Patent Publication Number: US-11643661-B2

Title: Detection of microbial endotoxins in oral samples using aptamers

Description:
FIELD OF INVENTION 
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     The present invention generally relates to nucleic acid aptamers that have a high binding affinity and specificity for  Porphyromonas gingivalis  and  Prevotella pallens . This invention also relates to the use of such aptamers as reagents to develop assays and point of care tests for evaluation of microbial toxins and microbial abundance in oral samples. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Periodontal diseases, such as gingivitis and periodontitis, involve chronic inflammation in the gingival tissue caused by dysfunctional microbial communities and host immune responses. They are one of the most ubiquitous diseases worldwide and remain the most common cause of tooth loss in the world today and can affect up to 90% of the population worldwide. Gingivitis is defined per the FDA monograph (12 CFR Part 356, Vol. 68, No. 103 (2003)) as “An inflammatory lesion of the gingiva that is most frequently caused by dental plaque. Gingivitis is characterized by tissue swelling and redness, loss of stippling (a normal state in which the surface of healthy gingiva is comprised of small lobes), glossy surface, and increased tissue temperature. The gingiva also may bleed upon gentle provocation, such as tooth brushing or may bleed spontaneously. Gingivitis is usually not painful.” In healthy gingiva, the microbial community is in a homeostatic equilibrium with the host, and host immune systems limit bacterial overgrowth and neutralize toxic products, such as lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and lipoteichoic acids (LTA). The intricate balance between host and bacteria is disrupted as bacteria overgrow in the gingival margins or in the subgingival crevice. Recent data from metagenomics studies showed that bacterial species, such as  Prevotella pallens, Prevotella intermedia, Porphyromonas gingivalis , and  Filifactor alocis , were increased in supragingival and subgingival plaques. Although the etiology of gingivitis and periodontitis remains elusive, one thing is clear; the composition of the dental plaques is significantly different in healthy sites compared with clinically defined disease sites. This observation, together with advances in characterizing the host and bacterial interactions using the newly developed tools in genomics, proteomics and metabonomics, has led to the notion that gingivitis and periodontitis are the result of disrupted homeostasis between host and polymicrobial communities (Lamont R J and Hajishengallis G. Polymicrobial synergy and dysbiosis in inflammatory disease. G Trends Mol Med. 2015; 21:172-83). 
     Polymicrobial communities in the dental plaques produce various virulence factors; for example, many bacteria produce digestive enzymes, such as hyaluronidases, to breakdown polysaccharides that glue the host cell together, fibrinolytic enzymes that lyse the fibrins of blood clots, and collagenases that degrade collagens in the connective tissues. Gram negative bacteria secrete endotoxins, also called LPS, while Gram positive bacteria produce LTA and peptidoglycans. Furthermore, one pathogen bacterium can generate multiple virulence factors; for example,  P. gingivalis  has been reported to generate multiple virulence factors that are involved in the inflammatory and destructive events of periodontal tissues. These influence factors include the capsule, outer membrane, its associated LPS, fimbriae, proteinases, and selected enzymes. 
     LPS is an integral component of all Gram-negative bacteria and is found in the outer membrane layer.  P. gingivalis  LPS possesses significant amounts of heterogeneity containing tetra- and penta-acylated structures. Several of them have been purified. LPS 1690 is highly toxic, while LPS 1435/1449 is relatively mild. Chemically, LPS consists of a hydrophilic polysaccharide and a hydrophobic lipid moiety referred to as lipid A. The latter is the actual toxic moiety of the LPS molecule and contains phosphate groups shown to be essential for its proinflammatory activity. Mechanistically, LPS first binds to LPS-binding protein (LBP), then the LBP-LPS complex is transferred to membrane-bound CD14, thereby enabling interactions with Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 on cell membranes. Binding of LPS to TLR4 on the cell membrane activates both TIRAP-MyD88-dependent NFkB and TRAM-TRIF-dependent IRF3 or IRF7 signaling pathways, and subsequently stimulate production of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines, such as interferon (IFN) gamma, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα), interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and IL-12. Also, induced is production of nitric oxide, prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and proteolytic enzymes. Importantly, LPS has been reported to cause periodontitis in mouse and rats. 
       P. gingivalis  also secretes exotoxins and enzymes that exert damage on the host following their release. These enzymes include proteases, coagulases, and fibrinolysins. Noticeably,  P. gingivalis  generates peptidylarginine deiminase that can modify free or peptide-bound arginine to citrulline. The citrullinated proteins are especially harmful since they cause auto-immune responses and are hypothesized to be the culprit of rheumatoid arthritis. In addition,  P. gingivalis  also produces two types of gingipains, lysine specific (Kgp) and arginine specific (Rgps). Gingipains play a major role in stirring up inflammation and tissue destruction in the periodontium. 
     Assessing the severity of gingivitis and periodontitis in a person is currently achieved with clinical measures such as gum redness, gum bleeding or pocket depth. While the measures are based on professionally developed scales, the actual values can vary due to examiner differences. There exists a need to quantify gingivitis severity and oral hygiene product treatment effectiveness in reducing the inflammatory response. It is desirable to have objective readings from an instrument that is free of human variability and errors. 
     A variety of point of care tests have been developed, as reviewed recently (Nancy Srivastava, Prathibha Anand Nayak, and Shivendra Rana. J Clin Diagn Res. 2017 August; 11(8): ZE01-ZE06. Point of Care—A Novel Approach to Periodontal Diagnosis-A Review). Both host and microbial biomarkers are used for diagnostics in oral samples, examples of such biomarkers include saliva, oral lavage, subgingival and supragingival plaques, gingival crevicular fluid, buccal brush samples and gingival brush samples. DNA polymerase chain reaction has been used to detect the type and concentration of bacteria present in a salivary sample for pathogenic bacteria, such as  Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella intermedia, Aggregatibacter actinomycetem - comitans, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Eikenella corrodens, Campylobacter rectus, Tannerella forsythia  and  Treponema denticola ). RNA has also been used to detect microorganisms causing periodontitis, such as  A. actinomycetemcomitans, P. gingivalis, T. forsythia  and  T. denticola.    
     An alternative approach involves the detection of enzymes produced by periodontal pathogens. Enzymes with a trypsin-like activity are produced by only a few members of the cultivable oral microflora, namely  Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia, Treponema denticola  and  Capnocytophaga  sp. (Hemmings K W, Griffiths G S, Bulman J S. The presence of this enzyme in a plaque sample can be elicited by the hydrolysis of a synthetic trypsin substrate, N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-2-naphthylamide (BANA). J Clin Periodontol. 1997; 24:110-4). Their enzymes can cleave N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-2-naphthylamide and result in a blue-black product. The BABA test is used to detect  Porphyromonas gingivalis, Bacteroides forsythus, Treponema denticola  and  Capnocytophaga  sp, which are widely believed to be the pathogens for periodontitis. 
     Periocheck (Advanced Clinical Technologies Inc., Westwood, Mass. 02090, USA) is also a point of care test to detect the presence of neutral proteases, which are implicated in collagen breakdown. Breakdown of collagen is an important feature of periodontal disease. For this test, gingival crevicular fluid is collected on filter paper strips and placed on a collagen dye-labelled gel matrix. The enzymes from gingival crevicular fluid digest the collagen into fragments and the soluble dye-labelled fragments diffuse onto the sample strip paper turning the strip to blue. The quantity and intensity of the color reaction is compared to a standard color chart, and the level of neutral protease activity in the crevicular fluid samples is calculated. 
     Protease-based point of care tests are convenient and simple to run, but they can&#39;t tell the exact bacterial species. DNA and RNA procedures offer species-specificity, but DNA polymerase reaction and RNA measurements are not convenient. As should be apparent from the above, there is a need for a more sensitive, accurate and consistent test. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An aptamer composition is provided that comprises an oligonucleotide that is at least one of deoxyribonucleotides, ribonucleotides, derivatives of deoxyribonucleotides, derivatives of ribonucleotides, or mixtures thereof; wherein said aptamer composition has a binding affinity for one or more bacterial species from the genus  Prevotella  or the genus  Porphyromonas.    
     A method for detecting endotoxins and outer membrane vesicles is provided that comprises obtaining an oral cavity sample; applying an oral cavity sample to an assay kit; and measuring an assay result. 
     The assay kit may comprise at least one oligonucleotide of SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 105 or SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 358. The assay kit may comprise at least one oligonucleotide with at least 50% nucleotide sequence identity to SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 105 or SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 358. The assay kit may comprise at least one oligonucleotide with the oligonucleotide with natural or non-natural nucleobases of SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 105 or SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 358. The assay kit may comprise an oligonucleotide that is at least one of SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 105 or SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 358. 
     The method may comprise at least one oligonucleotide that is covalently or non-covalently attached to one or more reporter molecules; wherein said one or more reporter molecules are at least one of gold nanoparticles, fluorescent tags, horse radish peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase, green fluorescence proteins and latex, or mixtures thereof. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG.  1 A  shows lower mean bleeding (GBI) among a test regimen group relative to a negative control group at Weeks 1, 3 and 6. 
         FIG.  1 B  shows lower mean inflammation (MGI) among a test regimen group relative to a negative control group at Weeks 1, 3 and 6. 
         FIG.  2 A  shows an scanning electron micrograph illustrating bacteria release outer membrane vesicles (OMV) during growth or under stress. 
         FIG.  2 B  displays transmission electron microscopic images of bacteria at different magnifications. 
         FIG.  2 C  presents transmission electron microscopic images of bacterial membranes and their measurements. 
         FIG.  2 D  shows transmission electron microscopic images of bacterial outer membrane vesicles. 
         FIG.  2 E  shows endotoxin activities were low in the filtrates that were filtered through tangential flow filtration of  P. gingivalis  culture medium. 
         FIG.  2 F  shows LPS activities were high in the filtrate when the  P. gingivalis  retentate was diluted with water and passed through 100 kD tangential flow filtration processes. 
         FIG.  2 G  shows in  P. pallens  almost all endotoxin activities remained in the retentate. 
         FIG.  2 H  shows LPS activities were low in the filtrate when the  P. pallens  retentate was diluted with water and passed through 100 kD tangential flow filtration processes. 
         FIG.  2 I  shows concentrated retentate was precipitated with ultra-centrifugation and then separated with a discontinuous iodixanol gradient, and a yellow band appeared in the discontinuous iodixanol gradient. 
         FIG.  2 J  shows DNA and RNA molecules, measured in OD260, are floated at the top of the gradient. Proteins, estimated by OD280, are located just below DNA and RNA molecules. 
         FIG.  3 A  shows the ultrapure LPS preparation of  P. gingivalis  had two peaks. The elution was collected at one-minute intervals, starting 10 minutes after injection of the samples to account for the flow time from the detector to the sample collection outlet. Endotoxin activities were measured in each fraction, and the majority of endotoxin activity was in fractions 8 to 11. 
         FIG.  3 B  shows lab purified bacterium bound LPS of  P. gingivalis  had a very similar pattern on spectrometry profiles as the ultrapure LPS preparation of  P. gingivalis . The main endotoxin activities were in fractions 9 to 13. 
         FIG.  3 C  shows the LPS isolated from the culture medium is somewhat different from the bacterium-bound LPS, as the LPS isolated from the culture medium showed a broad one peak. 
         FIG.  3 D  shows multiple species of purified  P. gingivalis  bacterial cell lipopolysaccharides in mass spectrometry. 
         FIG.  3 E  shows multiple species of purified secreted  P. gingivalis  lipopolysaccharides in mass spectrometry. 
         FIG.  3 F  shows multiple species of purified  P. pallens  bacterial cell lipopolysaccharides in mass spectrometry. 
         FIG.  3 G  shows multiple species of ultrapure  E. coli  bacterial cell lipopolysaccharides of Invivogen (Ultrapure LPS from  E. coli  055:B5) in mass spectrometry. 
         FIG.  4 A  shows ssDNA hybridized to a capture probe through base pair complementary interactions. ssDNA undergoes conformational changes when a target molecule is bound, which unwinds the base pairings between the capture probe and the ssDNA, leading to dissociation of the ssDNA from the capture probe. 
         FIG.  4 B  shows the ssDNA band was gradually enriched. In each round of SELEX, the selected ssDNA was amplified using PCR procedures, and part of the PCR products were visualized on an agarose gel. 
         FIG.  4 C  shows negative selection was carried out using bacterial materials from different species. 
         FIG.  5 A  shows predicted aptamer secondary structure for SEQ ID NO 1. 
         FIG.  5 B  shows predicted aptamer secondary structure for SEQ ID NO 2. 
         FIG.  5 C  shows predicted aptamer secondary structure for SEQ ID NO 127. 
         FIG.  5 D  shows predicted aptamer secondary structure for SEQ ID NO 131. 
         FIG.  5 E  shows predicted aptamer secondary structure for SEQ ID NO 32. 
         FIG.  5 F  shows predicted aptamer secondary structure for SEQ ID NO 33. 
         FIG.  5 G  shows predicted aptamer secondary structure for SEQ ID NO 55. 
         FIG.  5 H  shows predicted aptamer secondary structure for SEQ ID NO 34. 
         FIG.  5 I  shows predicted aptamer secondary structure for SEQ ID NO 221. 
         FIG.  5 J  shows predicted aptamer secondary structure for SEQ ID NO 76. 
         FIG.  6 A  shows an aptamer linked to a quencher that can reduce the intensity of a fluorescence molecule if the two are placed in proximity. 
         FIG.  6 B  shows how enzymes are employed to determine the abundance of endotoxins in oral samples. 
         FIG.  7 A  shows lateral flow assays are typically composed of a nitrocellulose membrane, sample pad, conjugate pad, wicking or absorbent pad and backing pad. 
         FIG.  7 BI -BIII show lateral flow assays are used to detect one or more targets. In  FIG.  7 B , only one type of endotoxin or outer membrane vesicle from one bacterial species is detected. For Example, one or two aptamers of  P. gingivalis  endotoxins are conjugated to the reporter molecule, such as gold nanoparticles. 
         FIG.  7 CI -CIII show as the sample mix migrates to the test line, the reporter gold nanoparticle-oligonucleotide hybridizes with the capture oligonucleotide which is immobilized in the test line. 
         FIG.  7 DI -DIII show as a gold nanoparticle-aptamer-endotoxin complex migrates to the control line, the biotin in the gold nanoparticle-aptamer-endotoxin complex will bind to the streptavidin in the control line. 
         FIG.  7 E  shows in one device, one, two or more endotoxins, outer membrane vesicles or bacteria can be detected. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to aptamers and their use in determining the presence of specific species of bacteria and endotoxins in the oral cavity. 
     In embodiments, the present invention includes aptamers, methods and kits for monitoring changes in specific endotoxin levels in oral samples. The method comprises collecting oral samples, applying samples to an assay format and reading the specific binding of endotoxins to relative aptamers. The kits comprise a 96-well assay format and a point of care assay format on the basis of specific aptamers. 
