246 results about "Streptococcus agalactiae" patented technology

The present invention provides probe arrays and methods of using the same for concurrent and discriminable detection of multiple strains of different species. In one aspect, the probe arrays of the present invention are nucleic acid arrays comprising (1) a first group of probes, each of which is specific to a different respective strain of a first species; and (2) a second group of probes, each of which is specific to a different respective strain of a second species. In many embodiments, the nucleic acid arrays of the present invention further include a third group of probes, each of which is specific to a different strain of a third species. In one example, a nucleic acid array of the present invention includes probes for sequences selected from SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 18,598, and can discriminably detect different strains of Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus epidermidis.

The invention provides proteins from group B streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae) and group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes), including amino acid sequences and the corresponding nucleotide sequences. Data are given to show that the proteins are useful antigens for vaccines, immunogenic compositions, and/or diagnostics. The proteins are also targets for antibiotics.

The invention provides proteins from group B streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae) and group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes), including amino acid sequences and the corresponding nucleotide sequences.

The invention provides proteins from group B streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae) and group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes), including amino acid sequences and the corresponding nucleotide sequences. Data are given to show that the proteins are useful antigens for vaccines, immunogenic compositions, and/or diagnostics. The proteins are also targets for antibiotics.

This application relates to Group B Streptococcus (“GBS”) vaccines comprising combinations of GBS polypeptide antigens where the polypeptides contribute to the immunological response in a recipient. Preferably, the compositions of the invention comprise a combination of two or more GBS antigens, wherein said combination includes GBS 80 or a fragment thereof. In one embodiment, the combination may consist of two to thirteen GBS antigens selected from an antigen group consisting of GBS 80, GBS 91, GBS 104, GBS 184, GBS 276, GBS 305, GBS 322, GBS 330, GBS 338, GBS 361, GBS 404, GBS 690, and GBS 691.

The invention provides proteins from group B streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae) and group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes), including amino acid sequences and the corresponding nucleotide sequences. Data are given to show that the proteins are useful antigens for vaccines, immunogenic compositions, and/or diagnostics. The proteins are also targets for antibiotics.

DNA-based methods employing amplification primers or probes for detecting, identifying, and quantifying in a test sample DNA from (i) any bacterium, (ii) the species Streptococcus agalactiae, Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Enterococcus faecium, Neisseria meningitidis, Listeria monocytogenes and Candida albicans, and (iii) any species of the genera Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Enterococcus, Neisseria and Candida are disclosed. DNA-based methods employing amplification primers or probes for detecting, identifying, and quantifying in a test sample antibiotic resistance genes selected from the group consisting of blatem, blarob, blashv, blaoxa, blaZ, aadB, aacC1, aacC2, aacC3, aacA4, aac6'-lla, ermA, ermB, ermC, mecA, vanA, vanB, vanC, satA, aac(6')-aph(2''), aad(6'), vat, vga, msrA, sul and int are also disclosed. The above microbial species, genera and resistance genes are all clinically relevant and commonly encountered in a variety of clinical specimens. These DNA-based assays are rapid, accurate and can be used in clinical microbiology laboratories for routine diagnosis. These novel diagnostic tools should be useful to improve the speed and accuracy of diagnosis of microbial infections, thereby allowing more effective treatments. Diagnostic kits for (i) the universal detection and quantification of bacteria, and/or (ii) the detection, identification and quantification of the above-mentioned bacterial and fungal species and/or genera, and/or (iii) the detection, identification and quantification of the above-mentioned antibiotic resistance genes are also claimed.

