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A new presumably simple consortium of a Leptolyngbya sp. and a Porphyrobacter sp. was isolated from Tolbo Lake in Mongolia. The draft genome sequences of both species are reported. The consortium has been deposited in the Collection of Microalgae and Cyanobacteria of the Institute of Plant Physiology, Moscow, Russia, under the accession number IPPAS B-1204.
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The purpose of the present study was to create a real-time PCR test system allowing simultaneous detection of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) both in culture and sputum. NTM cultures (18 strains, 18 species), MTBC cultures (16 strains, 2 species) and non-mycobacterial microorganisms from the collection of the Central Research TB Institute (CTRI) were used for the preliminary evaluation of the test system. 301 NTM cultures from patients with mycobacteriosis were used to assess the sensitivity of the developed test system. Clinical respiratory samples (sputum) from 104 patients with mycobacteriosis, 3627 patients with tuberculosis and 118 patients with other lung diseases were used for diagnostic sensitivity and specificity testing. The specificity and sensitivity of the assay for MTBC was found to be 100% both in culture and sputum samples; for NTM, the specificity was 100% in culture and sputum, the sensitivity reached 100% in culture and 73.1% in sputum samples. Positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of the assay for culture were both 100%, for clinical material 100% and 80.8%, respectively. The limit of detection at the probability of detection 95% (LoD95%) was estimated to be 16â¯cfu/ml for M. tuberculosis H37RV and 1200â¯cfu/ml for M. avium.
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/diagnosis , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification , Nontuberculous Mycobacteria/isolation & purification , Tuberculosis/diagnosis , Bacterial Typing Techniques/methods , DNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/classification , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/genetics , Nontuberculous Mycobacteria/classification , Nontuberculous Mycobacteria/genetics , Predictive Value of Tests , Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , Sensitivity and Specificity , Sputum/microbiologyABSTRACT
We report here two draft cyanobacterial genome sequences, those of Cyanobacterium aponinum IPPAS B-1201, isolated from a hot spring in the Turgen Gorge (Kazakhstan), and the uncharacterized cyanobacterium IPPAS B-1203, isolated from a hot spring in Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic). These two strains were deposited at the Collection of Microalgae (IPPAS) of the Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology.
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Whole-genome amplification (WGA) techniques are used for non-specific amplification of low-copy number DNA, and especially for single-cell genome and transcriptome amplification. There are a number of WGA methods that have been developed over the years. One example is degenerate oligonucleotide-primed PCR (DOP-PCR), which is a very simple, fast and inexpensive WGA technique. Although DOP-PCR has been regarded as one of the pioneering methods for WGA, it only provides low genome coverage and a high allele dropout rate when compared to more modern techniques. Here we describe an improved DOP-PCR (iDOP-PCR). We have modified the classic DOP-PCR by using a new thermostable DNA polymerase (SD polymerase) with a strong strand-displacement activity and by adjustments in primers design. We compared iDOP-PCR, classic DOP-PCR and the well-established PicoPlex technique for whole genome amplification of both high- and low-copy number human genomic DNA. The amplified DNA libraries were evaluated by analysis of short tandem repeat genotypes and NGS data. In summary, iDOP-PCR provided a better quality of the amplified DNA libraries compared to the other WGA methods tested, especially when low amounts of genomic DNA were used as an input material.
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DNA Primers , Gene Dosage , Genome, Human , Genomics , Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , DNA Copy Number Variations , Gene Library , Genomics/methods , Genotype , High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing , HumansABSTRACT
Here, we report the draft genome of the filamentous cyanobacterium Desertifilum sp. strain IPPAS B-1220, isolated from Lake Shar-Nuur, Mongolia. The genome of 6.1 Mb codes for 5,113 genes. Genome mining revealed 10 clusters for the synthesis of bioactive compounds (nonribosomal peptides, polyketides, bacteriocins, and lantipeptides) with potential biotechnological or medical importance.
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Here, we report the draft genome of Cyanobacterium sp. IPPAS strain B-1200, isolated from Lake Balkhash, Kazakhstan, and characterized by the unique fatty acid composition of its membrane lipids, which are enriched with myristic and myristoleic acids. The approximate genome size is 3.4 Mb, and the predicted number of coding sequences is 3,119.