-615038-TCTTCAGCGCGTA1134
615038-GTGGTCAAATC616222_778_812_RGTCTAATAATTTA
616222_690_716_FAAAGTCGGAACATTTC
3010MECI-R-NC003923-TCACATATCGT261MECI-R_NC003923-41798-TGTGATATGGAGG1332
41798-41609_36_59_FGAGCAATGAAC41609_89_112_RTGTAGAAGGTG
TG
3011MECI-R_NC003923-TGGGCGTGAGC584MECI-R_NC003923-41798-TGGGATGGAGGTG1287
41798-41609_40_66_FAATGAACTGAT41609_81_110_RTAGAAGGTGTTAT
TATACCATC
3012MECI-R_NC003923-TGGACACATAT549MECI-R_NC003923-41798-TGGGATGGAGGTG1286
41798-CGTGAGCAATG41609_81_110_RTAGAAAGGTGTTA
41609_33_60_2_FAACTGATCATC
3013MECI-R_NC003923-TGGGTTTACAC595MECI-R_NC003923-41798-TGGGGATATGGAG1290
41798-41609_29_60_FATATCGTGAGC41609_81_113_RTGTAGAAGGTGTT
AATGAACTGAATCATC
3014MUPR_X75439_2409_2513_FTGGGCTCTTTC587MUPR_X75439_2548_2570_RTCTGGCTGCGGAA1130
TCGCTTAAACAGTGAAATCGT
CCT
3015MUPR_X75439_2482_2510_FTGGGCTCTTTC586MUPR_X75439_2547_2568_RTGGCTGCGGAAGT1281
TCGCTTAAACAGAAATCGTA
CC
3016MUPR_X75439_2482_2510_FTAGATAATTGG205MUPR_X75439_2551_2573_RTAATCTGGCTGCG876
GCTCTTTCTCGGAAGTGAAAT
CTTAAAC
3017MUPR_X75439_2490_2514_FTGGGCTCTTTC587MUPR_X75439_2549_2573_RTAATCTGGCTGCG877
TCGCTTAAACAGAAGTGAAATCG
CCT
3018MUPR_X75439_2482_2510_FTAGATAATTGG205MUPR_X75439_2559_2589_RTGGTATATTCGTT1303
GCTCTTTCTCGAATTAATCTGGCT
CTTAAACGCGGA
3019MUPR_X75439_2490_2514_FTGGGCTCTTTC587MUPR_X75439_2554_2581_RTCGTTAATTAATC1112
GCTTAAACACCTGGCTGCGGAAGT
TGA
3020AROE_NC003923-TGATGGCAAGT474AROE_NC003923-1674726-TAAGCAATACCTT1378
1674726-GGATAGGGTAT1674277_309_335_RTACTTGCACCACC
1674277_204_232_FAATACAGACCT
3021AROE_NC003923-TGGCGAGTGGA570AROE_NC003923-1674726-TTCATAAGCAATA1378
1674726-TAGGGTATAAT1674277_311_339_RCCCTTTACTTGCA
1674277_207_232_FACAGCCAC
3022AROE_NC003923-TGGCpAAGTpG572AROE_NC003923-1674726-TAAGCAATACCpT867
1674726-GATpAGGGTpA1674277_311_335P_RpTpTpACTpTpGC
1674277_207_232P_FTpAATpACpAGpACpCpAC
3023ARCC_NC003923-TCTGAAATGAA398ARCC_NC003923-2725050-TCTTCTTCTTTCG1137
2725050-TAGTGATAGAA2724595_214_245_RTATAAAAAGGACC
2724595_124_155_FCTGTAGGCACAATTGG
3024ARCC_NC003923-TGAATAGTGAT437ARCC_NC003923-2725050-TCTTCTTTTCGTAT1139
2725050-AGAACTGTAGG2724595_212_242_RAAAAAGGACCAAT
2724595_131_161_FCACAATCGTTGGTT
3025ARCC_NC003923-TGAATAGTGAT437ARCC_NC003923-2725050-TGCGCTAATTCTT1232
2725050-AGAACTGTAGG2724595_232_260_RCAACTTCTTCTTT
2724595_131_161_FCACAATCGTCGT
3026PTA_NC003923-TACAATGCTTG177PTA_NC003923-628885-TGTTCTTGATACA1350
628885-TTTATGCTGGTA629355_322_351_RCCTGGTTTCGTTT
629355_231_259_FAAGCAGTGAT
3027PTA_NC003923-TACAATGCTTG177PTA_NC003923-628885-TGGTACACCTGGT1301
62885-TTTATGCTGGT629355_314_345_RTTCGTTTTGATGA
629355_231_259_FAAAGCAGTTTGTA
3028PTA_NC003923-TCTTGTTTATG418PTA_NC003923-628885-TGTTCTTGATACA1350
628885-CTGGTAAAAGC629355_322_351_RCCTGGTTTCGTTT
629355_237_263_FAGATGGTGAT
TABLE 4 — Molecular Masses of Natural Nucleobases and the Mass-Modified Nucleobase 5-Iodo-C and Molecular Mass Differences Resulting from Transitions
NucleobaseMolecular MassTransitionMolecular Mass
A313.058A-->T−9.012
A313.058A-->C−24.012
A313.058A-->5-Iodo-C101.888
A313.058A-->G15.994
T304.046T-->A9.012
T304.046T-->C−15.000
T304.046T-->5-Iodo-C110.900
T304.046T-->G25.006
C289.046C-->A24.012
C289.046C-->T15.000
C289.046C-->G40.006
5-Iodo-C414.9465-Iodo-C-->A−101.888
5-Iodo-C414.9465-Iodo-C-->T−110.900
5-Iodo-C414.9465-Iodo-C-->G−85.894
G329.052G-->A−15.994
G329.052G-->T−25.006
G329.052G-->C−40.006
G329.052G-->5-Iodo-C85.894
TABLE 5 — Bacterial Primer Pairs of the Surveillance Primer Set
ForwardReverse
PrimerPrimerPrimer
Pair(SEQ ID(SEQ ID
No.Forward Primer NameNO:)Reverse Primer NameNO:)Target Gene
34616S_EC_713_732_TMOD_F20216S_EC_789_809_TMOD_R111016S rRNA
1016S_EC_713_732_F2116S_EC_789_80979816S rRNA
34716S_EC_785_806_TMOD_F56016S_EC_880_897_TMOD_R127816S rRNA
1116S_EC_785_806_F11816S_EC_880_897_R83016S rRNA
34816S_EC_960_981_TMOD_F70616S_EC_1054_1073_TMOD_R89516S rRNA
1416S_EC_960_981_F67216S_EC_1054_1073_R73516S rRNA
34923S_EC_1826_1843_TMOD_F40123S_EC_1906_1924_TMOD_R115623S rRNA
1623S_EC_1826_1843_F8023S_EC_1906_1924_R80523S rRNA
352INFB_EC_1365_1393_TMOD_F687INFB_EC_1439_1467_TMOD_R1411infB
34INFB_EC_1365_1393_F524INFB_EC_1439_1467_R1248infB
354RPOC_EC_2218_2241_TMOD_F405RPOC_EC_2313_2337_TMOD_R1072rpoC
52RPOC_EC_2218_2241_F81RPOC_EC_2313_2337_R790rpoC
355SSPE_BA_115_137_TMOD_F255SSPE_BA_197_222_TMOD_R1402sspE
