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US 12,385,100 · App. 17/185,077 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Methods and compositions for detecting virulent and avirulent

Inventor: Prashant Singh (Tallahassee, FL)
Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
C12Q1/689C12Q2600/158
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Patent No.
US 12,385,100
App. No.
17/185,077
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods for detecting virulent Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) strains O26, O103, O121, and O111 in a biological sample comprising the steps of: (i) enriching the bacterial concentration of the biological sample to result in an enriched sample; (ii) isolating DNA from said enriched biological sample; and (iii) detecting virulent strain in said isolated DNA sample via real-time PCR and a melt curve assay. Also disclosed are primers for said assay, as well as kits comprising said primers.

Claims (15)

1. A method for discriminating a virulent Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O26 strain DNA from an avirulent Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O26 strain DNA in a biological sample, the method comprising the steps of:

(i) enriching bacterial concentration of the biological sample to result in an enriched sample;

(ii) isolating a DNA sample from said enriched biological sample; and

(iii) hybridizing a target region of the DNA sample to at least one primer pair or at least one probe, wherein the at least one primer pair comprises SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 2 and the at least one primer pair discriminates between the virulent STEC O26 DNA and the avirulent STEC O26 DNA, or the at least one probe comprises SEQ ID NO: 11 or SEQ ID NO: 12 and the at least one probe discriminates between the virulent STEC O26 DNA and the avirulent STEC O26 DNA, and wherein the at least one probe comprises a locked nucleic acid (LNA) base.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing a real-time PCR high resolution melt curve assay on the virulent STEC O26 DNA and/or the avirulent STEC O26 DNA to determine a melting temperature of the virulent STEC O26 DNA and a melting temperature of the avirulent STEC O26 DNA, wherein the melting temperature of the virulent STEC O26 DNA is decreased relative to the melting temperature of the avirulent STEC O26 DNA.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein said real-time PCR uses as an internal amplification control SEQ ID NO: 19, SEQ ID NO: 20 and SEQ ID NO: 21.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the melting temperature between virulent and avirulent O26 DNA differs by 0.2-4° C.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said biological sample comprises a food or a beverage.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein said food or beverage comprises meat, produce, or juice.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said biological sample comprises a clinical sample.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein said clinical sample comprises stool, urine, or blood.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one probe comprises a detectable label.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing a probe-based assay on the virulent STEC O26 DNA and/or the avirulent STEC O26 DNA to visualize an amplicon of the virulent STEC O26 DNA and to visualize an amplicon of the avirulent STEC O26 DNA, wherein the amplicon of the virulent STEC O26 DNA and/or the amplicon of the avirulent STEC O26 DNA are visualized according to size.

11. A kit comprising at least one primer pair comprising SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 2; and at least one probe comprising SEQ ID NO: 11, a locked nucleic acid (LNA) base, and a detectable label and/or SEQ ID NO: 12, an LNA, and a detectable label.

12. The kit of claim 11 , wherein said kit further comprises additional reagents for amplification.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2021
From: SINGH, PRASHANT
To: THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Reel/Frame 055507/0837 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63089155 · Oct 8, 2020
Provisional Application 62981224 · Feb 25, 2020
Related Publication 20210292816A1 · Sep 23, 2021
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