The invention provides bacillus velezensis and application of the bacillus velezensis as an aquatic pathogenic bacteria inhibitor. The bacillus velezensis is separated from the intestinal canal of healthy tilapia, and the preservation number of the bacterial strain is GDMCC No. 60344. The bacillus velezensis has a broad-spectrum antagonistic aquatic common pathogenic bacteria function, and has theadvantages that the growth of the pathogenic bacteria, such as streptococcus agalactiae, streptococcus iniae,nocardia seriolea, aeromonas hydrophila, aeromonas schubertii and edwardsiella tarda, canbe effectively inhibited, the use is safe, no residue is generated, reducing the usage amount and the residual amount of chemical drugs in aquaculture is facilitated, the production cost is reduced, and the practicality is strong.

The invention discloses a vaccine used for preventing tilapia streptococcal disease. The vaccine is prepared by using streptococcus agalactiae and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients or carriers. The invention discloses a purpose of the vaccine in preparing medicines used for preventing tilapia streptococcal disease, and a combinatively used medicine. The invention also discloses a novel streptococcus agalactiae strain. The vaccine provided by the invention can effectively stimulate tilapia to produce immunity resisting streptococcal disease. The vaccine has a high protection rate in preventing tilapia streptococcal disease, and has high practical value and good economic benefit.

The invention relates to immunogenic polysaccharide-protein conjugates comprising a capsular polysaccharide (CP) from Streptococcus agalactiae, commonly referred to as group B streptococcus (GBS), and a carrier protein, wherein the CP is selected from the group consisting of serotypes Ia, Ib, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX, and wherein the CP has a sialic acid level of greater than about 60%. The invention also relates to methods of making the conjugates and immunogenic compositions comprising the conjugates. The invention also relates to immunogenic compositions comprising polysaccharide-protein conjugates, wherein the conjugates comprise a CP from GBS serotype IV and at least one additional serotype. The invention further relates to methods for inducing an immune response in subjects against GBS and/or for reducing or preventing invasive GBS disease in subjects using the compositions disclosed herein. The resulting antibodies can be used to treat or prevent GBS infection via passive immunotherapy.

The invention relates to immunogenic polypeptides derived from epitopes in a Streptococcus agalactiae (“GBS”) protein GBS 80 and their use as prophylactic, diagnostic and therapeutic compositions. The invention also provides nucleic acids encoding the immunogenic polypeptides. Also provided are vectors useful for making such immunogenic polypeptides and host cells transformed with such vectors. In particular, the invention relates to a group immunogenic polypeptides derived from GBS 80. The compositions may include one or more of the immunogenic polypeptides either alone or with other antigenic components. For example, the immunogenic polypeptides may be combined with other GBS antigens to provide therapeutic compositions with broader range. In addition, the immunogenic polypeptides may also include flanking portions of the GBS 80 protein.

The invention relates to a preparation method and application of a recombinant lactococcus lactis. The invention is characterized in that the surface immunogenic protein (Sip) of tilapia-source streptococcus agalactiae is intracellularly or secretorily expressed in lactococcus lactis cells, vectors which are used for the recombinant expression of the Sip are pNZ8124 and pNZ8148 respectively, signal peptide segments are removed from Sip gene segments inserted into the vectors, and histidine sequence tags are added to the Sip gene segments, the recombinant protein is induced to be expressed by Nisin, the optimum induction condition is 4h of induction by 100ng/mL of Nisin, the optimum oral immunization concentration is 2.24*10<10>CFU/mL, and the oral dosage is 100 mu L. The recombinant lactococcus lactis disclosed by the invention which is applied in lactobacillus living vector vaccines against tilapia streptococcus agalactiae has the advantages of wide serotype coverage, direct oral administration, high safety, easiness in operation, easy large-scale herd immunity, good immune effect and the like.