58SSPE_BA_115_137_F45SSPE_BA_197_222_R1201sspE
356RPLB_EC_650_679_TMOD_F232RPLB_EC_739_762_TMOD_R592rplB
66RPLB_EC_650_679_F98RPLB_EC_739_762_R999rplB
358VALS_EC_1105_1124_TMOD_F385VALS_EC_1195_1218_TMOD_R1093valS
71VALS_EC_1105_1124_F77VALS_EC_1195_1218_R795valS
359RPOB_EC_1845_1866_TMOD_F659RPOB_EC_1909_1929_TMOD_R1250rpoB
72RPOB_EC_1845_1866_F233RPOB_EC_1909_1929_R825rpoB
36023S_EC_2646_2667_TMOD_F40923S_EC_2745_2765_TMOD_R143423S rRNA
11823S_EC_2646_2667_F8423S_EC_2745_2765_R138923S rRNA
1723S_EC_2645_2669_F40823S_EC_2744_2761_R125223S rRNA
36116S_EC_1090_1111_2_TMOD_F69716S_EC_1175_1196_TMOD_R139816S rRNA
316S_EC_1090_1111_2_F65116S_EC_1175_1196_R115916S rRNA
362RPOB_EC_3799_3821_TMOD_F581RPOB_EC_3862_3888_TMOD_R1325rpoB
289RPOB_EC_3799_3821_F124RPOB_EC_3862_3888_R840rpoB
363RPOC_EC_2146_2174_TMOD_F284RPOC_EC_2227_2245_TMOD_R898rpoC
290RPOC_EC_2146_2174_F52RPOC_EC_2227_2245_R736rpoC
367TUFB_EC_957_979_TMOD_F308TUFB_EC_1034_1058_TMOD_R1276tufB
293TUFB_EC_957_979_F55TUFB_EC_1034_1058_R829tufB
449RPLB_EC_690_710_F309RPLB_EC_737_758_R1336rplB
357RPLB_EC_688_710_TMOD_F296RPLB_EC_736_757_TMOD_R1337rplB
67RPLB_EC_688_710_F54RPLB_EC_736_757_R842rplB
TABLE 6 — Drill-Down Primer Pairs for Confirmation of Identification of Bacillus anthracis
ForwardReverse
PrimerPrimerPrimer
Pair(SEQ ID(SEQ ID
No.Forward Primer NameNO:)Reverse Primer NameNO:)Target Gene
350CAPC_BA_274_303_TMOD_F476CAPC_BA_349_376_TMOD_R1314capC
24CAPC_BA_274_303_F109CAPC_BA_349_376_R837capC
351CYA_BA_1353_1379_TMOD_F355CYA_BA_1448_1467_TMOD_R1423cyA
30CYA_BA_1353_1379_F64CYA_BA_1448_1467_R1342cyA
353LEF_BA_756_781_TMOD_F220LEF_BA_843_872_TMOD_R1394lef
37LEF_BA_756_781_F26LEF_BA_843_872_R1135lef
TABLE 8 — Triangulation Genotyping Analysis Primer Pairs for Group A Streptococcus Drill-Down
PrimerForward PrimerReverse Primer
Pair No.Forward Primer Name(SEQ ID NO:)Reverse Primer Name(SEQ ID NO:)Target Gene
442SP101_SPET11_358_387_TMOD_F588SP101_SPET11_448_473_TMOD_R998gki
80SP101_SPET11_358_387_F126SP101_SPET11_448_473_TMOD_R766gki
443SP101_SPET11_600_629_TMOD_F348SP101_SPET11_686_714_TMOD_R1018gtr
81SP101_SPET11_600_629_F62SP101_SPET11_686_714_R772gtr
426SP101_SPET11_1314_1336_TMOD_F363SP101_SPET11_1403_1431_TMOD_R849murI
86SP101_SPET11_1314_1336_F68SP101_SPET11_1403_1431_R711murI
430SP101_SPET11_1807_1835_TMOD_F235SP101_SPET11_1901_1927_TMOD_R1439mutS
90SP101_SPET11_1807_1835_F33SP101_SPET11_1901_1927_R1412mutS
438SP101_SPET11_3075_3103_TMOD_F473SP101_SPET11_3168_3196_TMOD_R875xpt
96SP101_SPET11_3075_3103_F108SP101_SPET11_3168_3196_R715xpt
441SP101_SPET11_3511_3535_TMOD_F531SP101_SPET11_3605_3629_TMOD_R1294yqiL
98SP101_SPET11_3511_3535_F116SP101_SPET11_3605_3629_R832yqiL
TABLE 9A — Base Composition Analysis of Bioagent Identifying Amplicons of Group A Streptococcus samples from Six Military Installations Obtained with Primer Pair Nos. 426 and 430
emm-type bymurImutS
# ofMassemm-GeneLocation(Primer Pair(Primer Pair
InstancesSpectrometrySequencing(sample)YearNo. 426)No. 430)
4833MCRD San2002A39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
266DiegoA40 G24 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
12828(Cultured)A39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
153NDA39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
633NHRC San2003A39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
35, 585Diego-A40 G24 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
666ArchiveA40 G24 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
11111(Cultured)A39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
31212A40 G24 C20 T34A38 G26 C24 T33
12222A39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
325, 7575A39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
444/61, 82, 944/61A40 G24 C20 T34A38 G26 C24 T33
253, 9191A39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
122Ft.2003A39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C24 T32
233LeonardA39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
144WoodA39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
166(Cultured)A40 G24 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
1125 or 7575A39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
125, 75, 33,75A39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
34, 4, 52, 84
