wenty food bugs have been added to the growing database of genomes. Scientists have discovered the genomes in 20 microorganisms that can cause food poisoning.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, food-related illnesses infect around 48 million people a year, killing around 3,000 people in the U.S.
Researchers have been sequencing genomes in the hopes of speeding up the process of diagnosing and treating foodborne illnesses. They are also hoping to shorten the overall duration of illnesses and outbreaks. The new sequences include isolates of salmonella, listeria and campylobacter.
“These finished genome sequences represent the highest quality standard, with each strain closed in a single bacterial chromosome and the associated mobile DNA,” said Bart Weimer, director of the 100K Genome Project. “They also contain complete associated phage or plasmid elements, which are critical for understanding pathogenicity, drug resistance, and other biologically important traits that are linked to survival.”
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Researchers hope that officials will be able to use this information to better inform and treat patients.
“This will ultimately speed outbreak investigations, reduce illness, and facilitate the development of new rapid test methods to detect pathogens,” said Marc Allard, an advisor on the 100K Genome Project.
The 100K Genome Project was launched in March 2012 as a partnership between the US Food and Drug Administration, UC Davis and Agilent Technologies. They deposited their first data in June of this year. The project used Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing technology to determine the new genomes.
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