FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Genomic characterization of Tenacibaculum maritimum O‐antigen gene cluster and development of a multiplex PCR‐based serotyping scheme BT AF LOPEZ, Pierre Bridel, Sébastien SAULNIER, Denis David, Rarahu Magariños, Beatriz Torres, Beatriz S. Bernardet, Jean François Duchaud, Eric AS 1:1,2;2:2;3:1;4:3;5:4;6:4;7:2;8:2; FF 1:PDG-RBE-RMPF;2:;3:PDG-RBE-RMPF;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:; C1 Ifremer, IRD Institut Louis‐ Malardé Univ Polynésie française EIO Labex Corail F‐ 98719 Taravao, Tahiti, Polynésie française, France Université Paris‐Saclay, INRAE UVSQ VIM Jouy‐en‐Josas 78350, France DRM ,Direction des Ressources Marines Fare Ute Immeuble Le caill Papeete, Tahiti, F‐98713 ,French Polynesia Departamento de Microbiología Facultad de Biología / CIBUS, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela 15782 ,Spain C2 IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV PARIS SACLAY, FRANCE DIRECT RESSOURCES MARINES, FRANCE UNIV SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, SPAIN SI TAHITI SE PDG-RBE-RMPF UM EIO IN WOS Ifremer UMR copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-univ-france IF 4.3 TC 6 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00779/89073/94629.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00779/89073/94630.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00779/89073/94631.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00779/89073/94632.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00779/89073/94633.xlsx LA English DT Article DE ;aquaculture;fish diseases;molecular serotyping;o-antigen gene cluster;tenacibaculosis;Tenacibaculum maritimum AB Tenacibaculum maritimum is a devastating bacterial pathogen affecting a large variety of marine fish species. It is responsible for significant economic losses in aquaculture farms worldwide. Different typing methods have been proposed to analyze bacterial diversity and population structure. Serological heterogeneity has been observed and up to four different serotypes have been described so far. However, the underlying molecular factors remain unknown. By combining conventional serotyping and genome-wide association study, we identified the genomic loci likely involved in the O-antigen biosynthesis. This finding allowed the development of a robust multiplex PCR-based serotyping scheme able to detect subgroups within each serotype and therefore performs better than conventional serotyping. This scheme was successfully applied to a large number of isolates from worldwide origin and retrieved from a large variety of fish species. No obvious correlations were observed between the mPCR-based serotype and the host species or the geographic origin of the isolates. Strikingly, the distribution of mPCR-based serotypes does not follow the core-genome phylogeny. Nevertheless, this simple and cost-effective mPCR-based serotyping method could be useful for different applications such as population structure analysis, disease surveillance, vaccine formulation and efficacy follow-up. PY 2022 PD SEP SO Transboundary And Emerging Diseases SN 1865-1674 PU Wiley VL 69 IS 5 UT 000822020000001 DI 10.1111/tbed.14637 ID 89073 ER EF