144/61 or 8244/61A40 G24 C20 T34A38 G26 C24 T33
or 9
25 or 585A40 G24 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
311Ft. Sill2003A40 G24 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
233(Cultured)A39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
144A39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
12828A39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
133Ft.2003A39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
144BenningA39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
366(Cultured)A40 G24 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
11111A39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
11394**A40 G24 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
144/61 or 8282A40 G24 C20 T34A38 G26 C24 T33
or 9
15 or 5858A40 G24 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
178 or 8989A39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
25 or 58NDLackland2003A40 G24 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
12AFBA39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C24 T32
181 or 90(ThroatA40 G24 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
178Swabs)A38 G26 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
3***No detectionNo detectionNo detection
73NDMCRD San2002A39 G25 C20 T34A38 G27 C23 T33
13NDDiegoNo detectionA38 G27 C23 T33
13ND(ThroatNo detectionNo detection
13NDSwabs)No detectionNo detection
23NDNo detectionA38 G27 C23 T33
3No detectionNDNo detectionNo detection
TABLE 9B — Base Composition Analysis of Bioagent Identifying Amplicons of Group A Streptococcus samples from Six Military Installations Obtained with Primer Pair Nos. 438 and 441
emm-type byxptyqiL
# ofMassemm-GeneLocation(Primer Pair(Primer Pair
InstancesSpectrometrySequencing(sample)YearNo. 438)No. 441)
4833MCRD San2002A30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
266DiegoA30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
12828(Cultured)A30 G36 C20 T36A41 G28 C18 T32
153NDA30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
633NHRC San2003A30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
35, 585Diego-A30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
666ArchiveA30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
11111(Cultured)A30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
31212A30 G36 C19 T37A40 G29 C19 T31
12222A30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
325, 7575A30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
444/61, 82, 944/61A30 G36 C20 T36A41 G28 C19 T31
253, 9191A30 G36 C19 T37A40 G29 C19 T31
122Ft.2003A30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
233LeonardA30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
144WoodA30 G36 C19 T37A41 G28 C19 T31
166(Cultured)A30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
1125 or 7575A30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
125, 75, 33,75A30 G36 C19 T37A40 G29 C19 T31
34, 4, 52, 84
144/61 or 8244/61A30 G36 C20 T36A41 G28 C19 T31
or 9
25 or 585A30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
311Ft. Sill2003A30 G36 C19 T37A40 G29 C19 T31
233(Cultured)A30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
144A30 G36 C19 T37A41 G28 C19 T31
12828A30 G36 C20 T36A41 G28 C18 T32
133Ft.2003A30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
144BenningA30 G36 C19 T37A41 G28 C19 T31
366(Cultured)A30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
11111A30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
11394**A30 G36 C20 T36A41 G28 C19 T31
144/61 or 8282A30 G36 C20 T36A41 G28 C19 T31
or 9
15 or 5858A30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
178 or 8989A30 G36 C20 T36A41 G28 C19 T31
25 or 58NDLackland2003A30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
12AFBA30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
181 or 90(ThroatA30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
178Swabs)A30 G36 C20 T36A41 G28 C19 T31
3***No detectionNo detectionNo detection
73NDMCRD San2002A30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
13NDDiegoA30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
13ND(ThroatA30 G36 C20 T36No detection
13NDSwabs)No detectionA40 G29 C19 T31
23NDA30 G36 C20 T36A40 G29 C19 T31
3No detectionNDNo detectionNo detection