     In embodiments, the present invention is directed toward methods of developing aptamers; for example, through the use of SELEX for the selection of aptamers against endotoxins and outer membrane vesicles of  Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella pallens  and other Gram-native bacteria and use the aptamers to develop assays to qualitatively and quantitatively measure endotoxins, outer membrane vesicles and bacteria in oral samples. 
     In embodiments, the present invention provides an aptamer composition. The aptamer composition may comprise at least one oligonucleotide consisting of deoxyribonucleotides, ribonucleotides, derivatives of deoxyribonucleotides, derivatives of ribonucleotides, and mixtures thereof, wherein said aptamer composition has a binding affinity for  Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella pallens  and other Gram-native bacteria. 
     In embodiments, the present invention is directed toward methods of analyzing endotoxins and outer membrane vesicles of  Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella pallens  and other Gram-native bacteria. The methods comprise at least one oligonucleotide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 250 and SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 449. 
     In embodiments, the kits to detect endotoxins and outer membrane vesicles may comprises at least one oligonucleotide comprising one or more motifs selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 250 and SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 449. 
     In addition, this invention also describes methods and procedures for purification of endotoxins from  P. gingivalis  and  P. pallens , and for isolation of outer membrane vesicles of  P. gingivalis  and  P. pallens.    
     The present invention is directed to methods of selecting high affinity aptamers through capture probes. In the first a few rounds of SELEX, a 17-nucleotide capture probe is used. As selection progresses, the length of the capture probe increases from 17 to 30 nucleotides. Likely, the binding strength is increased with the length of the capture probes. The longer capture probe will help select higher affinity aptamers. 
     I. Definitions 
     An “aptamer” may be a peptide or nucleic acid molecule, such as RNA or DNA that is capable of binding to a specific molecule with high affinity and specificity. Exemplary ligands that bind to an aptamer include, without limitation, small molecules, such as drugs, metabolites, intermediates, cofactors, transition state analogs, ions, metals, nucleic acids, and toxins, such as endotoxins. Aptamers may also bind natural and synthetic polymers, including proteins, peptides, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, glycoproteins, hormones, receptors and cell surfaces such as cell walls and cell membranes. The binding of a ligand to an aptamer, causes a conformational change in the effector domain and alters its ability to interact with its target molecule. An aptamer will most typically have been obtained by in vitro selection for binding of a target molecule. However, in vivo selection of an aptamer is also possible. Aptamers have specific binding regions which are capable of forming complexes with an intended target molecule in an environment, wherein other substances in the same environment are not complexed to the nucleic acid. The specificity of the binding is defined in terms of the comparative dissociation constants (Kd) of the aptamer for its ligand as compared to the dissociation constant of the aptamer for other materials in the environment or unrelated molecules in general. A ligand is one which binds to the aptamer with greater affinity than to unrelated material. Typically, the Kd for the aptamer with respect to its ligand will be at least about 10-fold less than the Kd for the aptamer with unrelated material or accompanying material in the environment. Even more preferably, the Kd will be at least about 50-fold less, more preferably at least 50 about 100-fold less, and most preferably at least about 200-fold less. An aptamer will typically be between about 10 and about 300 nucleotides in length. More commonly, an aptamer will be between about 30 and about 100 nucleotides in length. 
     The terms “nucleic acid molecule” and “nucleotide” refer to deoxyribonucleotides or ribonucleotides and polymers thereof in either single- or double-stranded form. Unless specifically limited, the term encompasses nucleic acids containing known analogues of natural nucleotides which have similar binding properties as the reference nucleic acid and are metabolized in a manner similar to naturally occurring nucleotides. Unless otherwise indicated, a particular nucleic acid sequence also implicitly encompasses conservatively modified variants thereof (such as, degenerate codon substitutions) and complementary sequences and as well as the sequence explicitly indicated. The nucleic acid may be in any physical form, for example, linear, circular, or supercoiled. The term nucleic acid is used interchangeably with oligonucleotide, gene, cDNA, and mRNA encoded by a gene. As used herein, the term “nucleic acid” refers to a polymer or oligomer of nucleotides. Nucleic acids are also referred as “ribonucleic acids” when the sugar moiety of the nucleotides is D-ribose and as “deoxyribonucleic acids” when the sugar moiety is 2-deoxy-D-ribose. 
     As used herein, the term “nucleoside” refers to a glycosylamine consisting of a nucleobase, such as a purine or pyrimidine, usually linked to a 5-carbon sugar (e.g. D-ribose or 2-deoxy-D-ribose) via a β-glycosidic linkage. Nucleosides are also referred as “ribonucleosides” when the sugar moiety is D-ribose and as “deoxyribonucleosides” when the sugar moiety is 2-deoxy-D-ribose. 
     As used herein, the term “nucleobase”, refers to a compound containing a nitrogen atom that has the chemical properties of a base. Non-limiting examples of nucleobases are compounds comprising pyridine, purine, or pyrimidine moieties, including, but not limited to adenine, guanine, hypoxanthine, thymine, cytosine, and uracil. 
     As used herein, the term “oligonucleotide” refers to an oligomer composed of nucleotides. 
     As used herein, the term “identical” or “sequence identity,” in the context of two or more oligonucleotides, nucleic acids, or aptamers, refers to two or more sequences that are the same or have a specified percentage of nucleotides that are the same, when compared and aligned for maximum correspondence, such as when measured using sequence comparison algorithms or by manual sequence listing comparison. 
     As used herein, the term “substantially homologous” or “substantially identical” in the context of two or more oligonucleotides, nucleic acids, or aptamers, generally refers to two or more sequences or subsequences that have at least 40%, 60%, 80%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% nucleotide identity, when compared and aligned for maximum correspondence, as measured using sequence comparison algorithms or by visual inspection. 
     As used herein, the term “epitope” refers to the region of a target that interacts with the aptamer. An epitope can be a contiguous stretch within the target or can be represented by multiple points that are physically proximal in a folded form of the target. 
     As used herein the term “binding affinity” may be calculated using the following equation: Binding Affinity=Amount of aptamer bound to one or more bacterial species/Total amount of aptamer incubated with the one or more bacterial species. 
     As used herein, the term “motif” refers to the sequence of contiguous, or series of contiguous, nucleotides occurring in a library of aptamers with binding affinity towards a specific target and that exhibits a statistically significant higher probability of occurrence than would be expected compared to a library of random oligonucleotides. The motif sequence is frequently the result or driver of the aptamer selection process. 
     As used herein, the term “96-well assays” refer to assays that are routinely run in the lab to analyze more than one samples. The assay is qualitative and quantitative in nature. Usually, a standard curve or a positive or negative control is included in the assay. The assay can be performed in a 6-well plate, a 12-well plate, a 24-well plate, a 48-well plate, or a 96-well plate. 
     As used herein, the term “point of care tests or assays” include any assays that can be performed in a store, in a dentist office, at consumer&#39;s home or anyplace outside a standard laboratory. The point of care assays can be lateral flow assays, can be sandwich assay, can be competitive assays, or can be colorimetric assays, or can be fluorescence assays. 
     As used herein, the bacterial genus  Porphyromonas  includes any bacteria in this genus in the mouth. 
     As used herein, the bacterial genus  Prevotella  includes any bacteria in this genus in the mouth. 
     As used herein, the Gram-negative bacteria include any Gram-negative bacteria in the mouth. 
     As used herein, the term “outer membrane vesicles” means any structure that is derived from the outer membrane or that contains the outer membrane. 
     As used herein, the term “endotoxin” means lipopolysaccharides on bacterial outer membrane vesicles or free floating in the environment dissociated from bacteria. 
     As used herein, the term “oral sample” includes, oral lavage, saliva, gingival brush samples, supragingival plaques, or subgingival plaques. 
     As used herein, the term “capture probe” means a DNA sequence that can hybridize with another DNA sequence. For example, a capture probe may be anchored to the bottom of a well in a 96-well plate. 
     This capture probe can hybridize with an aptamer, thus retaining the aptamer in the well. 
     As used herein, the term “reporter probe” is a DNA sequence that is covalently or non-covalently linked to a molecule or a nanoparticle. The molecule, for example, can be a pigment, a fluorescent dye, an enzyme, or fluorescent protein. The reporter probe may have a DNA sequence that is complementary to another DNA sequence. 
     As used herein, the word “or” when used as a connector of two or more elements is meant to include the elements individually and in combination; for example X or Y, means X or Y or both. 
     As used herein, the articles “a” and “an” are understood to mean one or more of the material that is claimed or described, for example, “an aptamer” or “a composition comprising an aptamer.” 
     All measurements referred to herein are made at about 23° C. (i.e. room temperature) unless otherwise specified. 
     II. Aptamer Compositions 
     Aptamers are single-stranded oligonucleotides, with a specific and complex three-dimensional shape, that bind to target molecules. The molecular recognition of aptamers is based on structure compatibility and intermolecular interactions, including electrostatic forces, van der Waals interactions, hydrogen bonding, and π-π stacking interactions of aromatic rings with the target material. The targets of aptamers include, but are not limited to, peptides, proteins, nucleotides, amino acids, antibiotics, low molecular weight organic or inorganic compounds, and even whole cells. The dissociation constant of the complexes of aptamers and the corresponding target materials typically varies between micromolar and picomolar levels, which is comparable to the affinity of antibodies to their antigens. Aptamers can also be designed to have high specificity, enabling the discrimination of target molecules from closely related derivatives. 
     Aptamers are usually designed in vitro from large libraries of random nucleic acids by Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment (SELEX). The SELEX method was first introduced in 1990 when single stranded RNAs were selected against low molecular weight dyes (Ellington, A. D., Szostak, J. W., 1990. Nature 346: 818-822). A few years later, single stranded DNA aptamers and aptamers containing chemically modified nucleotides were also described (Ellington, A. D., Szostak, J. W., 1992. Nature 355: 850-852; Green, L. S., et al., 1995. Chem. Biol. 2: 683-695). Since then, aptamers for hundreds of microscopic targets, such as cations, small molecules, proteins, cells, or tissues have been selected. A compilation of examples from the literature is included in the database at the website: http://www.aptagen.com/aptamer-index/aptamer-list.aspx. 
     Nucleic acid aptamers are single-stranded oligonucleotides with specific secondary and tertiary structures, that can bind to targets with high affinity and specificity. In the present invention, an aptamer composition may comprise at least one oligonucleotide consisting of deoxyribonucleotides, ribonucleotides, derivatives of deoxyribonucleotides, derivatives of ribonucleotides, and mixtures thereof, wherein the aptamer composition has a binding affinity for one or more bacterial species from the genus  Porphyromonas, Prevotella , and any other Gram-negative bacteria. In the present invention, said one or more genera of  Porphyromonas  and  Prevotella  may be selected from the group consisting of  Porphyromonas asaccharolytica, Porphyromonas catoniae, Porphyromonas endodontalis, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Porphyromonas _sp_oral_taxon_278 , Porphyromonas _sp_oral_taxon_279,  Porphyromonas _ uenonis, Prevotella baroniae, Prevotella bivia, Prevotella, buccae, Prevotella dentalis, Prevotella denticola, Prevotella disiens, Prevotella histicola, Prevotella intermedia, Prevotella loescheii, Prevotella maculosa, Prevotella marshii, Prevotella melaninogenica, Prevotella micans, Prevotella multiformis, Prevotella multisaccharivorax, Prevotella nanceiensis, Prevotella nigrescens, Prevotella oralis, Prevotella oris, Prevotella oulorum, Prevotella pallens, Prevotella pleuritidis, Prevotella saccharolytica, Prevotella salivae, Prevotella _sp_C561,  Prevotella _sp_oral_taxon_306,  Prevotella _sp_oral_taxon_317,  Prevotella _sp_oral_taxon_473,  Prevotella timonensis, Prevotella veroralis , and other Gram-negative bacteria and mixtures thereof. 
     In the present invention, an aptamer composition may comprise at least one oligonucleotide with at least 85% nucleotide sequence identity to sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 250, and SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 449. 
     In the present invention, an aptamer composition may comprise at least one oligonucleotide with at least 70% nucleotide sequence identity to sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 250, and SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 449. 
     In the present invention, an aptamer composition may comprise at least one oligonucleotide with at least 90% nucleotide sequence identity to sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 250, and SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 449. 
     In the present invention, an aptamer composition may comprise at least one oligonucleotide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 250, and SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 449. 
     In the present invention, an aptamer composition may comprise at least one oligonucleotide containing at least 10 contiguous nucleotides from sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 250, and SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 449. 
     In the present invention, an aptamer composition may comprise at least one oligonucleotide containing at least 20 contiguous nucleotides from sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 250, and SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 449. 
     In the present invention, an aptamer composition may comprise at least one oligonucleotide containing at least 40 contiguous nucleotides from sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 250, and SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 449. 
     In the present invention, an aptamer composition may comprise at least one oligonucleotide containing at least 60 contiguous nucleotides from sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 250, and SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 449. 
     In the present invention, an aptamer composition may comprise at least one oligonucleotide containing at least 70 contiguous nucleotides from sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 250, and SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 449. 
     In the present invention, an aptamer composition may comprise at least one oligonucleotide containing at least 80 contiguous nucleotides from sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 250, and SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 449. 
     Chemical modifications can introduce new features into the aptamers, such as different molecular interactions with the target, improved binding capabilities, enhanced stability of oligonucleotide conformations, or increased resistance to nucleases. In the present invention, said at least one oligonucleotide of said aptamer composition may comprise natural or non-natural nucleobases. Natural nucleobases are adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, and uracil. Non-limiting examples of non-natural nucleobases are hypoxanthine, xanthine, 7-methylguanine, 5,6-dihydrouracil, 5-5-methylcytosine, 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, thiouracil, 1-methylhypoxanthine, 6-methylisoquinoline-1-thione-2-yl, 3-methoxy-2-naphthyl, 5-propynyluracil-1-yl, 5-methylcytosin-1-yl, 2-aminoadenin-9-yl, 7-deaza-7-iodoadenin-9-yl, 7-deaza-7-propynyl-2-aminoadenin-9-yl, phenoxazinyl, phenoxazinyl-G-clam, bromouracil, 5-iodouracil, and mixtures thereof. 
