MinION nanopore sequencing identifies the position and structure of a bacterial antibiotic resistance island

Ashton, Philip, Nair, Satheesh, Dallman, Tim, Rubino, Salvatore, Rabsch, Wolfgang, Mwaigwisya, Solomon, Wain, John and O'Grady, Justin (2015) MinION nanopore sequencing identifies the position and structure of a bacterial antibiotic resistance island. Nature Biotechnology, 33 (3). 296–300. ISSN 1546-1696

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Abstract

Short-read, high-throughput sequencing technology cannot identify the chromosomal position of repetitive insertion sequences that typically flank horizontally acquired genes such as bacterial virulence genes and antibiotic resistance genes. The MinION nanopore sequencer can produce long sequencing reads on a device similar in size to a USB memory stick. Here we apply a MinION sequencer to resolve the structure and chromosomal insertion site of a composite antibiotic resistance island in Salmonella Typhi Haplotype 58. Nanopore sequencing data from a single 18-h run was used to create a scaffold for an assembly generated from short-read Illumina data. Our results demonstrate the potential of the MinION device in clinical laboratories to fully characterize the epidemic spread of bacterial pathogens.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Medical Microbiology (former - to 2018)
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	16 Dec 2014 10:04
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2022 21:33
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/51284
DOI:	10.1038/nbt.3103

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