TABLE 9C — Base Composition Analysis of Bioagent Identifying Amplicons of Group A Streptococcus samples from Six Military Installations Obtained with Primer Pair Nos. 438 and 441
emm-type bygkigtr
# ofMassemm-GeneLocation(Primer Pair((Primer Pair
InstancesSpectrometrySequencing(sample)YearNo. 442)No. 443)
4833MCRD San2002A32 G35 C17 T32A39 G28 C16 T32
266DiegoA31 G35 C17 T33A39 G28 C15 T33
12828(Cultured)A30 G36 C17 T33A39 G28 C16 T32
153NDA32 G35 C17 T32A39 G28 C16 T32
633NHRC San2003A32 G35 C17 T32A39 G28 C16 T32
35, 585Diego-A30 G36 C20 T30A39 G28 C15 T33
666ArchiveA31 G35 C17 T33A39 G28 C15 T33
11111(Cultured)A30 G36 C20 T30A39 G28 C16 T32
31212A31 G35 C17 T33A39 G28 C15 T33
12222A31 G35 C17 T33A38 G29 C15 T33
325, 7575A30 G36 C17 T33A39 G28 C15 T33
444/61, 82, 944/61A30 G36 C18 T32A39 G28 C15 T33
253, 9191A32 G35 C17 T32A39 G28 C16 T32
122Ft.2003A30 G36 C17 T33A39 G28 C15 T33
233LeonardA32 G35 C17 T32A39 G28 C16 T32
144WoodA31 G35 C17 T33A39 G28 C15 T33
166(Cultured)A31 G35 C17 T33A39 G28 C15 T33
1125 or 7575A30 G36 C17 T33A39 G28 C15 T33
125, 75, 33,75A30 G36 C17 T33A39 G28 C15 T33
34, 4, 52, 84
144/61 or 8244/61A30 G36 C18 T32A39 G28 C15 T33
or 9
25 or 585A30 G36 C20 T30A39 G28 C15 T33
311Ft. Sill2003A30 G36 C18 T32A39 G28 C15 T33
233(Cultured)A32 G35 C17 T32A39 G28 C16 T32
144A31 G35 C17 T33A39 G28 C15 T33
12828A30 G36 C17 T33A39 G28 C16 T32
133Ft.2003A32 G35 C17 T32A39 G28 C16 T32
144BenningA31 G35 C17 T33A39 G28 C15 T33
366(Cultured)A31 G35 C17 T33A39 G28 C15 T33
11111A30 G36 C20 T30A39 G28 C16 T32
11394**A30 G36 C19 T31A39 G28 C15 T33
144/61 or 8282A30 G36 C18 T32A39 G28 C15 T33
or 9
15 or 5858A30 G36 C20 T30A39 G28 C15 T33
178 or 8989A30 G36 C18 T32A39 G28 C15 T33
25 or 58NDLackland2003A30 G36 C20 T30A39 G28 C15 T33
12AFBA30 G36 C17 T33A39 G28 C15 T33
181 or 90(ThroatA30 G36 C17 T33A39 G28 C15 T33
178Swabs)A30 G36 C18 T32A39 G28 C15 T33
3***No detectionNo detectionNo detection
73NDMCRD San2002A32 G35 C17 T32A39 G28 C16 T32
13NDDiegoNo detectionNo detection
13ND(ThroatA32 G35 C17 T32A39 G28 C16 T32
13NDSwabs)A32 G35 C17 T32No detection
23NDA32 G35 C17 T32No detection
3No detectionNDNo detectionNo detection
TABLE 11 — Primer Pair Gene Coordinate References and Calibration Polynucleotide Sequence Coordinates within the Combination Calibration Polynucleotide Coordinates of
Gene ExtractionCalibration Sequence in
BacterialCoordinatesReference GenBank GICombination Calibration
Gene andof Genomic or PlasmidNo. of Genomic (G) orPrimerPolynucleotide (SEQ ID
SpeciesSequencePlasmid (P) SequencePair No.NO: 1464)
16S E. coli4033120 . . . 403466116127994 (G)34616 . . . 109
16S E. coli4033120 . . . 403466116127994 (G)34783 . . . 190
16S E. coli4033120 . . . 403466116127994 (G)348246 . . . 353
16S E. coli4033120 . . . 403466116127994 (G)361368 . . . 469
23S E. coli4166220 . . . 416912316127994 (G)349743 . . . 837
23S E. coli4166220 . . . 416912316127994 (G)360865 . . . 981
rpoB E. coli.4178823 . . . 418285116127994 (G)3591591 . . . 1672
(complement strand)
rpoB E. coli4178823 . . . 418285116127994 (G)3622081 . . . 2167
(complement strand)
rpoC E. coli4182928 . . . 418715116127994 (G)3541810 . . . 1926
rpoC E. coli4182928 . . . 418715116127994 (G)3632183 . . . 2279
infB E. coli3313655 . . . 331098316127994 (G)3521692 . . . 1791
(complement strand)
tufB E. coli4173523 . . . 417470716127994 (G)3672400 . . . 2498
rplB E. coli3449001 . . . 344818016127994 (G)3561945 . . . 2060
rplB E. coli3449001 . . . 344818016127994 (G)4491986 . . . 2055
valS E. coli4481405 . . . 447855016127994 (G)3581462 . . . 1572
(complement strand)
capC56074 . . . 556286470151 (P)3502517 . . . 2616
B. anthracis
(complement strand)
cya156626 . . . 1542884894216 (P)3511338 . . . 1449
B. anthracis
(complement strand)
lef127442 . . . 1299214894216 (P)3531121 . . . 1234
B. anthracis
sspE226496 . . . 22678330253828 (G)3551007-1104
B. anthracis
TABLE 12 — Campylobacter Genotyping Primer Pairs Primer
PairForward PrimerReverse Primer
No.Forward Primer Name(SEQ ID NO:)Reverse Primer Name(SEQ ID NO:)Target Gene
1053CJST_CJ_1080_1110_F681CJST_CJ_1166_1198_R1022gltA
1047CJST_CJ_584_616_F315CJST_CJ_663_692_R1379glnA
1048CJST_CJ_360_394_F346CJST_CJ_442_476_R955aspA
1049CJST_CJ_2636_2668_F504CJST_CJ_2753_2777_R1409tkt