     Modifications of the phosphate backbone of the oligonucleotides can also increase the resistance against nuclease digestion. In the present invention, the nucleosides of said oligonucleotides may be linked by a chemical motif selected from the group comprising natural phosphate diester, chiral phosphorothionate, chiral methyl phosphonate, chiral phosphoramidate, chiral phosphate chiral triester, chiral boranophosphate, chiral phosphoroselenoate, phosphorodithioate, phosphorothionate amidate, methylenemethylimino, 3′-amide, 3′ achiral phosphoramidate, 3′ achiral methylene phosphonates, thioformacetal, thioethyl ether, fluorophosphate, and mixtures thereof. In the present invention, the nucleosides of said oligonucleotides may be linked by natural phosphate diesters. 
     In the present invention, the sugar moiety of the nucleosides of said oligonucleotides may be selected from the group comprising ribose, deoxyribose, 2′-fluoro deoxyribose, 2′-O-methyl ribose, 2′-O-(3-amino)propyl ribose, 2′-O-(2-methoxy)ethyl ribose, 2′-O-2-(N,N-dimethylaminooxy)ethyl ribose, 2′-O-2-[2-(N,N-dimethylamino)ethyloxy]ethyl ribose, 2′-O—N,N-dimethylacetamidyl ribose, N-morpholinophosphordiamidate, α-deoxyribofuranosyl, other pentoses, hexoses, and mixtures thereof. 
     In the present invention, said derivatives of ribonucleotides or said derivatives of deoxyribonucleotides may be selected from the group comprising: locked oligonucleotides, peptide oligonucleotides, glycol oligonucleotides, threose oligonucleotides, hexitol oligonucleotides, altritol oligonucleotides, butyl oligonucleotides, L-ribonucleotides, arabino oligonucleotides, 2′-fluoroarabino oligonucleotides, cyclohexene oligonucleotides, phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligonucleotides, and mixtures thereof. 
     In the present invention, the nucleotides at the 5′- and 3′-ends of said at least one oligonucleotide may be inverted. In the present invention, at least one nucleotide of said at least one oligonucleotide may be fluorinated at the 2′ position of the pentose group. In the present invention, the pyrimidine nucleotides of said at least one oligonucleotide may be fluorinated at the 2′ position of the pentose group. In the present invention, said aptamer composition may comprise at least one polymeric material, wherein said at least one polymeric material is covalently linked to said at least one oligonucleotide. In the present invention, said at least one polymeric material may be polyethylene glycol. 
     In the present invention, said at least one oligonucleotide may be between about 10 and about 200 nucleotides in length. In the present invention, said at least one oligonucleotide may be less than about 100 nucleotides in length. In the present invention, said at least one oligonucleotide may be less than about 50 nucleotides in length. 
     In the present invention, said at least one oligonucleotide may be covalently or non-covalently attached to one or more therapeutic and personal care ingredients. In the present invention, said one or more therapeutic and personal care ingredients can include one or more of anti-fungal agents, anti-micro agents, anti-bacterial agents, cooling agents, natural extracts, peptides, enzymes, and mixtures thereof. Suitable therapeutic and personal care active ingredients can include any material that is generally considered as safe and that provides benefits to the skin, the scalp, the hair, the oral mucosa, the tooth, or the gingiva. 
     III. Aptamer Assays 
     In the present invention, assays can include the use of at least one sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 250 and SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 449. 
     In the present invention, in embodiments said assays may be sandwich assays with two or more sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 250 and SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 449. One sequence functions as the capture aptamer. The other sequence functions as the reporter aptamers. 
     In one aspect, the capture aptamer may be anchored to a solid surface for example the surface a 96-well plate or nitrocellulose membrane. In embodiments the reporter aptamers may comprise an aptamer and an enzyme, a color molecule, or biological reagent. The said enzyme can be horse radish peroxidase, luciferase, alkaline phosphatase, tyrosinase, or a kinase. The said color molecule can be a pigment, a gold nanoparticle, fluorescence compound or fluorescence protein. The reporter aptamer can also be a combination of an enzyme and a color molecule, such as an enzyme attached to a gold nanoparticle. 
     This invention also describes an assay in a 96-well plate format. In this assay, two 96-well plates can be used, one is a binding plate, the other is a reading plate. An aptamer capture probe is anchored to the bottom of a well in the binding 96-well plate. This capture probe can hybridize with another the aptamer sequence, thus retaining the aptamer in the bottom of a well through biotin-Streptavidin binding. The bottom surface of a well in 96-well plate is functionalized with Streptavidin. The capture probe is functionalized with a biotin. Biotin has a high affinity for Streptavidin with a dissociation constant on the order of about 10 14  Moles/liter. The reporter molecules, such as horse radish peroxidase or gold nanoparticles, will be linked to another DNA sequence, called reporter probe. The reporter probe is a DNA sequence that is covalently or non-covalently linked to a molecule or a nanoparticle, and that is complementary to the aptamer sequence. The reporter molecule can be a pigment, a fluorescent dye, an enzyme, or fluorescent protein. The reporter probe may have a DNA sequence that is complementary to aptamer sequences. In the 96-well plate, a capture probe holds an aptamer to the 96-well plate at its 5′ end through complementary base pairing. The capture probe is tethered to the bottom of a well in the 96-well plate through biotin-Streptavidin binding. A reporter probe is hybridized to the aptamer at its 3′ end by complementary base pairing. Then a target molecule is prepared in a binding buffer and added to the well containing the complex of the capture probe-aptamer-reporter probe. This target molecule can be endotoxins, outer membrane vesicles or whole bacteria. As the target molecule binds to the aptamer, the binding will change the 3-D structure of the aptamer, leading to dissociation of the reporter probe from the associated aptamer. The dissociated reporter probe will be free in the binding buffer and transferred to the well of the reading 96-well plate. Another DNA sequence, the reporter-probe-capture probe, or reporter capture probe, is fixed to the bottom of a reading plate through biotin-Streptavidin binding. The reporter capture probe is able to anneal to the reporter probe through complementary base pairing. As the reporter probe contains a pigment, a fluorescent dye, an enzyme, or fluorescent protein, measurement can be made directly by reading absorbance or fluorescence. If the reporter is an enzyme, such as horse radish peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase, or luciferase, the relative substrate is added, and the measurement is taken. 
     In embodiments this invention also includes a lateral flow assay. Lateral flow assays are the simplest and most common format for point of care assays. A typical lateral flow rapid test cellulose strip consists of a simple pad, a conjugate release pad, a test line, a control line, and absorbent pad. The sample pad is an absorbent pad onto which the test sample is applied. The conjugation release pad is an absorbent pad inside which a target-binding aptamer, reporter probe, and control reporter probe are stored. The reporter probe is hybridized with the target-binding aptamer. When targets in the samples bind to the target-binding aptamer, the reporter probe will be dissociated from the target-binding aptamer, and subsequently be attached to the test line on the test cellulose trip. The control reporter probe will be bound to the control line on the test cellulose strip. The sample will migrate onto a nitrocellulose membrane onto which a capture probe is immobilized in a line that crosses the membrane to act as a capture zone test line for the target molecules in the sample. 
     As used herein, the term “capture probe” means a DNA sequence, or a protein, or any chemical that can bind to another DNA sequence. For example, a capture probe can hybridize with an aptamer, thus retaining the aptamer in the membrane. 
     As used herein, the term “reporter probe” is a DNA sequence that is covalently or non-covalently linked to a reporter, such as a molecule or a nanoparticle. The molecule, for example, can be a pigment, a fluorescent dye, an enzyme, or fluorescent protein. The DNA sequence of the reporter probe is complimentary to that of the target-binding aptamer. The reporter probe is usually hybridized with the target-binding aptamer before samples are applied. 
     As used herein, the term “reporter aptamer” is an oligonucleotide that is covalently or non-covalently linked to a reporter, such as a molecule or a nanoparticle. The molecule, for example, can be a pigment, a fluorescent dye, an enzyme, or fluorescent protein. The DNA sequence of a reporter aptamer is different from a target-binding aptamer. The reporter aptamer can bind to the target, such as endotoxins, in the sample independently. 
     As used herein, the term “control reporter probe” is a DNA sequence or a protein, or any chemical that is covalently or non-covalently linked to a reporter. The control reporter probe can bind to a protein, an oligonucleotide or any chemical. A reporter is a molecule or a nanoparticle. The molecule, for example, can be a pigment, a fluorescent dye, an enzyme, or fluorescent protein. The control reporter probe may have a DNA sequence or a protein which is linked to a gold nanoparticle. 
     The lateral flow assays include a capture probe, which will bind to a reporter probe or reporter aptamer, is anchored to the nitrocellulose membrane on a test line (location onto which the reporter probe or reporter aptamer will be held) through biotin-Streptavidin binding. The reporter probe or reporter aptamer will contain a color molecule, such as gold nanoparticle. If the target molecule, such as endotoxins, are present in the sample, the reporter probe or reporter aptamer will be retained by binding to the capture probe on the test line. The test line will display red color, an indicator for presence of target molecule, such as endotoxins, in the sample. The capture probe is an oligonucleotide, or a protein, or any chemical which can bind to the reporter probe or reporter aptamer. An oligonucleotide capture probe can hybridize with a reporter probe or a reporter aptamer sequence. The reporter probe is a DNA sequence that is complementary to a specific aptamer, which can bind to target molecules, such as endotoxins. A capture probe binds to a specific aptamer at its 5′ end through complementary base pairing. A reporter probe is hybridized to the aptamer at its 3′ end by complementary base pairing. The complex of reporter probe-aptamer is housed on the sample pad, which is an absorbent pad onto which the test sample is applied. Then 100 to 900 μl of sample such as lavage or saliva is applied using a disposable graduated transfer pipet (VWR International LLC, Radnor, Pa. Cat #16001-192) to the sample pad. The sample contains the target molecule. The target molecules can be endotoxins, outer membrane vesicles or whole bacteria. As the target molecule binds to the target-binding aptamer, that has a high affinity to the target molecule, the binding will change the 3-D structure of the target-binding aptamer, leading to dissociation of the reporter probe from the target-binding aptamer. The dissociated reporter probe will be free from the target-binding aptamer and flow to the test line, and bind to the capture probe, which is immobilized to the test line through biotin-Streptavidin binding. The capture probe binds to the reporter probe through complementary base pairing. As described above the reporter probe contains a dye molecule or a nanoparticle, measurement can be made directly using naked eyes or camera in a smart phone. For example, gold nanoparticles appear red in color-a visible red band will appear on the test line. 
     If the target is not present in the sample, the reporter probe will continue to be associated with the target-binding aptamer and can&#39;t bind to the reporter capture probe that is immobilized in the test line onto the nitrocellulose strop—no red line will appear in the test line. 
     The lateral flow assay strip also contains a control line on the cellulose membrane. A control capture probe is immobilized on the cellulose membrane. The control capture probe is a protein, an oligonucleotide, or any chemical that can bind to a control reporter probe. As used herein, the term “control reporter probe” is a DNA sequence or a protein, or any chemical that is covalently or non-covalently linked to a reporter. The control reporter probe can bind to a protein, an oligonucleotide or any chemical. A reporter is a molecule or a nanoparticle. The molecule, for example, can be a pigment, a fluorescent dye, an enzyme, or fluorescent protein. A nanoparticle can be a gold nanoparticle, which is red in color. The control reporter probe may consist of a DNA sequence that is complementary to another DNA sequence, and a reporter which is a gold nanoparticle. The control reporter probe can bind to the control capture probe at the control line in the cellulose membrane of the lateral flow test strip. 
     In this assay, a control reporter probe is also embedded in the conjugation release pad, which is an absorbent pad inside which target-binding aptamer, reporter probe, and control reporter are embedded. The control reporter probe with gold nanoparticles will form a red band at the control line as the sample migrates through the lateral flow test strip. The appearance of a red band in the control line indicates that the assays works as designed. 
     Example 1—Identification of  P. pallens  as a Gingivitis-Associated Bacterium by Metasequencing DNA of Supragingival Plaque Samples 
     To identify bacteria associated with gingivitis, a meta-sequencing experiment was carried out. A randomized, parallel group clinical study was conducted with 69 subjects (35 in the negative control group and 34 in the test regimen group). Subjects were 39 years old on average, ranging from 20 to 69, and 46% of the subjects were female. Treatment groups were well balanced, since there were no statistically significant (p≥0.395) differences for demographic characteristics (age, ethnicity, gender) or starting measurements for Gingival Bleeding Index (GBI); mean=29.957 with at least 20 bleeding sites and Modified Gingival Index (MGI); mean=2.086. All sixty-nine subjects attended each visit and completed the research. The following treatment groups were compared over a 6-week period: Test regimen: Crest® Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control (0.454% stannous fluoride) dentifrice, Oral-B® Professional Care 1000 with Precision Clean brush head and Crest® Pro-Health Refreshing Clean Mint (0.07% CPC) mouth rinse. Control regimen: Crest® Cavity Protection (0.243% sodium fluoride) dentifrice and Oral-B® Indicator Soft Manual toothbrush. 
     The test regimen group demonstrated significantly (p&lt;0.0001) lower mean bleeding (GBI) and inflammation (MGI) relative to the negative control group at Weeks 1, 3 and 6 as shown in  FIG.  1   . 
     Dental plaques were collected from the same subjects in the test regimen of the clinical study. A supragingival sample was taken from each subject with a sterile curette at the tooth/gum interface, using care to avoid contact with the oral soft tissue. Plaques were sampled from all available natural teeth (upper arch only) until no plaque was visible. Following sampling, plaque was placed into a pre-labeled (subject ID, sample initials, visit, and date) Eppendorf tube with 1 ml of phosphate-buffered saline (Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.) and 5000 sterile 1 mm glass beads (Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.), and stored on ice until all samples were collected. The samples were then transferred to a −70° C. freezer for storage until further processing. Genomic DNA was isolated from supragingival plaque samples using QIAamp® genomic DNA kits (Qiagen, Germany) following the manufacturer&#39;s instructions. Metasequencing was carried out at BGI Americas Corporation (Cambridge, Mass.). 
     The relative abundance of bacteria underwent significant changes during treatment (Table 1). Bacterial species  Prevotella pallens  was abundant, accounting for 2.79% of total microbial sequences at baseline. It decreased with ProHealth treatment regimen at week 1, 3, and 6. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Changes of bacteria in percentage in supragingival plaques 
               
