Genetic markers for discrimination and detection of a virus causing red sea bream iridovirus disease which is an infectious aquatic organism disease, and method of discriminating and detecting the virus using the same

11041,189

16/658113

October 20, 2019

Genetic markers are described for discriminating or detecting viruses causing infectious aquatic organism diseases, and a method of discriminating and detecting the viruses using the same is disclosed, in which the method includes selecting and amplifying a DNA nucleotide sequence encoding a gene specific for viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV), red sea bream iridovirus (RSIV) or infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV), which is a virus causing red sea bream iridovirus disease, or Koi herpesvirus (KHV); hybridizing a peptide nucleic acid (PNA) that specifically recognizes the amplification product; controlling the temperature of the hybridization product to obtain a temperature-dependent melting curve; and discriminating the viral type or detecting whether or not fish are infected with the viral type by analyzing the obtained melting curve to determine a melting temperature.

National Institute of Fisheries Science (Busan, KR)

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES SCIENCE (Busan, KR)

1. A PNA probe consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, for discrimination or detection of a virus causing red sea bream iridovirus disease which is a virus causing infectious aquatic organism disease, wherein the virus causing red sea bream iridovirus disease is red sea bream iridovirus (RSIV) or infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV).

2. A PNA probe consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2 with one or more of a reporter and a quencher attached thereto, wherein the probe is for discrimination or detection of a virus causing red sea bream iridovirus disease which is a virus causing infectious aquatic organism disease.

3. A composition for discrimination or detection of a virus causing red sea bream iridovirus disease, the composition comprising: a primer consisting of SEQ ID NO: 7 and a PNA probe consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2.

4. A kit for discrimination or detection of a virus causing red sea bream iridovirus disease, the kit comprising: a primer consisting of SEQ ID NO: 7; and a PNA probe consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2.

5. A method for detecting a virus causing red sea bream iridovirus disease, the method comprising the steps of: (a) extracting a target nucleic acid from a fish sample; (b) amplifying a genetic marker nucleotide sequence for the virus causing red sea bream iridovirus disease contained in the target nucleic acid by use of a primer pair capable of amplifying a fragment consisting of SEQ ID NO: 17 or SEQ ID NO: 18; (c) producing a single-strand genetic marker sequence fragment using the amplified genetic marker nucleotide sequence as a template and a primer consisting of SEQ ID NO: 7; (d) hybridizing a PNA probe consisting of a reporter and quencher labeled SEQ ID NO: 2 to the produced single-strand genetic marker sequence fragment; (e) obtaining a temperature-dependent melting curve while increasing the temperature of a PNA probe-hybridized product resulting from step (d); and (f) detecting whether or not the fish sample is infected with the virus causing red sea bream iridovirus disease by analyzing the melting curve obtained in step (e) to determine a melting temperature, wherein the virus causing red sea bream iridovirus disease is red sea bream iridovirus (RSIV) or infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV).

6. The method of claim 5 , the single-strand genetic marker sequence fragment in step (c) is produced by adding a single strand generation buffer (SSG buffer).

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the single strand generation buffer comprises DNA polymerase, dNTPs (deoxynucleotides) and a stabilizer.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein step (b) of amplifying the genetic marker nucleotide sequence by use of the primer pair further comprises adding a TaqMan probe to obtain an amplification curve.

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