1054CJST_CJ_2060_2090_F323CJST_CJ_2148_2174_R1068pgm
1064CJST_CJ_1680_1713_F479CJST_CJ_1795_1822_R938glyA
TABLE 14A — Triangulation Genotyping Analysis Primer Pairs for Identification of Sub-species characteristics (Strain Type) of Members of the Bacterial Genus Acinetobacter
PrimerForward PrimerReverse Primer
Pair No.Forward Primer Name(SEQ ID NO:)Reverse Primer Name(SEQ ID NO:)
1151AB_MLST-11-OIF007_62_91_F454AB_MLST-11-OIF007_169_203_R1418
1152AB_MLST-11-OIF007_185_214_F243AB_MLST-11-OIF007_291_324_R969
1153AB_MLST-11-OIF007_260_289_F541AB_MLST-11-OIF007_364_393_R1400
1154AB_MLST-11-OIF007_206_239_F436AB_MLST-11-OIF007_318_344_R1036
1155AB_MLST-11-OIF007_522_552_F378AB_MLST-11-OIF007_587_610_R1392
1156AB_MLST-11-OIF007_547_571_F250AB_MLST-11-OIF007_656_686_R902
1157AB_MLST-11-OIF007_601_627_F256AB_MLST-11-OIF007_710_736_R881
1158AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1202_1225_F384AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1266_1296_R878
1159AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1202_1225_F384AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1299_1316_R1199
1160AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1234_1264_F694AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1335_1362_R1215
1161AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1327_1356_F225AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1422_1448_R1212
1162AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1345_1369_F383AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1470_1494_R1083
1163AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1351_1375_F662AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1470_1494_R1083
1164AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1387_1412_F422AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1470_1494_R1083
1165AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1542_1569_F194AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1656_1680_R1173
1166AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1566_1593_F684AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1656_1680_R1173
1167AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1611_1638_F375AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1731_1757_R890
1168AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1726_1752_F182AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1790_1821_R1195
1169AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1792_1826_F656AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1876_1909_R1151
1170AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1792_1826_F656AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1895_1927_R1224
1171AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1970_2002_F618AB_MLST-11-OIF007_2097_2118_R1157
2846PARC_X95819_33_58_F302PARC_X95819_121_153_R852
2847PARC_X95819_33_58_F199PARC_X95819_157_178_R889
2848PARC_X95819_33_58_F596PARC_X95819_97_128_R1169
2852GYRA_AY642140_−1_24_F150GYRA_AY642140_71_100_R1242
2853GYRA_AY642140_26_54_F166GYRA_AY642140_121_146_R1069
2854GYRA_AY642140_26_54_F166GYRA_AY642140_58_89_R1168
2922AB_MLST-11-OIF007_991_1018_F583AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1110_1137_R923
2972AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1007_1034_F592AB_MLST-11-OIF007_1126_1153_R924
TABLE 14B — Triangulation Genotyping Analysis Primer Pairs for Identification of Sub-species characteristics (Strain Type) of Members of the Bacterial Genus Acinetobacter
ForwardReverse
PrimerPrimerPrimer
Pair No.(SEQ ID NO:)SEQUENCE(SEQ ID NO:SEQUENCE
1151454TGAGATTGCTGAACATTTAATGCTGATTGA1418TTGTACATTTGAAACAATATGCATGACATGTGAAT
1152243TATTGTTTCAAATGTACAAGGTGAAGTGCG969TCACAGGTTCACTTCATCAATAATTTCCATTGC
1153541TGGAACGTTATCAGGTGCCCCAAAAATTCG1400TTGCAATCGACATATCCATTTCACCATGCC
1154436TGAAGTGCGTGATGATATCGATGCACTTGATGTA1036TCCGCCAAAAACTCCCCTTTTCACAGG
1155378TCGGTTTAGTAAAAGAACGTATTGCTCAACC1392TTCTGCTTGAGGAATAGTGCGTGG
1156250TCAACCTGACTGCGTGAATGGTTGT902TACGTTCTACGATTTCTTCATCAGGTACATC
1157256TCAAGCAGAAGCTTTGGAAGAAGAAGG881TACAACGTGATAAACACGACCAGAAGC
1158384TCGTGCCCGCAATTTGCATAAAGC878TAATGCCGGGTAGTGCAATCCATTCTTCTAG
1159384TCGTGCCCGCAATTTGCATAAAGC1199TGCACCTGCGGTCGAGCG
1160694TTGTAGCACAGCAAGGCAAATTTCCTCAAAC1215TGCCATCCATAATCACGCCATACTGACG