               
                 during six-week treatment with a ProHealth regimen 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 P value compared to 
                 Mean percentage in each time 
               
               
                   
                 baseline 
                 point 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Bacteria 
                 Wk 1 
                 Wk 3 
                 Wk 6 
                 Baseline 
                 Mk1 
                 Wk 3 
                 Wk 6 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 f_Propionibacteriaceae 
                 0.0166 
                 0.0003 
                 0.0173 
                 0.01 
                 0.12 
                 0.15 
                 0.19 
               
               
                 g_Propionibacterium 
                 0.0346 
                 0.0003 
                 0.0173 
                 0.01 
                 0.12 
                 0.15 
                 0.19 
               
               
                 s_ Propionibacterium _ propionicum   
                 0.0346 
                 0.0003 
                 0.0173 
                 0.01 
                 0.12 
                 0.15 
                 0.19 
               
               
                 t_GCF_000277715 
                 0.0346 
                 0.0003 
                 0.0173 
                 0.01 
                 0.13 
                 0.16 
                 0.22 
               
               
                 p_Bacteroidetes 
                 0.0027 
                 0.0235 
                 0.0215 
                 21.50 
                 13.46 
                 12.88 
                 14.36 
               
               
                 c_Bacteroidia 
                 0.0007 
                 0.0053 
                 0.0135 
                 20.85 
                 11.02 
                 9.40 
                 12.70 
               
               
                 o_Bacteroidales 
                 0.0007 
                 0.0053 
                 0.0135 
                 20.85 
                 11.02 
                 9.40 
                 12.70 
               
               
                 f_Prevotellaceae 
                 0.0186 
                 0.0235 
                 0.0366 
                 16.36 
                 9.33 
                 8.25 
                 9.98 
               
               
                 g_ Prevotella   
                 0.0209 
                 0.0105 
                 0.0330 
                 15.79 
                 8.90 
                 7.24 
                 9.55 
               
               
                 s_ Prevotella _ pallens   
                 
                   0.0020 
                 
                 
                   0.0003 
                 
                 
                   0.0071 
                 
                 2.79 
                 0.62 
                 0.00 
                 0.85 
               
               
                 t_GCF_000220255 
                 0.0020 
                 0.0003 
                 0.0071 
                 3.09 
                 0.67 
                 0.00 
                 0.92 
               
               
                 s_ Prevotella _sp_C561 
                 0.0315 
                 0.0168 
                 0.0376 
                 1.54 
                 0.31 
                 0.00 
                 0.27 
               
               
                 t_GCF_000224595 
                 0.0315 
                 0.0168 
                 0.0376 
                 1.71 
                 0.34 
                 0.00 
                 0.30 
               
               
                 g_Lachnospiraceae_noname 
                 0.0128 
                 0.0009 
                 0.0063 
                 0.25 
                 0.13 
                 0.04 
                 0.14 
               
               
                 s_ Peptostreptococcus _unclassified 
                 0.0049 
                 0.0045 
                 0.0433 
                 0.44 
                 0.04 
                 0.00 
                 0.12 
               
