TY - JOUR
T1 - Dual DNA barcoding for the molecular identification of the agents of invasive fungal infections
AU - Hoang, Minh Thuy Vi
AU - Irinyi, Laszlo
AU - Chen, Sharon C.A.
AU - Sorrell, Tania C.
AU - Meyer, Wieland
AU - Arabatzis, Michael
AU - Arthur, Ian
AU - Cano-Lira, Jose F.
AU - Cardinali, Gianluigi
AU - Castañón, Laura Rosio
AU - Chen, Wen
AU - Chindamporn, Ariya
AU - Colombo, Arnaldo L.
AU - Desnos-Ollivier, Marie
AU - De Beer, Wilhelm
AU - De Hoog, Sybren
AU - Fungal, Westerdijk
AU - Dromer, Françoise
AU - Garcia-Hermoso, Dea
AU - Gryzenhout, Marieka
AU - Guarro, Josep
AU - Halliday, Catriona
AU - Hendrickx, Marijke
AU - Huhndorf, Sabine
AU - Andre Levesque, C.
AU - Moretti, Maria Luiza
AU - De Medeiros Muniz, Mauro
AU - De Azevedo Melo, Analy Salles
AU - Nishikaku, Angela Satie
AU - Normand, Anne Cécile
AU - Pais, Célia
AU - Piarroux, Renaud
AU - Ranque, Stéphane
AU - Robbertse, Barbara
AU - Robert, Vincent
AU - Schoch, Conrad L.
AU - Seifert, Keith A.
AU - De Almeida Soares, Célia Maria
AU - Spouge, John L.
AU - Stubbe, Dirk
AU - Taylor, Maria Lucia
AU - Toriello, Conchita
AU - Velegraki, Aristea
AU - Yurayart, Chompoonek
AU - Zancopé-Oliveira, Rosely Maria
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Invasive fungal infections, such as aspergillosis, candidiasis, and cryptococcosis, have significantly increased among immunocompromised people. To tackle these infections the first and most decisive step is the accurate identification of the causal pathogen. Routine identification of invasive fungal infections has progressed away from culture-dependent methods toward molecular techniques, including DNA barcoding, a highly efficient and widely used diagnostic technique. Fungal DNA barcoding previously relied on a single barcoding region, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. However, this allowed only for 75% of all fungi to be correctly identified. As such, the translational elongation factor 1α (TEF1α) was recently introduced as the secondary barcode region to close the gap. Both loci together form the dual fungal DNA barcoding scheme. As a result, the ISHAM Barcoding Database has been expanded to include sequences for both barcoding regions to enable practical implementation of the dual barcoding scheme into clinical practice. The present study investigates the impact of the secondary barcode on the identification of clinically important fungal taxa, that have been demonstrated to cause severe invasive disease. Analysis of the barcoding regions was performed using barcoding gap analysis based on the genetic distances generated with the Kimura 2-parameter model. The secondary barcode demonstrated an improvement in identification for all taxa that were unidentifiable with the primary barcode, and when combined with the primary barcode ensured accurate identification for all taxa analyzed, making DNA barcoding an important, efficient and reliable addition to the diagnostic toolset of invasive fungal infections.
AB - Invasive fungal infections, such as aspergillosis, candidiasis, and cryptococcosis, have significantly increased among immunocompromised people. To tackle these infections the first and most decisive step is the accurate identification of the causal pathogen. Routine identification of invasive fungal infections has progressed away from culture-dependent methods toward molecular techniques, including DNA barcoding, a highly efficient and widely used diagnostic technique. Fungal DNA barcoding previously relied on a single barcoding region, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. However, this allowed only for 75% of all fungi to be correctly identified. As such, the translational elongation factor 1α (TEF1α) was recently introduced as the secondary barcode region to close the gap. Both loci together form the dual fungal DNA barcoding scheme. As a result, the ISHAM Barcoding Database has been expanded to include sequences for both barcoding regions to enable practical implementation of the dual barcoding scheme into clinical practice. The present study investigates the impact of the secondary barcode on the identification of clinically important fungal taxa, that have been demonstrated to cause severe invasive disease. Analysis of the barcoding regions was performed using barcoding gap analysis based on the genetic distances generated with the Kimura 2-parameter model. The secondary barcode demonstrated an improvement in identification for all taxa that were unidentifiable with the primary barcode, and when combined with the primary barcode ensured accurate identification for all taxa analyzed, making DNA barcoding an important, efficient and reliable addition to the diagnostic toolset of invasive fungal infections.
KW - Dual barcoding system
KW - Fungal DNA barcoding
KW - ISHAM Barcoding Database
KW - Identification
KW - Internal transcribed spacer region
KW - Invasive fungal diseases
KW - Translational elongation factor 1α
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/96ae2304-6d2b-39fc-b5d6-878f36a14082/
U2 - 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01647
DO - 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01647
M3 - Article
SN - 1664-302X
VL - 10
JO - Frontiers in Microbiology
JF - Frontiers in Microbiology
IS - JULY
ER -