{"id":12427,"date":"2023-11-09T13:33:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T18:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=12427"},"modified":"2023-11-09T14:18:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T19:18:15","slug":"pathogen-detection-shiga-toxin-subtype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/2023\/11\/09\/pathogen-detection-shiga-toxin-subtype\/","title":{"rendered":"NCBI Pathogen Detection Plays Key Role in Identification of a Novel Shiga Toxin Subtype"},"content":{"rendered":"
Using the <\/span>Pathogen Detection<\/span><\/a> pipeline, we recently found new Shiga toxin 2 (<\/span>stx2<\/span><\/i>) subtypes in isolates from the United States collected as part of the <\/span>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)<\/span><\/a> routine disease surveillance. Our pipeline relies on <\/span>AMRFinderPlus<\/span><\/a> to identify anti-microbial resistance (AMR), stress-resistance, and virulence genes. We screened over 60,000 <\/span>E. coli<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Shigella <\/span><\/i>genomes for Shiga toxin, a factor associated with food borne illness. These analysis results and full AMRFinderPlus results for now over 270,000 <\/span>E. coli <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>Shigella<\/span><\/i> genomes are available in the <\/span>MicroBIGG-E<\/span><\/a> browser. <\/span><\/p>\n To further classify and characterize the new subtypes we found, we collaborated with colleagues from the CDC, the <\/span>U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)<\/span><\/a>, and an international group of Shiga toxin experts. Read our <\/span>publication<\/span><\/a>, also available as a free full-text article in <\/span>PubMed Central (PMC)<\/span><\/a>, on discovering and characterizing these previously unknown Shiga toxin subtypes.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We are working with our collaborators to develop a <\/span>stx <\/span><\/i>typing scheme that incorporates our findings and will add this to Pathogen Detection resources in the near future. Stay tuned!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Stay up to date<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Follow us on social <\/span>@NCBI<\/span><\/a>\u202fand\u202f<\/span>join our mailing list<\/span><\/a>\u202fto keep up to date with\u202fNCBI Pathogen Detection\u202fand other NCBI news.\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Questions?<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Please\u202f<\/span>reach out to us<\/span><\/a>\u202fif you have questions or would like to provide feedback.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Using the Pathogen Detection pipeline, we recently found new Shiga toxin 2 (stx2) subtypes in isolates from the United States collected as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) routine disease surveillance. Our pipeline relies on AMRFinderPlus to identify anti-microbial resistance (AMR), stress-resistance, and virulence genes. We screened over 60,000 E. coli … Continue reading NCBI Pathogen Detection Plays Key Role in Identification of a Novel Shiga Toxin Subtype<\/span>