               
                 g_ Solobacterium   
                 0.0099 
                 0.0067 
                 0.0298 
                 0.78 
                 0.35 
                 0.25 
                 0.42 
               
               
                 s_ Solobacterium _ moorei   
                 0.0086 
                 0.0067 
                 0.0298 
                 0.79 
                 0.35 
                 0.26 
                 0.42 
               
               
                 t_GCF_000186945 
                 0.0113 
                 0.0032 
                 0.0192 
                 0.87 
                 0.38 
                 0.28 
                 0.46 
               
               
                 t_ Veillonella _ atypica _unclassified 
                 0.0037 
                 0.0001 
                 0.0152 
                 1.24 
                 0.38 
                 0.01 
                 0.45 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Example 2—Isolate Outer Membrane Vesicles from  P. gingivalis  and  P. pallens    
     Objectives:  P. gingivalis  has been known as a pathogen for periodontitis and would be a good biomarker for periodontitis.  P. pallens  was identified as being associated with gingivitis, as described in EXAMPLE 1, and would be a good biomarker for gingivitis. Bacteria release outer membrane vesicles (OMV) during growth or under stress as shown  FIG.  2 A  (Roier, S. et al. 2016. A novel mechanism for the biogenesis of outer membrane vesicles in Gram-negative bacteria. Nat. Commun. 7:10515 doi: 10.1038/ncomms10515). OMV carry endotoxins, proteins and other molecules produced by bacteria. OMV are likely to be a good marker for relative bacteria. Lipopolysaccharides (LPS), also known as endotoxins, are highly virulent and toxic to host cells; and when used experimentally can cause gingivitis and periodontitis if administrated to animals. LPS from different bacteria are structurally different and recognized by different antibodies. As a result, either LPS or OMV can be used as biomarkers representing specific bacterial species. 
     Procedures of OMV isolation: Both  P. pallens  (ATCC catalog #700821 American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, Va.) and  P. gingivalis  (ATCC catalog #33277, American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, Va.) were cultured in 30 ml MTGE media (Anaerobic Enrichment Broth, Anaerobe Systems, 6 ml tubes—catalog #AS-778 &amp; 500 ml bottles—catalog #AS-7785, Anaerobe System, Morgan Hill, Calif.) in a sterile 125 ml Erlenmeyer flask under anaerobic conditions at 37° C. for 48 hours as seeding bacteria. The seeding bacterial culture was inoculated seven liters of fresh MTGE media (Anaerobic Enrichment Broth, Anaerobe Systems, 6 ml tubes—catalog #AS-778 &amp; 500 ml bottles—catalog #AS-7785, Anaerobe System, Morgan Hill, Calif.), and continued to grow for 48 hours under anaerobic conditions at 37° C. 
     The bacteria were harvested at the end of culture by centrifugation in a JA-10 rotor at 10,000 g, 4° C. for 60 min in Avanti J-26 XPI High-Performance Centrifuge of Beckman Coulter, Indianapolis, Ind. The bacterial pellet was stored at −80° C. for bound lipopolysaccharide isolation. The supernatant was collected and filtered through 0.45 μm pore PVDF membranes to remove cell debris. 
     OMV was secreted by the both  P. pallens  and  P. gingivalis  into the MTGE media. To isolate OMV, the conditioned culture medium volume was reduced by filtration using a tangential flow filtration Minimate TFF System (PALL Life Sciences, Port Washington, N.Y.) with an array of filter capsules with molecular weight cutoff from 10 kD to 300 kD, at 40 Psi. The retentate of the tangential flow filtration procedure that contains the OMV, was centrifuged at 140,000×g for 1 hour at 4° C. (using an SW32 swinging bucket rotor on a Beckman XL-100K Ultracentrifuge, Beckman Coulter, Atlanta, Ga.). The pellets were resuspended in dPBS buffer (1× Dulbecco&#39;s Phosphate Buffered Saline (dPBS): catalog #14190144; Life Technologies, Grand Island, N.Y.) and centrifuged at 200,000×g for 1 hour at 4° C. (using an SW41 swinging bucket rotor) to yield a standard OMV preparation. 
     To generate highly pure OMV, the initial OMV from the first ultracentrifugation was then resuspended in 800 μL HEPES buffer (50 mM HEPES, 150 mM NaCl, pH 6.8, Life Technologies, Grand Island, N.Y.), and underwent another round ultracentrifugation using OptiPrep™ (60% w/v iodixanol in water, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, Mo., USA) discontinuous density gradient. The initial OMV preparation was separated into four samples and each resuspended in 3 mL HEPES buffer containing 45% w/v iodixanol and placed in 4 Ultra-Clear™, 14 mL, 14×95 mm tubes (Beckman Coulter, Atlanta, Ga.). A discontinuous iodixanol gradient was achieved in each sample by layering successive 1.5 mL of HEPES buffer containing 45%, then 40%, 35%, 30%, 25% &amp; 20% w/v iodixanol, with 45% at the bottom, in a total of 9.5 ml. Tubes were centrifuged at 173,000×g for 72 hours at 4° C. using a 70.1Ti rotor installed in a Beckman XL-100K Ultracentrifuge (Beckman-Coulter, Atlanta, Ga.). Eight 0.5 mL gradient fractions from each sample (1, 2, 3 &amp; 4) were collected from top to bottom of the density gradient solution and measured at A260 and A280 for DNA/RNA and proteins, respectively, using an 8-channel NanoDrop spectrophotometer according to the manufacturer&#39;s instructions (ThermoFisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass., USA). The endotoxin activities were analyzed in the fractions using the Pierce™ LAL Chromogenic Endotoxin Quantitation Kit, per manufacturer&#39;s instructions (ThermoFisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass., USA). 
     Fractions containing the purified OMVs were washed with endotoxin-free water (Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.) and centrifuged twice at 200,000×g for 2 hours at 4° C. using a SW40 Ti rotor installed in a Beckman XL-100K Ultracentrifuge (Beckman-Coulter, Atlanta, Ga.). The highly pure OMV were resuspended in 30 ml of endotoxin-free water, and aliquoted into 0.5 ml Eppendorf tubes and stored at −80° C. for aptamer development. 
     Results: Both  P. gingivalis  and  P. pallens  are Gram-negative bacteria in the dental plaques ( FIG.  2 A to  2 C , scanning and transmission electron graphs were prepared using procedure as described by Ronald R Warner 1, Keith J Stone and Ying L Boissy. Hydration Disrupts Human Stratum Corneum Ultrastructure. J Invest Dermatol. 120 (2), 275-84 February 2003, DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12046.x; R R Warner 1, J R Schwartz, Y Boissy, T L Dawson Jr. Dandruff Has an Altered Stratum Corneum Ultrastructure That Is Improved With Zinc Pyrithione Shampoo. J Am Acad. Dermatol, 45 (6), 897-93 December 2001). 
     The OMV in the conditioned MTGE medium, in which  P. pallens  had grown for 48 hours, was concentrated using tangential flow filtration with filter capsules ranging from 10 kD to 300 kD molecular weight cutoff. Lipopolysaccharides are reported to have molecular masses between 10-20 kD. 
     The filtrates and the retentates were analyzed for endotoxin activities. If the OMV or the lipopolysaccharides are in the filtrate, the endotoxin activities would be high in the filtrate. If the OMV or the lipopolysaccharides are not in the filtrate, the endotoxin activities are likely associated with OMV in the retentate. Culture media were filtered with two new units of each molecular weight cutoff capsules, each with 500 ml. As shown in  FIG.  2 E to  2 H , the endotoxin activities were low in the filtrates that were filtered through tangential flow filtration Minimate TFF System (PALL Life Sciences, Port Washington, N.Y.). These results suggest that most of the secreted endotoxins are associated with OMV. In  P. pallens  ( FIG.  2 G ), almost all endotoxin activities remained in the retentate. 
     The concentrated retentate was precipitated with ultra-centrifugation as described above, and then separated with a discontinuous iodixanol gradient as described above. As shown in  FIG.  2 I , a yellow band appeared in the discontinuous iodixanol gradient. 
     To determine whether the endotoxin activities were associated the yellow bands, the gradient solution was fractioned into 0.5 ml by using a pipettor to withdraw 0.5 ml each time from the top to bottom in the ultracentrifuge tube, absorbance was read at 260 and 280 nM in a SpectraMax iD3 spectrometer reader (Molecular Device, Downingtown, Pa.). As shown in  FIG.  2 J , DNA and RNA molecules, measured in OD260, are floated at the top of the gradient. Proteins, estimated by OD280, are located just below DNA and RNA molecules. Almost all endotoxin activities are associated with the yellow bands, which are the OMV. The sizes of OMV ranges from 27.9 to 127 nanometers and 29.5 to 83.5 nanometers for  P. pallens  and  P. gingivalis , respectively ( FIG.  2 D ). 
     Example 3—Isolation of Secreted and Bacterium-Bound Lipopolysaccharides from  P. gingivalis  and  P. pallens    
     LPS extraction: Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) from bacterial pellet and standard outer membrane vesicles (OMV) were extracted and purified using the procedures, as described by Westphal and Jann (Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides Extraction with Phenol-Water and Further Applications of the Procedure. 1965; Methods in Carbohydrate Chemistry, 5, 83-91) and Darveau and Hancock (J Bacteriol. 1983 August; 155(2):831-8. Procedure for isolation of bacterial lipopolysaccharides from both smooth and rough  Pseudomonas aeruginosa  and  Salmonella typhimurium  strains). Briefly, bacterial pellets and OMV were dissolved in a 300 ml buffer containing 10 mM Tris-Cl buffer (pH 8), 2% Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate, 2 mM MgCl 2  and 40 mg Proteinase K (all chemicals and proteinase K were purchase from Sigma, St. Louis Mo.). 
     The mixture was vortexed and placed an incubator at 68° C. for 24 hours. Sixty ml of 3M sodium acetate pH 5.2 and 800 ml 100% ethanol were added and kept at −20° C. The crude lipopolysaccharides were precipitated using a JA-10 rotor at 13000 RPM, 4° C. for 60 min in Avanti J-26 XPI High-Performance Centrifuge of Beckman Coulter, Indianapolis, Ind. After the centrifugation, precipitate was suspended in 200 ml of 20 mM Triethylamine (2.8 ml TEA/1000 ml) and 0.5% deoxycholate. Proteinase K (20 mg) was added and the solution was incubated at 65° C. for 24 hours. Phenol −200 ml (BioReagent, equilibrated with 10 mM Tris HCl, pH 8.0, 1 mM EDTA, for molecular biology purchased from Sigma, St. Louis Mo.) was added to crude lipopolysaccharide solution. The phenol and LPS solution was shaken to mix the aqueous and phenol phases and heated at 65° C. for overnight. The mixed solution was then cooled in ice water for 60 min and centrifuged to separate the phenol and aqueous phases using a JA-10 rotor at 13000 RPM, 4° C. for 60 min in Avanti J-26 XPI High-Performance Centrifuge. The aqueous phase was collected. Sixty ml of 3M sodium acetate pH 5.2 and 800 ml 100% ethanol were added and kept at −20° C. The crude lipopolysaccharides were precipitated using a JA-10 rotor at 13,000 RPM, 4° C. for 60 min in Avanti J-26 XPI High-Performance Centrifuge. The pelleted LPS was then resuspended in 400 ml of 100 mM sodium acetate pH 5.2. 
     Chromatography purification: Both secreted and bacterium-bound LPS were purified using hydrophobic interaction chromatography (Sigma, St. Louis Mo.) following procedures described by Fischer (Eur J Biochem. 1990 Dec. 12; 194(2):655-61. Purification and fractionation of lipopolysaccharide from gram-negative bacteria by hydrophobic interaction chromatography) and Muck et al. (Journal of Chromatography B: Biomedical Sciences and Applications Volume 732, Issue 1, 10 Sep. 1999, Pages 39-46: Biomedical Sciences and Applications Efficient method for preparation of highly purified lipopolysaccharides by hydrophobic interaction chromatography), and affinity chromatography (M. Sakata, M. Todokoro, C. Hirayama, American Biotechnol. 2002; Lab., 20: 36. M. Todokoro, M. Sakata, S. Matama, M. Kunitake, J. Ohkuma, C. Hirayama, 2002; J. Liq. Chrom. &amp; Rel. Technol., 25: 601). The endotoxin activities were also analyzed in the fractions using the Pierce™ LAL Chromogenic Endotoxin Quantitation Kit, per manufacturer&#39;s instructions (ThermoFisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass., USA). 
     Results: Intact bacterial lipopolysaccharides are heterogeneous with a molecular mass ranging from 10 kDa to 20 kDa, composed of three structural components: A) a hydrophobic lipid section, lipid A, which is responsible for the toxic properties of the molecule; B) a hydrophilic core polysaccharide chain; and C) a repeating hydrophilic O-antigenic oligosaccharide side chain that is specific to the bacterial serotype. Purified lipopolysaccharides of  P. gingivalis  were separated using spectrometry methods as described by Haught, Xie, Circello, Tansky, Khambe, Sun, Lin, Sreekrishna, Klukowska, Huggins, and White (Am J Dent. 2016 December; 29(6):328-332. 
     Lipopolysaccharide and lipoteichoic acid binding by antimicrobials used in oral care formulations: As shown  FIG.  3 A , the ultrapure LPS preparation of  P. gingivalis  (Invivogen Cat. Code tlrl-ppglps, San Diego, Calif.), showed two peaks. The LPS preparations also contained a small peak at 18.67 min elution, which is likely some inorganic salts. The elution was collected at one-minute intervals, starting 10 minutes after injection of the samples to account for the flow time from the detector to the sample collection outlet. Endotoxin activities were measured in each fraction. The majority of endotoxin activity was in fractions 8 to 11, as show in  FIG.  3 A . The bacterium bound LPS of  P. gingivalis  purified in our lab showed a very similar pattern on spectrometry profiles ( FIGS.  3 B and  3 D ). The main endotoxin activities were in fractions 9 to 13. These results suggest that  P. gingivalis  lipopolysaccharides are highly heterogeneous. 
     The LPS isolated from the culture medium, here called secreted LPS from  P. gingivalis , is somewhat different from the bacterium-bound LPS, as the LPS isolated from the culture medium showed a broad one peak ( FIGS.  3 C and  3 E ). Purified  P. pallens  LPS ( FIG.  3 F ) and UltraPure  E. coli  LPS ( FIG.  3 G ) ( E. coli  055:B5, Invivogen Company, San Diego, Calif.) also contained multiple species. 
     Example 4—Develop Aptamers to Outer Membrane Vesicles and Lipopolysaccharides of  P. gingivalis  and  P. pallens    
     Aptamers were developed following procedures described by Tuerk and Gold (Science. 1990 Aug. 3; 249(4968):505-10. Systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment: RNA ligands to bacteriophage T4 DNA polymerase), Martin et al. (Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2014 July; 406(19):4637-47. doi: 10.1007/s00216-014-7883-8. Epub 2014 Jun. 1. Tunable stringency aptamer selection and gold nanoparticle assay for detection of cortisol), and Bharat N. Gawande at al. (Selection of DNA aptamers with two modified bases, PNAS Mar. 14, 2017 114 (11) 2898-2903; first published Mar. 6, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1615475114). 
     Library and Primer Design and Synthesis: All primer and nucleotide oligos (shown below) were synthesized by Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. Skokie, Ill. 
     