1161225TAGGTTTACGTCAGTATGGCGTGATTATGG1212TGCCAGTTTCCACATTTCACGTTCGTG
1162383TCGTGATTATGGATGGCAACGTGAA1083TCGCTTGAGTGTACTGATGATTGCG
1163662TTATGGATGGCAACGTGAAACGCGT1083TCGCTTGAGTGTAGTCATGATTGCG
1164422TCTTTGCCATTGAAGATGACTTAAGC1083TCGCTTGAGTGTAGTCATGATTGCG
1165194TACTAGCGGTAAGCTTAAACAAGATTGC1173TGAGTCGGGTTCACTTTACCTGGCA
1166684TTGCCAATGATATTCGTTGGTTAGCAAG1173TGAGTCGGGTTCACTTTACCTGGCA
1167375TCGGCGAAATCCGTATTCCTGAAAATGA890TACCGGAAGCACCAGCGACATTAATAG
1168182TACCACTATTAATGTCGCTGGTGCTTC1195TGCAACTGAATAGATTGCAGTAAGTTATAAGC
1169656TTATAACTTACTGCAATCTATTCAGTTGCTTGGT1151TGAATTATGCAAGAAGTGATCAATTTTCTCACGA
G
1170656TTATAACTTACTGCAATCTATTCAGTTGCTTGGT1224TGCCGTAACTAACATAAGAGAATTATGCAAGAA
G
1171618TGGTTATGTACCAAATACTTTGTCTGAAGATGG1157TGACGGCATCGATACCACCGTC
2846302TCCAAAAAAATCAGCGCGTACAGTGG852TAAAGGATAGCGGTAACTAAATGGCTGAGCCAT
2847199TACTTGGTAAATACCACCCACATGGTGA889TACCCCAGTTCCCCTGACCTTC
2848596TGGTAAATACCACCCACATGGTGAC1169TGAGCCATGAGTACCATGGCTTCATAACATGC
2852150TAAATCTGCCCGTGTCGTCGGTGAC1242TGCTAAAGTCTTGAGCCATACGAACAATGG
2853166TAATCGGTAAATATCACCCGCATGGTGAC1069TCGATCGAACCGAAGTTACCCTGACC
2854166TAATCGGTAAATATCACCCGCATGGTGAC1168TGAGCCATACGAACAATGGTTTCATAAACAGC
2922583TGGGCGATGCTGCGAAATGGTTAAAAGA923TAGTATCACCACGTACACCCGCATCAGT
2972592TGGGIGATGCTGCIAAATGGTTAAAAGA924TAGTATCACCACGTACICCIGGATCAGT
TABLE 19 — Primer Pairs for Identification of Drug Resistance Genes and Virulence Factors in Staphylococcus aureus
ForwardReverse
PrimerPrimerPrimer
Pair(SEQ ID(SEQ IDTarget
No.Forward Primer NameNO:)Reverse Primer NameNO:)Gene
879MECA_Y14051_4507_4530_F288MECA_Y14051_4555_4581_R1269mecA
2056MECI-R_NC003923-41798-698MECI-R_NC003923-41798-1420MecI-R
41609_33_60_F41609_86_113_R
2081ERMA_NC002952-55890-217ERMA_NC002952-55890-1167ermA
56621_366_395_F56621_438_465_R
2086ERMC_NC005908-2004-399ERMC_NC005908-2004-1041ermC
2738_85_116_F2738_173_206_R
2095PVLUK_NC003923-1529595-456PVLUK_NC003923-1529595-1261Pv-luk
1531285_688_713_F1531285_775_804_R
2249TUFB_NC002758-615038-430TUFB_NC002758-615038-1321tufB
616222_696_725_F616222_793_820_R
2256NUC_NC002758-894288-174NUC_NC002758-894288-853Nuc
894974_316_345_F894974_396_421_R
2313MUPR_X75439_2486_2516_F172MUPR_X75439_2548_2574_R1360mupR
TABLE 20A — Drug Resistance and Virulence Identified in Blinded Samples of Various Strains of Staphylococcus aureus with Primer Pair Nos. 2081, 2086, 2095 and 2256
PrimerPrimerPrimer
SamplePair No.Pair No.Primer Pair No.Pair No.
Index No.2081 (ermA)2086 (ermC)2095 (pv-luk)2256 (nuc)
CDC0010−−PVL−/lukD++
CDC0015−−
PVL+/lukD+
+
CDC0019−+PVL−/lukD++
CDC0026+−PVL−/lukD++
CDC0030+−PVL−/lukD++
CDC004−−
PVL+/lukD+
+
CDC0014−+
PVL+/lukD+
+
CDC008−−PVL−/lukD++
CDC001+−PVL−/lukD++
CDC0022+−PVL−/lukD++
CDC006+−PVL−/lukD++
CDC007−−PVL−/lukD++
CDCVRSA1+−PVL−/lukD++
CDCVRSA2++PVL−/lukD++
CDC0011+−PVL−/lukD++
CDC0012−−
PVL+/lukD−
+
CDC0021+−PVL−/lukD++
CDC0023+−PVL−/lukD++
CDC0025+−PVL−/lukD++
CDC005−−PVL−/lukD++
CDC0018+−
PVL+/lukD−
+
CDC002−−PVL−/lukD++
CDC0028+−PVL−/lukD++
CDC003−−PVL−/lukD++
CDC0013−−
PVL+/lukD+
+
CDC0016−−PVL−/lukD++
CDC0027+−PVL−/lukD++
CDC0029−−
PVL+/lukD+
+
CDC0020−+PVL−/lukD++
CDC0024−−PVL−/lukD++
CDC0031−−PVL−/lukD++
TABLE 21 — Primer Pairs for Triangulation Genotyping Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus
ForwardReverse
PrimerPrimerPrimer
Pair(SEQ ID(SEQ IDTarget
No.Forward Primer NameNO:)Reverse Primer NameNO:)Gene
2146ARCC_NC003923-2725050-437ARCC_NC003923-2725050-1137arcC
2724595_131_161_F2724595_214_245_R
2149AROE_NC003923-1674726-530AROE_NC003923-1674726-891aroE
1674277_30_62_F1674277_155_181_R
2150AROE_NC003923-1674726-474AROE_NC003923-1674726-869aroE
1674277_204_232_F1674277_308_335_R
2156GMK_NC003923-1190906-268GMK_NC003923-1190906-1284gmk
1191334_301_329_F1191334_403_432_R
2157PTA_NC003923-628885-418PTA_NC003923-628885-1301pta
629355_237_263_F629355_314_345_R
2161TPI_NC003923-830671-318TPI_NC003923-830671-1300tpi
831072_1_34_F831072_97_129_R
2163YQI_NC003923-378916-440YQI_NC003923-378916-1076yqi
379431_142_167_F379431_259_284_R
2166YQI_NC003923-378916-219YQI_NC003923-378916-1013yqi
379431_275_300_F379431_364_396_R
TABLE 22A — Triangulation Genotyping Analysis of Blinded Samples of Various Strains of Staphylococcus aureus with Primer Pair Nos. 2146, 2149, 2150 and 2156
SamplePrimer Pair No.Primer Pair No.Primer Pair No.Primer Pair No.
