Laboratory of Bacterial Genomics, Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
J Clin Microbiol. 2012 May;50(5):1810-2. doi: 10.1128/JCM.06715-11. Epub 2012 Feb 15.
Deep sequencing detected a potential bioterrorism agent, Francisella tularensis, in a human abscess sample (Iwaki-08) of unknown etiology. Identified single-nucleotide variations suggest that the Iwaki-08 case was associated with Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica (biovar japonica) but not the highly virulent type A (Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis).
深度测序在一个病因不明的人类脓肿样本(Iwaki-08)中检测到一种潜在的生物恐怖主义剂,即土拉弗朗西斯菌。鉴定出的单核苷酸变异表明,Iwaki-08 病例与土拉弗朗西斯菌亚种 holarctica(生物型日本型)有关,但与高毒力的 A 型(土拉弗朗西斯菌亚种 tularensis)无关。