The invention relates to an aquaculture animal disease control technology and in particular relates to a tilapia mossambica source streptococcus agalactiae low virulent strain and application thereof. The tilapia mossambica source streptococcus agalactiae low virulent strain is YM001 and is preserved in CCTCC (China Center For Type Culture Collection) with the preservation number of CCTCCM2014045. The tilapia mossambica source streptococcus agalactiae low virulent strain is subjected to activation culture and fermentation culture, bacterial cells of a 106-109CFU/mL low virulent strain YM001 and a sterile phosphate buffered solution are mixed as a low virulent live vaccine used for preventing and controlling a tilapia mossambica streptococcus disease, the injection medication concentration for each tilapia mossambica is 105-108CFU, the oral medication concentration for each tilapia mossambica is 108-109CFU, and the soaking medication concentration is 107-108CFU/mL. The invention relates to strain identification, toxicity test, toxicity return safety and stability, immunogenicity and immune protection effect of a low virulent strain, and the tilapia mossambica streptococcus disease vaccine prepared by adopting the low virulent strain is good in immune protection effect and strong in safety and stability.

The invention discloses a method for screening candidate bacterial strains from fish streptococcus agalactiae vaccines. The method comprises the steps: separation and breed conservation of tilapia streptococcicosis agalactiae epidemic strains, identification of the epidemic strains and the establishing of a pathogenic library, PFGE genotype analysis of epidemic strains, toxicity determination of PFGE genotype representative strains, and immunogenicity and protection domain test of the PFGE genotype representative strains so as to obtain a candidate bacterial strains combination of a tilapia streptococcicosis agalactiae immunoprophylaxis vaccine in China. The technology has the characterizes of strong pertinence, high screening efficiency, remarkable effect and the like, and the screen candidate bacterial strains combination of the tilapia streptococcosis agalactiae immunoprophylaxis vaccine in China can protect 90% of genotypes and 96.47% of epidemic strains in the pathogenic library. The technology provides a new method for screening the candidate bacterial strains from the fish streptococcus agalactiae vaccines, is suitable for screening the candidate bacterial strains from the fish streptococcus agalactiae vaccines, and has significance and using value in immune prevention and control on fish streptococcicosis.

The invention discloses a phage flocculant and application of the phage flocculant in a fermentation post-treatment technology and belongs to the field of a microbial post-treatment technology. The phage flocculant is characterized in that the phage flocculant is a cationic flocculant, and a working concentration of the phage flocculant is 0.1-5% generally. The flocculant is applied in the fermentation post-treatment technology of a vibrio parahaemolyticus phage, a coliphage, a salmonella phage, a xanthomonas axonopodis phage, a ralstonia solanacearum phage, a staphylococcus aureus phage, a streptococcus agalactiae phage, a streptococcus iniae phage or a pseudomonas aeruginosa phage. The phage flocculant can play a role of rapid subsidence of bacteria, be convenient and quick to operate, reduce centrifugal equipment investment and manpower and material resource loss and meet requirements of industrial mass production of the phage, and is safe, nontoxic and harmless to animals and plants.

The invention provides proteins and compositions for the treatment and prevention of Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B streptococcus; GBS).

The present invention relates to polypeptides, epitopes and antibodies directed to these epitopes, more particularly to the Sip polypeptide of Group B streptococcus (GBS), also called Streptococcus Agalactiae which may be used to prevent, diagnose and/or treat streptococcal infection.

The invention discloses new pleuromutilin derivatives which have a structural formula (I) or a structural formula (II) shown in the specification, wherein in the formula (I), when n=0, R1 is Cl, CH3, OCH3 or NH2; and when n=1, R1=H, and R2=NH2. The compounds have favorable inhibiting action on Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Escherichia coli and Streptococcus mastitidis; the antibacterial activity of one compound having a phenyl group with ortho-substituting groups or para-substituting groups (such as Cl, CH3, OCH3 or NH2) is superior to the antibacterial activity of one compound having a phenyl group with meta-substituting groups; and part of compounds having para-substituting aryl groups or ortho-substituting aryl groups are the same with valnemulin in the antibacterial activity on Staphylococcus epidermidis or Streptococcus mastitidis, and can be used for the preparation of antibacterial drugs. The synthesis method of the compounds has the advantages that the raw materials are accessible, the price is low, the operation process is simple, the products are easy to separate and purify, the yield is high and the total yield is 35-45%.