Index No.Strain2146 (arcC)2149(aroE)2150 (aroE)2156 (gmk)
CDC0010COLA44 G24 C18 T29A59 G24 C18 T51A40 G36 C13 T43A50 G30 C20 T32
CDC0015COLA44 G24 C18 T29A59 G24 C18 T51A40 G36 C13 T43A50 G30 C20 T32
CDC0019COLA44 G24 C18 T29A59 G24 C18 T51A40 G36 C13 T43A50 G30 C20 T32
CDC0026COLA44 G24 C18 T29A59 G24 C18 T51A40 G36 C13 T43A50 G30 C20 T32
CDC0030COLA44 G24 C18 T29A59 G24 C18 T51A40 G36 C13 T43A50 G30 C20 T32
CDC004COLA44 G24 C18 T29A59 G24 C18 T51A40 G36 C13 T43A50 G30 C20 T32
CDC0014COLA44 G24 C18 T29A59 G24 C18 T51A40 G36 C13 T43A50 G30 C20 T32
CDC008????A44 G24 C18 T29A59 G24 C18 T51A40 G36 C13 T43A50 G30 C20 T32
CDC001Mu50A45 G23 C20 T27A58 G24 C18 T52A40 G36 C13 T43A51 G29 C21 T31
CDC0022Mu50A45 G23 C20 T27A58 G24 C18 T52A40 G36 C13 T43A51 G29 C21 T31
CDC006Mu50A45 G23 C20 T27A58 G24 C18 T52A40 G36 C13 T43A51 G29 C21 T31
CDC0011MRSA252A45 G24 C18 T28A58 G24 C19 T51A41 G36 C12 T43A51 G29 C21 T31
CDC0012MRSA252A45 G24 C18 T28A58 G24 C19 T51A41 G36 C12 T43A51 G29 C21 T31
CDC0021MRSA252A45 G24 C18 T28A58 G24 C19 T51A41 G36 C12 T43A51 G29 C21 T31
CDC0023ST:110A45 G24 C18 T28A59 G24 C18 T51A40 G36 C13 T43A50 G30 C20 T32
CDC0025ST:110A45 G24 C18 T28A59 G24 C18 T51A40 G36 C13 T43A50 G30 C20 T32
CDC005ST:338A44 G24 C18 T29A59 G23 C19 T51A40 G36 C14 T42A51 G29 C21 T31
CDC0018ST:338A44 G24 C18 T29A59 G23 C19 T51A40 G36 C14 T42A51 G29 C21 T31
CDC002ST:108A46 G23 C20 T26A58 G24 C19 T51A42 G36 C12 T42A51 G29 C20 T32
CDC0028ST:108A46 G23 C20 T26A58 G24 C19 T51A42 G36 C12 T42A51 G29 C20 T32
CDC003ST:107A45 G23 C20 T27A58 G24 C18 T52A40 G36 C13 T43A51 G29 C21 T31
CDC0013ST:12NDA59 G24 C18 T51A40 G36 C13 T43A51 G29 C21 T31
CDC0016ST:120A45 G23 C18 T29A58 G24 C19 T51A40 G37 C13 T42A51 G29 C21 T31
CDC0027ST:105A45 G23 C20 T27A58 G24 C18 T52A40 G36 C13 T43A51 G29 C21 T31
CDC0029MSSA476A45 G23 C20 T27A58 G24 C19 T51A40 G36 C13 T43A50 G30 C20 T32
CDC0020ST:15A44 G23 C21 T27A59 G23 C18 T52A40 G36 C13 T43A50 G30 C20 T32
CDC0024ST:137A45 G23 C20 T27A57 G25 C19 T51A40 G36 C13 T43A51 G29 C22 T30
CDC0031***No productNo productNo productNo product
TABLE 22B — Triangulation Genotyping Analysis of Blinded Samples of Various Strains of Staphylococcus aureus with Primer Pair Nos. 2146, 2149, 2150 and 2156 Note: *** The sample CDC0031 was identified as Staphylococcus scleiferi as indicated in Example 14. Thus, the triangulation genotyping primers designed for Staphylococcus aureus would generally not be expected to prime and produce amplification products of this organism. Tables 22A and 22B indicate that amplification products are obtained for this organism only with primer pair numbers 2157 and 2161.
SamplePrimer Pair No.Primer Pair No.Primer Pair No.Primer Pair No.
