CHAPTER 8. GMO Detection and Identification Using Next-generation Sequencing

Author(s):  
Marie-Alice Fraiture ◽  
Nina Papazova ◽  
Kevin Vanneste ◽  
Sigrid C. J. de Keersmaecker ◽  
Nancy H. Roosens
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frédéric Debode ◽  
Julie Hulin ◽  
Benoît Charloteaux ◽  
Wouter Coppieters ◽  
Marc Hanikenne ◽  
...  

Abstract Next generation sequencing (NGS) is a promising tool for analysing the quality and safety of food and feed products. The detection and identification of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is complex, as the diversity of transgenic events and types of structural elements introduced in plants continue to increase. In this paper, we show how a strategy that combines enrichment technologies with NGS can be used to detect a large panel of structural elements and partially or completely reconstruct the new sequence inserted into the plant genome in a single analysis, even at low GMO percentages. The strategy of enriching sequences of interest makes the approach applicable even to mixed products, which was not possible before due to insufficient coverage of the different genomes present. This approach is also the first step towards a more complete characterisation of agrifood products in a single analysis.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey Knyazev ◽  
Viachaslau Tsyvina ◽  
Anupama Shankar ◽  
Andrew Melnyk ◽  
Alexander Artyomenko ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTRapidly evolving RNA viruses continuously produce minority haplotypes that can become dominant if they are drug-resistant or can better evade the immune system. Therefore, early detection and identification of minority viral haplotypes may help to promptly adjust the patient's treatment plan preventing potential disease complications. Minority haplotypes can be identified using next-generation sequencing (NGS), but sequencing noise hinders accurate identification. The elimination of sequencing noise is a non-trivial task that still remains open. Here we propose CliqueSNV based on extracting pairs of statistically linked mutations from noisy reads. This effectively reduces sequencing noise and enables identifying minority haplotypes with the frequency below the sequencing error rate. We comparatively assess the performance of CliqueSNV using an in vitro mixture of nine haplotypes that were derived from the mutation profile of an existing HIV patient. We show that CliqueSNV can accurately assemble viral haplotypes with frequencies as low as 0.1% and maintains consistent performance across short and long bases sequencing platforms.


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