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Development of a multilocus sequence typing tool for Balantioides coli and its genetic diversity in pigs.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 13 May 2026
Zhao Lizhuo, Xu Ahui, He Kai, Zhang Zhenjie, Qian Weifeng, Zhang Min, Wei Zhiguo, Wang Tianqi, Hu Suhui, Yan Wenchao
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Balantioides coli is a globally significant zoonotic protozoan, yet effective genotyping tools such as multilocus sequence typing (MLST) remain limited for this pathogen. In this study, we screened microsatellite sequences from the whole-genome data of a pig-derived B. coli isolate (P011) and evaluated 12 candidate loci (BC-MS1-BC-MS12) using 45 porcine isolates. Five loci (BC-MS1, BC-MS5, BC-MS10, BC-MS11, and...
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