       
         
           
               
            
               
                 LPS forward primer: 
               
               
                 (SEQ ID NO 450) 
               
               
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 LPS reverse primer: 
               
               
                 (SEQ ID NO 451) 
               
               
                 TTTACACTGCCCGTGCCAGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 phosphorylated reverse primer, 
               
               
                 (SEQ ID NO 452) 
               
               
                 5′-(phosphate)-TTTACACTGCCCGTGCCAGG-3′ 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Capture probe 17: 
               
               
                 (SEQ ID NO 453) 
               
               
                 5′-biotin-TTTACACTGCCCGTGCC-3′ 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Capture probe 20: 
               
               
                 (SEQ ID NO 454) 
               
               
                 5′-biotin-TTTACACTGCCCGTGCCAGG-3′ 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Capture probe 25: 
               
               
                 (SEQ ID NO 455) 
               
               
                 5′-biotin-ACGAATTTACACTGCCCGTGCCAGG-3′ 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Capture probe 30: 
               
               
                 (SEQ ID NO 456) 
               
               
                 5′-biotin-ACTCTAAGCATTTACACTGCCCGTGCCAGG-3′ 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 phosphorylated reverse primer 20: 
               
               
                 (SEQ ID NO 457) 
               
               
                 5′-(phosphate)-TTTACACTGCCCGTGCCAGG-3′ 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 phosphorylated reverse primer 25: 
               
               
                 (SEQ ID NO 458) 
               
               
                 5′-(phosphate)-ACGAATTTACACTGCCCGTGCCAGG-3′ 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 phosphorylated reverse primer 30: 
               
               
                 (SEQ ID NO 459) 
               
               
                 5′-(phosphate)-ACTCTAAGCATTTACACTGCCCGTGCCAGG-3′ 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ssDNA library with 40 random nucleotides 
               
               
                 (SEQ ID NO 460) 
               
               
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCG-N40-CCTGGCACGGGCAGTG TAAA. 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ssDNA library with 60 random nucleotides: 
               
               
                 (SEQ ID NO 461) 
               
               
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCG-N60-CCTGGCACGGGCAGTG TAAA-3′. 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Selection of aptamers from random oligonucleotide libraries: All procedures were carried out at room temperature. Commonly used chemicals and reagents were purchased from Sigma, St. Louis Mo.
         1. Hybridization of capture probe and ssDNA library: The ssDNA library was mixed with the capture probe 17 mer in a mole ratio of 1:1.5 (25 nmol ssDNA library: 35.5 nmol capture probe) in binding buffer (30 mM Tris at pH 7.5 with 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM MgCl 2 , 1 mM CaCl 2 )), denatured under 95° C. for 5 min and then cooled down slowly to room temperature (RT).   2. Bead preparation: Beads (high-performance streptavidin magnetic Sepharose, which has a binding capacity for biotin&gt;300 nmol/mL-Sigma, St. Louis Mo.) were soaked and washed in binding buffer three times, 5 min each.   3. Immobilization of the ssDNA library to the beads: The hybridized ssDNA library and capture probe were transferred to the beads of 50 nmol binding capacity (120 μl) (in 620 μL of binding buffer for 60 min. The ratio of the beads to the ssDNA library was 1:2 (molar ratio of ssDNA library:binding capacity of the beads=1:2).   4. Removed the supernatant, and then washed 5 times with 1 mL of binding buffer (30 mM Tris at pH 7.5 with 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM MgCl 2 , 1 mM CaCl 2 )).   5. LPS was dissolved in 1× binding buffer.   6. 1:10 (library:LPS) LPS was added into the aptamer library and then incubated in binding buffer (300 μL) for 30-60 min with gentle shaking.   7. Magnetic Sepharose beads were removed using a magnetic plate.   8. The remaining solution was used as a template for PCR amplification using Taq polymerase system (2×PCR master mix, 1st Base) for DNA aptamer [95° C. 5 min, 10 to 15 cycles (94° C. 30 s, 55° C. 30 s, 72° C. 30 s)] using LPS forward and phosphorylated reverse primers.   9. Lambda exonuclease digestion was performed to generate single stranded DNA using 10 units of enzyme lambda exonuclease following manufacturer&#39;s instruction (ThermoFisher).   10. The single-stranded DNA aptamer pool was used for the next round of DNA SELEX.       

     Selection of ssDNA that undergoes conformational change upon binding to target molecules: ssDNA was hybridized to the capture probe through base pair complementary interactions. The strength of the interaction is proportional to the number of base pairs. ssDNA undergoes conformational changes when a target molecule is bound, which unwinds the base pairings between the capture probe and the ssDNA, leading to dissociation of the ssDNA from the capture probe as outlined in  FIG.  4 A . 
     The ssDNA was first selected with the target molecule alone, called positive selection. As shown in  FIG.  4 B , the ssDNA band was gradually enriched. In each round of SELEX, the selected ssDNA was amplified using PCR procedures, and part of the PCR products were visualized on an agarose gel. The band of ssDNA was faint at SELEX 6, but gradually increased over four rounds of SELEX, and by SELEX 10 the bands became clearly visible. 
     Negative selection was carried out using bacterial materials from different species. As shown in  FIG.  4 C , the ssDNA bands were strong. At SELEX 22, Lipoteichoic acids (LTA) from  B. subtilis , and LPS from different bacterial species were first reacted with the pool of ssDNA. If they are reacted with LTA LPS, ssDNA would be dissociated from the capture probe which is anchored to the magnetic beads through biotin-Streptavidin binding. The capture probe can bind to ssDNA through nucleotide complementation. The magnetic beads, which bind to the ssDNA through a capture probe, were then washed with binding buffers to remove ssDNA that might have high affinities to both lipopolysaccharides from different bacterial species and lipoteichoic acids. Then the remaining pool of ssDNA was incubated with 1 to 100 ng of specific lipopolysaccharides again. At SELEX 22 in  FIG.  4 C , the ssDNA bands were strong, where the LPS bands were relatively weak. These results suggest that many ssDNA binds to both LPS and LTA. After four rounds of negative selections, the LPS specific ssDNA were enriched at SELEX 25. 
     A total of 36 rounds of SELEX were carried out (Table 2). At SELEX 32, OMV were used as the targets to react with the ssDNA. ssDNA were incubated with  P. gingivalis  and  P. pallens  OMV. If the ssDNA have a high affinity to the OMV, they would be dissociated from the capture probe which is anchored to the magnetic beads through biotin-Streptavidin binding. Cross-reactive LPS aptamers pulled out from SELEX 17 and 18 were used as a source for aptamers that might bind to LPS from  P. gingivalis, P. pallens  and  E. coli . For example, ssDNA from  E. coli  LPS selection were incubated with  P. gingivalis  LPS. If ssDNA from  E. coli  LPS selection bind to  P. gingivalis  LPS, they will be dissociated from the capture probe which is anchored to the magnetic beads through biotin-Streptavidin binding. The Pool of SELEX 17 and 18 cross-reactive aptamers were further selected through four more rounds of SELEX to obtain aptamers that bind to endotoxins of  P. gingivalis, P. pallens  and  E. coli . 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 2 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 SELEX conditions and parameters. 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 LPS: Target 
                 CAPTURE PROBE 
                 SELEX CONDITIONS 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Target Volume 
                 [Target] 
                 Amount 
                   
