Comparative analysis of fliC Gene from Salmonella enterica sub-species for biosensor probe design and phylogenetic tree construction

Abstract

In tandem to the Salmonellosis infection worldwide, a study was conducted to determine the conserved and nonconserved region in Salmonella enterica sub-species so that it can be used to design probes in biosensors for the detection of Salmonella enterica as a species or sub-species distinctively. The region was selected for this study through fliC gene that is present in all Salmonella sub-species, encodes the Salmonella flagella or flagellin determines the serotype due to its H antigen and provides virulence to the bacteria. All sub-species were analyzed in a group of six and then analyzed individually in groups of two with all possible combinations to determine the overlapping regions. Based on the study, the predominant conserved region for S. enterica sub-species is between 103 and 158, whereas the non-conserved region is from 1245 to 1285. A phylogenetic tree was constructed for the S. enterica sub-species to determine the evolution of the Salmonella sub-species.

Keywords

• Salmonella enterica
• sub-species
• fliC gene
• flagellin
• H antigen
• biosensor