High-throughput nanopore sequencing of Treponema pallidum tandem repeat genes arp and tp0470 reveals clade-specific patterns and recapitulates global whole genome phylogeny
N. A. P. Lieberman, T. D. Armstrong, B. Chung, D. Pfalmer, C. M. Hennelly, A. Haynes, E. Romeis, Q.-Q. Wang, R.-L. Zhang, C.-X. Kou, G. Ciccarese, I. Dal Conte, M. Cusini, F. Drago, S.-i. Nakayama, , A. L. Greninger
The paper uses nanopore sequencing to analyze repeat regions in T. pallidum genes, revealing clade-specific patterns that align with whole genome phylogeny.
bioRxiv · Aug 2, 2022Microbiology