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Application of next generation sequencing for detection of protozoan pathogens in shellfish.


ABSTRACT: Food and waterborne protozoan pathogens can cause serious disease in people. Three common species Cryptosporidium parvum, Giardia enterica and Toxoplasma gondii can contaminate diverse shellfish species, including commercial oysters. Current methods of protozoan detection in shellfish are not standardized, and few are able to simultaneously identify multiple species. Here, we present a novel metabarcoding assay targeting the 18S rRNA gene followed by next generation sequencing (NGS) for simultaneous detection of Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia spp. and T. gondii spiked into oyster samples. We further developed a bioinformatic pipeline to process and analyze 18S rRNA data for protozoa classification. The ability of the NGS assay to detect protozoa was later compared with conventional PCR. Results demonstrated that background amplification of oyster and other eukaryotic DNA competed with that of protozoa for obtained sequence reads. Sequences of target protozoans were obtained across all spiking levels; however, low numbers of target sequences in negative controls imply that a threshold for true positives must be defined for assay interpretation. While this study focused on three target parasites, the ability of this approach to detect numerous known and potentially unknown protozoan pathogens make it a promising screening tool for monitoring protozoan contamination in food and water.

SUBMITTER: DeMone C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7708651 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Application of next generation sequencing for detection of protozoan pathogens in shellfish.

DeMone Catherine C   Hwang Mei-Hua MH   Feng Zeny Z   McClure J Trenton JT   Greenwood Spencer J SJ   Fung Rebecca R   Kim Minji M   Weese J Scott JS   Shapiro Karen K  

Food and waterborne parasitology 20201118


Food and waterborne protozoan pathogens can cause serious disease in people. Three common species <i>Cryptosporidium parvum</i>, <i>Giardia enterica</i> and <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> can contaminate diverse shellfish species, including commercial oysters. Current methods of protozoan detection in shellfish are not standardized, and few are able to simultaneously identify multiple species. Here, we present a novel metabarcoding assay targeting the 18S rRNA gene followed by next generation sequenci  ...[more]

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