TY - JOUR AU - Athey, Taryn B. T. AU - Teatero, Sarah AU - Lacouture, Sonia AU - Takamatsu, Daisuke AU - Gottschalk, Marcelo AU - Fittipaldi, Nahuel PY - 2016 DA - 2016/07/22 TI - Determining Streptococcus suis serotype from short-read whole-genome sequencing data JO - BMC Microbiology SP - 162 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Streptococcus suis is divided into 29 serotypes based on a serological reaction against the capsular polysaccharide (CPS). Multiplex PCR tests targeting the cps locus are also used to determine S. suis serotypes, but they cannot differentiate between serotypes 1 and 14, and between serotypes 2 and 1/2. Here, we developed a pipeline permitting in silico serotype determination from whole-genome sequencing (WGS) short-read data that can readily identify all 29 S. suis serotypes. SN - 1471-2180 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-016-0782-8 DO - 10.1186/s12866-016-0782-8 ID - Athey2016 ER -