                 Amount Probe 
                   
                 Negative 
                 PCR 
               
               
                 Round 
                 (μl) 
                 ng/μL 
                 ng 
                 Name 
                 nmol 
                 Time 
                 Selection 
                 Cycles 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 1 
                 50 
                 100 
                 5,000.00 
                 CAP 17 
                 37,500.00 
                 60 
                 — 
                 20 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 2 
                 50 
                 100 
                 5,000.00 
                 CAP 17 
                 37,500.00 
                 60 
                 — 
                 20 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 3 
                 37.21 
                 10 
                 372.1 
                 CAP 17 
                 1.12 
                 60 
                 — 
                 20 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 4 
                 38.02 
                 10 
                 380.19 
                 CAP 17 
                 1.14 
                 60 
                 — 
                 20 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 5 
                 34.78 
                 10 
                 347.83 
                 CAP 17 
                 1.04 
                 60 
                 — 
                 15 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 6 
                 20 
                 10 
                 200 
                 CAP 17 
                 1.09 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 7 
                 10 
                 10 
                 100 
                 CAP 17 
                 1.04 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 8 
                 50 
                 1 
                 50 
                 CAP 17 
                 1.04 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 9 
                 25 
                 1 
                 25 
                 CAP 17 
                 1.07 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 10 
                 25 
                 1 
                 25 
                 CAP 17 
                 1.02 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 11 
                 25 
                 1 
                 25 
                 CAP 17 
                 1.02 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 12 
                 25 
                 1 
                 25 
                 CAP 17 
                 1.03 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 13 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 17 
                 1.04 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 14 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 17 
                 1.09 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 15 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 17 
                 1.12 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 16 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 25 
                 1.12 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 17 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 25 
                 1.02 
                 60 
                 Cross- 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
                   
                   
                 reactive 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 LPS 
               
               
                 18 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 25 
                 1.07 
                 60 
                 Cross- 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
                   
                   
                 reactive 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 LPS 
               
               
                 19 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 25 
                 1.04 
                 60 
                 LTA Mix 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 20 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 25 
                 1.02 
                 60 
                 LTA Mix 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 21 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 25 
                 1.07 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 22 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 25 
                 1.07 
                 60 
                 LPS/LTA 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
                   
                   
                 Mix 
               
               
                 23 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 25 
                 1.02 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 24 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 25 
                 1.04 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 25 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 25 
                 1.04 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 26 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 30 
                 1.09 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 27 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 30 
                 1.02 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 28 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 30 
                 1.02 
                 60 
                 LPS/LTA 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
                   
                   
                 Mix 
               
               
                 29 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 30 
                 1.04 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 30 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 30 
                 1.02 
                 60 
                 OMV 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
                   
                   
                 Fractions 
               
               
                 31 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 30 
                 1.04 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 32 
                 25 
                 10 (OMV) 
                 250 
                 CAP 30 
                 1.02 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 33 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                   
                 1.02 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                 34 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 30 
                 1.04 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 35 
                 25 
                 10 
                 250 
                 CAP 30 
                 1.04 
                 60 
                 — 
                 10 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                 36 
                 100 
                 10 
                 1,000.00 
                 CAP 25 
                 0.97 
                 60 
                 — 
                 15 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Biotin 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Example 5—Sequence and Cluster Aptamers of Outer Membrane Vesicles and Lipopolysaccharides of  P. gingivalis  and  P. pallens    
     Aptamer samples were sent to BGI sequence service (Cambridge, Mass.). Sequences were analyzed internally. Pair end reads sequences were merged with FLASH (v1.2.11; FLASH: Fast length adjustment of short reads to improve genome assemblies. T. Magoc and S. Salzberg. Bioinformatics 27:21 (2011), 2957-63). Merged sequences were filtered to remove sequences with any base of a quality score less than 30 using FASTX_Toolkit (v0.0.13; FASTX_Toolkit: http://hannonlab.cshl.edu/fastx_toolkit/index.html), followed up by removing any sequences longer than 125 bases or shorter than 85 bases using Cutadapt (v 1.16; Marcel Martin. Cutadapt removes adapter sequences from high-throughput sequencing reads. EMBnet. Journal, 17(1):10-12, May 2011). Reverse complement of the filtered sequence was generated using FASTX Toolkit. A customized script was used to identify the sequence with both forward primer “GTGCTCCTCG” (SEQ ID NO 462) and reverse primer “CACGGGCAGT” (SEQ ID NO 463) in the 5′ to 3′ direction and remove any adapter sequences before or after these two primers. These trimmed sequences were counted and clustered (with Hamming Edit Distance&lt;=15) with FASTAptamer to identify the enriched aptamer. Alignment was generated using MUSCLE (v3.8.31; Alam K K, Chang J L, Burke D H. FASTAptamer: A Bioinformatic Toolkit for High-throughput Sequence Analysis of Combinatorial Selections. Mol. Ther. Nucleic Acids. 2015 Mar. 3; 4:e230. doi: 10.1038/mtna.2015.4; Edgar, R. C. MUSCLE: multiple sequence alignment with high accuracy and high throughput. Nucleic Acids Res 32(5), 1792-97). 
     Eighteen aptamer samples were sequenced, and a total of 256662255 reads were generated (Table 3). Aptamers with a minimum of five reads in a sample were analyzed and clustered. Each cluster shares 85% sequence identify with the cluster center sequences, which are listed in Tables 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 3 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 DNA reads in aptamer samples. 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 REV 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Primer 
                   
                 Number of 
               
               
                 LPS Target 
                 Length 
                 filename 
                 reads 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   E. coli  K12 commercial LPS 
                 20 
                 O1.q30.m85M125.fastq 
                 20005629 
               
               
                   P. gingivalis  commercial LPS 
                 20 
                 O2.q30.m85M125.fastq 
                 12536966 
               
               
                   P. pallens  commercial LPS 
                 20 
                 O3.q30.m85M125.fastq 
                 19539513 
               
               
                   E. coli  K12 commercial LPS 
                 25 
                 O4.q30.m85M125.fastq 
                 22019078 
               
               
                   P. gingivalis  commercial LPS 
                 25 
                 O5.q30.m85M125.fastq 
                 16893936 
               
               
                   P. pallens  commercial LPS 
                 25 
                 O6.q30.m85M125.fastq 
                 14700108 
               
               
                   E. coli  K12 commercial LPS 
                 30 
                 O7.q30.m85M125.fastq 
                 14136757 
               
               
                   P. gingivalis  commercial LPS 
                 30 
                 O8.q30.m85M125.fastq 
                 20400990 
               
               
                   P. pallens  commercial LPS 
                 30 
                 O9.q30.m85M125.fastq 
                 14107302 
               
               
                   E. coli  K12 commercial LPS 
                 30 
                 O10.q30.m85M125.fastq 
                 10358693 
               
               
                   P. gingivalis  LPS of Cellufine ETclean 
                 30 
                 O11.q30.m85M125.fastq 
                 14427337 
               
               
                 isolate 
               
               
                   P. pallens  LPS of Cellufine ETclean 
                 30 
                 O12.q30.m85M125.fastq 
                 14486056 
               
               
                 isolate 
               
               
                   P. gingivalis : OMV Cellufine 
                 30 
                 O13.q30.m85M125.fastq 
                 12606784 
               
               
                 ETclean/TFF 
               
               
                   P. pallens : OMV Cellufine ETclean/TFF 
                 30 
                 O14.q30.m85M125.fastq 
                 13788734 
               
               
                   P. gingivalis : OMV Total 
                 30 
                 O15.q30.m85M125.fastq 
                 5321713 
               
               
                 LPS Cross reactive ( E. coli , 
                 30 
                 O16.q30.m85M125.fastq 
                 17577128 
               
               
                   P. gingivalis ,  P. pallens ) 
               
               
                 LPS Cross reactive ( E. coli , 
                 30 
                 O17.q30.m85M125.fastq 
                 7046197 
               
               
                   P. gingivalis ,  P. pallens ) 
               
               
                 LPS Cross reactive ( E. coli , 
                 30 
                 O18.q30.m85M125.fastq 
                 6709334 
               
               
                   P. gingivalis ,  P. pallens ) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 total 
                 256662255 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cellufine ™ ETclean-L, JNC Corporation, Japan. 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In Table 4, the 250 aptamer sequences are selected from 250 clusters. Each sequence represents the cluster center sequence. The cluster center sequence is derived from the aptamer which has the highest copy number in the particular cluster in a sample. For example, the sequence with SEQ ID NO 32 is derived from a cluster with 7 unique aptamers that were sequenced in the same sample. The sequence with SEQ ID NO 32 is the cluster center sequence, accounting for 69.24 reads in a million of sequences. If the sequences of any aptamer share 85% nucleotide identity with the cluster center sequences, it will belong to the same cluster. 
     Table 4 lists the aptamers of 1 to 250 that target the outer membrane vesicles and LPS. As discussed in EXAMPLE 2, almost all secreted endotoxin activities are associated with outer membrane vesicles in  P. pallens . It is advantageous to detect outer membrane vesicle directly. First, the aptamers that target  P. pallens  endotoxins are selected. And then, outer membrane vesicles are applied to the mixture of aptamers selected against  P. pallens  endotoxins. The aptamers are enriched to against outer membrane vesicles. So this class of aptamers target endotoxins only existing on outer membrane surfaces. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 4 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 lists aptamers of 1 to 250, that target endotoxins and outer 
               
               
                 membrane vesicles of  E.   coli ,  P. gingivalis  and  P.   pallens . 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                 SEQ 
                   
               
               
                 ID NO 
                 Sequence 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   1 
                 TGTTGAAGTGGTGTAACTGAGAAAGTGAGATACATCACTCAGTTGATTGGAC 
               
               
                   
                 TAAGCAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   2 
                 AAGTGGGTGTTTACATGGTATCCGTCGAGAGTAACCTTTATCGCCATCCAGT 
               
               
                   
                 AATACGTACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   3 
                 TGACGTGAAGTGGCTATGCTATTCTCTAGTTGAAGGAGGATTGTTACCTGGC 
               
               
                   
                 ACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   4 
                 AAGTGGAAAGGATACAGTTTGCACATCTAGGGGTAACCGAGAGTTACTTAAT 
               
               
                   
                 GTCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   5 
                 TGAAGTGGCTTACACTCACATCCTCGTTCAACACGTGACCTTAGTATCTTATT 
               
               
                   
                 TGATCAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   6 
                 AAGTGGCGATTAACTGCAATGTTTGTGTTTACCTGGTTTTAGGGTTTGATTTC 
               
               
                   
                 ATTCTCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   7 
                 AAGTGGCTATGGATGTAGTTCGCTTTACCTCTGTCTATCTCGTTGGATGGTTA 
               
               
                   
                 GTAATATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   8 
                 TGGACAGTTTATAACCAGGACTTGGATCTGTTGTTTCTACACCTTTCATGCTC 
               
               
                   
                 CACTTCTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   9 
                 TGGGAAGTGGCTTCTTTTTCACTCGGCAACAATAGCCTAGGAGATATGTATC 
               
               
                   
                 CAAGGAAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  10 
                 TTAAATAATATAACCACATTTATTTCTACTTCTATTATTATACTGTAGTATTAT 
               
               
                   
                 TCAAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  11 
                 ATCTCTAAGAATCTCAGTGCATTATGTGATGCATTGAGAATGATTAGAGATG 
               
               
                   
                 TTATGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  12 
                 GAGACAGACACGATAAAATGACGTAATTTAGACGATATAATCTGTAATTGAA 
               
               
                   
                 TATTGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  13 
                 TGGTTGATAAGATCACATTCAATGAGGGTGTAGAAGAGGAGATCAAGACCTT 
               
               
                   
                 GAATGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  14 
                 ACGTCATATCACTTTACTGTGATTATGTAACGTCAGAGGAATACAATAGCCC 
               
               
                   
                 TTAATGCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  15 
                 TGTATACACGTACAAGACAGTTCTGGGCTAAGTATTGGTACTTACCCATTATC 
               
               
                   
                 TTATGCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  16 
                 GGTTGCACAAATATAGACAGCTTCAACGATTTCATTCTCTGTGAGAGAGATG 
               
