Recent journal articles and posters citing the use of SmartGene's technology in research are listed below. Please use the links to the left to access archived publications, organized by year.
2012
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2011
Identification by 16S rRNA gene sequencing of Negativicoccus succinicivorans recovered from the blood of a patient with hemochromatosis and pancreatitis. D.L. Church, K.E. Simmon, J. Sporina, T. Lloyd, and D.B. Gregson. Calgary Laboratory Services, Alberta, Canada. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Aug;49(8):3082-4. (Click here to request additional information.)
Citation: "... The bacterium was identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and analysis using the SmartGene Integrated Database Network System software. This is the first published report of the recovery of this organism from a patient with invasive infection."
An Evaluation of the SmartGene Centroid Database for the Identification of Clinically Relevant Anerobic Gram negative Bacteria by 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing M.J. Romagnoli and K.C. Carroll. The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA. Poster presented during the 111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, May 2011. (Click here to request additional information.)
Citation: The SmartGene Centroid Database is "easy to use, rapid and simple to interpret."
Three Year Review of Mycobacterial Identification Using Partial 16S Sequence Analysis. F. Lee, K.E. Simmon, G. Smith, K. Hanson. Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, ARUP Laboratories, University of Utah, Department of Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Poster presented during the 111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, May 2011. (Click here to request additional information.)
Citation: ".... In this study we describe the spectrum of mycobacteria identified by 16S analysis in our laboratory over a 3 year period. Methods: Acid fast mycobacteria (AFB) submitted for ID between Nov 2007 and Nov 2010 were first tested with M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and M. avium complex (MAI) AccuProbes. Partial 16S sequence is generated for probe-negative isolates, which are compared to references using SmartGene IDNS software. ..."
Analysis of 16S rDNA Sequences of Clinical Isolates of Bacillus and Streptococcus. M.C. Dickinson, L.M. Thompson, E.J. Nazarian, K.A. Musser. Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA. Poster presented during the 111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, May 2011. (Click here to request additional information.)
Citation: "... The genera of Bacillus and Streptococcus are historically difficult to identify to the species level by 16S rDNA sequence analysis. ... a database search utilizing a public repository ... requires expertise for analysis due to the lack of quality control regarding sequence submissions ... we chose to evaluate ...SmartGene..."
Risk for Mycobacterium celatum Infection from Ferret. E. Ludwig, U. Reischl, T. Holzmann, H. Melzl, D. Janik, C. Gilch, and W. Hermanns. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany (E. Ludwig, D. Janik, W. Hermanns); Universitätsklinik Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (U. Reischl, T. Holzmann, H. Melzl); and ärztliche Klinik Nürnberg Hafen, Nuremberg, Germany (C. Gilch). Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 553-555, March 2011. (Click here to request additional information.)
Citation: "... data were analyzed by using the Integrated Database Network System (SmartGene Services, Lausanne, Switzerland; www.smartgene.com). ..."
Ribosomal RNA Sequence Analysis of Brucella Infection misidentified as Ochrobactrum anthropi. R.T. Horvat, W. El Atrouni, K. Hammound, D. Hawkinson, S. Cowden. University of Kansas, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, and ViraCor-IBT, Lee's Summit, Missouri, US. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, doi: 10.1128/JCM.01131-10, Jan 2011. (Click here to request additional information.)
Citation: "... After rRNA sequencing, all the isolates were identified as Brucella species. ... The sequences were compared to related sequences in the SmartGene 16S Eubacterial database ... This database is compiled and constantly updated from sequence data in the public domain. The integrity of the data is ensured by using specific profiles to filter out unreliable sequences. The extraction algorithm addresses the variability of the 16S rRNA gene across the bacterial kingdom. The database is frequently updated and takes into account recently described organisms. ... The Genus-level identification of this isolate assigned a 100.0% match to 25 reference Brucella sequences. There are currently 170 Brucella rRNA sequences available in the SmartGene system. ... There was little homology (<50%) to the 133 Ochrobactrum species..."
