Rapid identification, capsular typing and molecular characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae by using whole genome nanopore sequencing

Rapid identification, capsular typing and molecular characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae by using whole genome nanopore sequencing

Abstract Background Whole genome sequencing has emerged as a useful tool for identification and molecular characterization of pathogens. MinION (Oxford Nanopore) is a real-time third generation sequencer whose portability, affordability and speed in data production make of it an attractive device fo...

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Main Authors: S. Garcia-Garcia, A. Perez-Arguello, D. Henares, N. Timoneda, C. Muñoz-Almagro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Whole genome sequencing
MinION
Capsular typing
Wg-MLST
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-020-02032-x

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