Index No.Strain2157 (pta)2161 (tpi)2163 (yqi)2166 (yqi)
CDC0010COLA32 G25 C23 T29A51 G28 C22 T28A41 G37 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC0015COLA32 G25 C23 T29A51 G28 C22 T28A41 G37 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC0019COLA32 G25 C23 T29A51 G28 C22 T28A41 G37 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC0026COLA32 G25 C23 T29A51 G28 C22 T28A41 G37 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC0030COLA32 G25 C23 T29A51 G28 C22 T28A41 G37 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC004COLA32 G25 C23 T29A51 G28 C22 T28A41 G37 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC0014COLA32 G25 C23 T29A51 G28 C22 T28A41 G37 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC008unknownA32 G25 C23 T29A51 G28 C22 T28A41 G37 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC001Mu50A33 G25 C22 T29A50 G28 C22 T29A42 G36 C22 T43A36 G31 C19 T36
CDC0022Mu50A33 G25 C22 T29A50 G28 C22 T29A42 G36 C22 T43A36 G31 C19 T36
CDC006Mu50A33 G25 C22 T29A50 G28 C22 T29A42 G36 C22 T43A36 G31 C19 T36
CDC0011MRSA252A32 G25 C23 T29A50 G28 C22 T29A42 G36 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC0012MRSA252A32 G25 C23 T29A50 G28 C22 T29A42 G36 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC0021MRSA252A32 G25 C23 T29A50 G28 C22 T29A42 G36 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC0023ST:110A32 G25 C23 T29A51 G28 C22 T28A41 G37 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC0025ST:110A32 G25 C23 T29A51 G28 C22 T28A41 G37 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC005ST:338A32 G25 C24 T28A51 G27 C21 T30A42 G36 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC0018ST:338A32 G25 C24 T28A51 G27 C21 T30A42 G36 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC002ST:108A33 G25 C23 T28A50 G28 C22 T29A42 G36 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC0028ST:108A33 G25 C23 T28A50 G28 C22 T29A42 G36 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC003ST:107A32 G25 C23 T29A51 G28 C22 T28A41 G37 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC0013ST:12A32 G25 C23 T29A51 G28 C22 T28A42 G36 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC0016ST:120A32 G25 C24 T28A50 G28 C21 T30A42 G36 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC0027ST:105A33 G25 C22 T29A50 G28 C22 T29A43 G36 C21 T43A36 G31 C19 T36
CDC0029MSSA476A33 G25 C22 T29A50 G28 C22 T29A42 G36 C22 T43A36 G31 C19 T36
CDC0020ST:15A33 G25 C22 T29A50 G28 C21 T30A42 G36 C22 T43A36 G31 C18 T37
CDC0024ST:137A33 G25 C22 T29A51 G28 C22 T28A42 G36 C22 T43A37 G30 C18 T37
CDC0031***A34 G25 C25 T25A51 G27 C24 T27No productNo product
TABLE 23 — Primer Pairs for Triangulation Genotyping Analysis of Members of the Bacterial Genus Vibrio
ForwardReverse
PrimerPrimerPrimer
Pair(SEQ ID(SEQ IDTarget
No.Forward Primer NameNO:)Reverse Primer NameNO:)Gene
1098RNASEP_VBC_331_349_F325RNASEP_VBC_388_414_R1163RNAse P
2000CTXB_NC002505_46_70_F278CTXB_NC002505_132_162_R1039ctxB
2001FUR_NC002505_87_113_F465FUR_NC002505_205_228_R1037fur
2011GYRB_NC002505_1161_1190_F148GYRB_NC002505_1255_1284_R1172gyrB
2012OMPU_NC002505_85_110_F190OMPU_NC002505_154_180_R1254ompU
2014OMPU_NC002505_431_455_F266OMPU_NC002505_544_567_R1094ompU
2323CTXA_NC002505-1568114-508CTXA_NC002505-1568114-1297ctxA
1567341_122_149_F1567341_186_214_R
2927GAPA_NC002505_694_721_F259GAPA_NC_002505_29_58_R1060gapA
TABLE 24 — Primer Pairs for Triangulation Genotyping Analysis of Members of the Bacterial Genus Pseudomonas
ForwardReverse
PrimerPrimerPrimer
Pair(SEQ ID(SEQ IDTarget
No.Forward Primer NameNO:)Reverse Primer NameNO:)Gene
2949ACS_NC002516-970624-376ACS_NC002516-970624-1265acsA
971013_299_316_F971013_364_383_R
2950ARO_NC002516-26883-267ARO_NC002516-26883-1341aroE
27380_4_26_F27380_111_128_R
2951ARO_NC002516-26883-705ARO_NC002516-26883-1056aroE
27380_356_377_F27380_459_484_R
2954GUA_NC002516-4226546-710GUA_NC002516-4226546-1259guaA
4226174_155_178_F4226174_265_287_R
2956GUA_NC002516-4226546-374GUA_NC002516-4226546-1111guaA
4226174_242_263_F4226174_355_371_R
2957MUT_NC002516-5551158-545MUT_NC002516-5551158-978mutL
5550717_5_26_F5550717_99_116_R
2959NUO_NC002516-2984589-249NUO_NC002516-2984589-1095nuoD
2984954_8_26_F2984954_97_117_R
2960NUO_NC002516-2984589-195NUO_NC002516-2984589-1376nuoD
2984954_218_239_F2984954_301_326_R
2961PPS_NC002516-1915014-311PPS_NC002516-1915014-1014pps
1915383_44_63_F1915383_140_165_R
2962PPS_NC002516-1915014-365PPS_NC002516-1915014-1052pps
1915383_240_258_F1915383_341_360_R
2963TRP_NC002516-671831-527TRP_NC002516-671831-1071trpE
672273_24_42_F672273_131_150_R
2964TRP_NC002516-671831-490TRP_NC002516-671831-1182trpE
672273_261_282_F672273_362_383_R

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