title: Analysis of the pan genome of Campylobacter jejuni isolates recovered from poultry by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, multilocus sequence typing (MLST), and repetitive sequence polymerase chain reaction (rep-PCR) reveals different discriminatory capabilities.
abstract: Campylobacter jejuni is one of the leading bacterial causes of food-borne illness in the USA. Molecular typing methods are often used in food safety for identifying sources of infection and pathways of transmission. Moreover, the identification of genetically related isolates (i.e., clades) may facilitate the development of intervention strategies for control and prevention of food-borne diseases. We analyzed the pan genome (i.e., core and variable genes) of 63 C. jejuni isolates recovered from chickens raised in conventional, organic, and free-range poultry flocks to gain insight into the genetic diversity of C. jejuni isolates recovered from different environments. We assessed the discriminatory power of three genotyping methods [i.e., pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), multilocus sequence typing (MLST), and repetitive extragenic palindromic polymerase chain reaction (rep-PCR)]. The rep-PCR fingerprint was generated by determining the presence of repetitive sequences that are interspersed throughout the genome via repetitive extragenic palindromic PCR, enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus sequence PCR (ERIC-PCR), and BOX element PCR (BOX-PCR) and combining the data to form a composite fingerprint. The genetic fingerprints were subjected to computer-assisted pattern analysis. Comparison of the three genotypic methods revealed that repREB-PCR showed greater discriminatory power than PFGE and MLST. ERIC-PCR and BOX-PCR yielded the highest number of PCR products and greatest reproducibility. Regardless of the genotyping method, C. jejuni isolates recovered from chickens reared in conventional, organic, and free-range environments all exhibit a high level of genotypic diversity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Alison B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Bibiana F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: William G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Lynn A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Joens
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Konkel
authors.forename: Bryan A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / Q000379:methods; D014644:Genetic Variation; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D005838:Genotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial
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