The research objectives of the project are to i) obtain Illumina WGS of 3GC-R-Ec from poultry origin and CRE from clinical animal samples; ii) identify the genetic features of the isolates including antibiotic resistance and virulence genes, sequence types; ii) obtain the complete nucleotide sequences of selected resistance plasmids iii) determine the phylogenetic relatedness of the isolates and their plasmids; iv) perform comparative WGS analysis with sequences available from human isolates; v) determine if a genetic relationship exists between human and animal isolates and plasmids
The validation and implementation objectives of the project are to i) transfer Illumina WGS protocols from MolEpi to ZOBA; ii) vi) compare different Illumina platforms and bioinformatic pipelines concerning output, inter-comparability of results and costs by ZOBA; iii) implement and validate appropriate WGS technologies and bioinformatics pipelines in respect to quality, effectiveness, reliability and requirements of the European AMR monitoring at the ZOBA.