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KMID : 1132720210190030030
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Genomics & Informatics
2021 Volume.19 No. 3 p.30 ~ p.30
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Rapid and sensitive detection of Salmonella species targeting the hilA gene using a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay
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Chu Ji-Yon
Shin Ju-Youn
Kang Shin-Seok
Shin Sun
Chung Yeun-Jun
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Abstract
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Salmonella species are among the major pathogens that cause foodborne illness outbreaks. In this study, we aimed to develop a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for the rapid and sensitive detection of Salmonella species. We designed LAMP primers targeting the hilA gene as a universal marker of Salmonella species. A total of seven Salmonella species strains and 11 non-Salmonella pathogen strains from eight different genera were used in this study. All Salmonella strains showed positive amplification signals with the Salmonella LAMP assay; however, there was no non-specific amplification signal for the non-Salmonella strains. The detection limit was 100 femtograms (20 copies per reaction), which was ~1,000 times more sensitive than the detection limits of the conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay (100 pg). The reaction time for a positive amplification signal was less than 20 minutes, which was less than one-third the time taken while using conventional PCR. In conclusion, our Salmonella LAMP assay accurately detected Salmonella species with a higher degree of sensitivity and greater rapidity than the conventional PCR assay, and it may be suitable for point-of-care testing in the field.
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KEYWORD
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hilA gene, loop-mediated isothermal amplification, point-of-care testin, Salmonella
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