               
                   
                 TAATGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  17 
                 ACCCTTGTATGTATTGATTTACCGATATCGATACTAGGATAGTGCACATGGA 
               
               
                   
                 AGATGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  18 
                 TCTTACATACTTATACACCTGGATAAACACGGGAAGTTATTCGTAGTATGAG 
               
               
                   
                 GAATGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  19 
                 ACACAAAATCCACGCTAAGTTTCAACAAATCGAATTAGTTACCAATAGACTA 
               
               
                   
                 TTTCTTCGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  20 
                 TGAGTAAAGACTAACTTCCAGGATGTATGTGATGCATAGTACACTAGGCAAC 
               
               
                   
                 AAAATCCGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  21 
                 CCATTATGTTGGTCTGGATATTTAACATTGGGAGGAGGATAGACACGGTAAA 
               
               
                   
                 GGATCACACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  22 
                 GATGTTCGTCGAAGATCGAACATCATTTGACACGATATATTATATCGGAGGT 
               
               
                   
                 AAATGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  23 
                 AAGATATTTACCTAAGCACATAGACACGTCATTCTGTCCTTGATGAACAATTT 
               
               
                   
                 GTTGCATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  24 
                 AGATGCACTAGATCAGTTCTAGATTTATGTCGGCTATGACTAATGTAAGGTG 
               
               
                   
                 AATGACATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  25 
                 CTGATCTTAAGTAGGTAGGTACAAGTACACGCAGATCGATTGTTCTGAATTA 
               
               
                   
                 TAATTTCGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  26 
                 AGCATGAGACGATTCCAATGTTCAACGTATTATACGTTGCGGCATTTTTCATT 
               
               
                   
                 ATTGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  27 
                 TCCTAATTATGGCAATAGGTAAGTTCATCATTACCGATGTCAATAATTTTAAT 
               
               
                   
                 GATGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  28 
                 GTGGTCCGATGAATGAAATCGTATACCACGATTGAAATCATTTAGCACAGAG 
               
               
                   
                 ACAATTCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  29 
                 GAAACACAATAACGTCAGATTTGAGAGGTAATAGTGGGGATGGTATTCAGA 
               
               
                   
                 TGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  30 
                 TACAAGTACACGAGAATTCTATGTAGAGACTCATACAAGTATTTGTTGACAC 
               
               
                   
                 TTTGACATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  31 
                 TGTGCACAAGATCACCAAAATTTACAAAATTAGACGTTCTTACGTGTAAATG 
               
               
                   
                 TATTGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  32 
                 AATAATATATCTCTAGAACATTAAATATCATTTTCATATATTTAAAGTATATC 
               
               
                   
                 ATAATAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  33 
                 TACTATATATTTCTATCTGAATATCGTTATTAATAAAATTTAACTATCTTAATT 
               
               
                   
                 AAATACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  34 
                 TAATAAGATAGTGAAACATATATTATTGTCATATACACATTTTTATTAAATTT 
               
               
                   
                 TAATAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  35 
                 AAATAATAAGGATATTTAATAACAATCTTTATTTAAGTAGATATTAATGTCTT 
               
               
                   
                 AAATAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  36 
                 TATATCTTCTCAATATAGTTATCTTTATTTCACTATTATTGAATATATTTCATA 
               
               
                   
                 TATAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  37 
                 AATATTTATCTATTAACCAATATATAATTGTAGATTCTAGATACTAATTATAT 
               
               
                   
                 CTAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  38 
                 TAATTTTAAACTAATTATAATGAATTAACATAAATTTCAATTAAAATGATTTT 
               
               
                   
                 AATAATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  39 
                 AAATCTAATTTAATTGAAATAGTATCTATCTATAATAGTTAATTAGATATTTC 
               
               
                   
                 AATATTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  40 
                 TTGAATATTTCATAGAATTATTTGAAATTATCCTTAATAATTCTAAATTTAAA 
               
               
                   
                 TTAGATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  41 
                 TATCATAATAGAAACAAATAAATCAGTCAAATATTATATTTTCTTCTAAGTAT 
               
               
                   
                 ATTTATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  42 
                 ATAATAACATTCTGATAACATTATATCTTTAATAATGATTACATTCATAAATT 
               
               
                   
                 TCTATATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  43 
                 AATTATCAATATAATCTTTTTTTATTCTAATTCAATTAATAAATAAAGCTAAT 
               
               
                   
                 AATTATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  44 
                 TATGTGTGTCTAACACTGTGCGCATTCAGCCCGACAAGTTCCCCTCATTTGGA 
               
               
                   
                 TTTCATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  45 
                 TATTTTATCTCATAACAAAATATTATGTATATCACTTTACAATAAATAATATA 
               
               
                   
                 CTCTATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  46 
                 TTAAATAAAGATTAATAATTATGAAATTTACTGTTCTATTTTAACTATAATTT 
               
               
                   
                 TATTTCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  47 
                 ATAAAGTATATAATTAATAATGATAACTTATGTCTCATTAATATATTCCTAAA 
               
               
                   
                 TATCTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  48 
                 TATTACCAATATATCTAATAAACACAGTTATTCTAATTATACTTTTTTAATAC 
               
               
                   
                 ATTATATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  49 
                 AACATACATAATTAATTTCTTAAGAATATATGTTCTAGATTCTTTAATTATTA 
               
               
                   
                 TTTATCTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  50 
                 ATACTTATATGATCCTTTTTATATATGCATTATTTTATCATTATATATGTCATT 
               
               
                   
                 ATTATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  51 
                 TATAATCTTATATCCAAATACTTCATATATTATACATCATTTCATGTTTAATA 
               
               
                   
                 ATTAAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  52 
                 TCTAAATTTCCTAAAATAATGTATTTATTGTATACCTATATAATTGTTAGAAA 
               
               
                   
                 TAATAAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  53 
                 TAATAAATTATTTCTTGTTATTATTAATCATGTCTAAACCAAATTTATTAGTAT 
               
               
                   
                 ATTAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  54 
                 ATTTTTTTCTATTCATATGTTTTTCATATACTTAAGAATTATTTTTTTATATGTT 
               
               
                   
                 TAATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  55 
                 AATAATATATCTCTAGAACATTAAATATCATTTTCATATATTTAAAGTATATC 
               
               
                   
                 ATAATAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  56 
                 TAATAAGATAGTGAAACATATATTATTGTCATATACACATTTTTATTAAATTT 
               
               
                   
                 TAATAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  57 
                 AAATAATAAGGATATTTAATAACAATCTTTATTTAAGTAGATATTAATGTCTT 
               
               
                   
                 AAATAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  58 
                 TACTATATATTTCTATCTGAATATCGTTATTAATAAAATTTAACTATCTTAATT 
               
               
                   
                 AAATACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  59 
                 TATATCTTCTCAATATAGTTATCTTTATTTCACTATTATTGAATATATTTCATA 
               
               
                   
                 TATAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  60 
                 TAATTTTAAACTAATTATAATGAATTAACATAAATTTCAATTAAAATGATTTT 
               
               
                   
                 AATAATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  61 
                 ATAAAGTATATAATTAATAATGATAACTTATGTCTCATTAATATATTCCTAAA 
               
               
                   
                 TATCTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  62 
                 AATATTTATCTATTAACCAATATATAATTGTAGATTCTAGATACTAATTATAT 
               
               
                   
                 CTAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  63 
                 TATGTGTGTCTAACACTGTGCGCATTCAGCCCGACAAGTTCCCCTCATTTGGA 
               
               
                   
                 TTTCATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  64 
                 ATAATAACATTCTGATAACATTATATCTTTAATAATGATTACATTCATAAATT 
               
               
                   
                 TCTATATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  65 
                 TATTACCAATATATCTAATAAACACAGTTATTCTAATTATACTTTTTTAATAC 
               
               
                   
                 ATTATATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  66 
                 TATCATAATAGAAACAAATAAATCAGTCAAATATTATATTTTCTTCTAAGTAT 
               
               
                   
                 ATTTATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  67 
                 AAATCTAATTTAATTGAAATAGTATCTATCTATAATAGTTAATTAGATATTTC 
               
               
                   
                 AATATTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  68 
                 ATACTTATATGATCCTTTTTATATATGCATTATTTTATCATTATATATGTCATT 
               
               
                   
                 ATTATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  69 
                 TATAATCTTATATCCAAATACTTCATATATTATACATCATTTCATGTTTAATA 
               
               
                   
                 ATTAAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  70 
                 TATTTTATCTCATAACAAAATATTATGTATATCACTTTACAATAAATAATATA 
               
               
                   
                 CTCTATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  71 
                 TCTAAATTTCCTAAAATAATGTATTTATTGTATACCTATATAATTGTTAGAAA 
               
               
                   
                 TAATAAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  72 
                 TTGAATATTTCATAGAATTATTTGAAATTATCCTTAATAATTCTAAATTTAAA 
               
               
                   
                 TTAGATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  73 
                 AACATACATAATTAATTTCTTAAGAATATATGTTCTAGATTCTTTAATTATTA 
               
               
                   
                 TTTATCTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  74 
                 ATAATAACAATATTACTATTGAATATTTAGATGATTATAAAAATCAGTATATT 
               
               
                   
                 ATATAACCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  75 
                 TTAAATAAAGATTAATAATTATGAAATTTACTGTTCTATTTTAACTATAATTT 
               
               
                   
                 TATTTCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  76 
                 GAGTTACGAAGCCATGGTTAACTAAAGTCGGGACGTTTTCTCAGACGGGTCT 
               
               
                   
                 ATATTATGGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  77 
                 AGAACCATAGCCCTACTTCTCCATGCGTCACGTGCAGTGTTTAATTCAGTTCT 
               
               
                   
                 TTGATTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  78 
                 TCTTACATACTTATACACCTGGATAAACACGGGAAGTTATTCGTAGTATGAG 
               
               
                   
                 GAATGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  79 
                 TCTCTGACTAGAGACGTATAGTCTCGTGTTGGTTGGCACATTGAGCCCTTCTT 
               
               
                   
                 TTTGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  80 
                 TGGATCTCGTCGTAAGGGTTACCTTACGTATCCGAGGGCCTAGCCGCGTCTA 
               
               
                   
                 GAATGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  81 
                 AGCATCTAGACACGCATTAGAATTAGCTAATATAGAGCTGTGTATCTGTAGA 
               
               
                   
                 GTTTGTCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  82 
                 GAGAAGACCTGTGGAGCAACTTTAAGCATGCTTAAATAGTCCACGTGAGAG 
               
               
                   
                 AATTCAGCCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  83 
                 TGGTGCATTCAGCCCTTCTATTGAATGGTATCCAAATGCATTCTGCTGAAATC 
               
               
                   
                 ATTCTCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  84 
                 AAGATATTTACCTAAGCACATAGACACGTCATTCTGTCCTTGATGAACAATTT 
               
               
                   
                 GTTGCATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  85 
                 CATTGCTAGATTCACTGAGATGCATCGGATGCACTAAGCCCGCCCCACAACT 
               
               
                   
                 TGTTGTCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  86 
                 TGTCAACACAACATGTGTGTTAGAGATCGCGGGGGAGTATAGTCACGAAAG 
               
               
                   
                 ACTCCACAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  87 
                 GAGACAGACACGATAAAATGACGTAATTTAGACGATATAATCTGTAATTGAA 
               
               
                   
                 TATTGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  88 
                 TGTGATGGAATTCTTTTCATCAGGGAGTAGGTGCAGAAGGCAGGGATGGGA 
               
               
                   
                 AATTTGGCGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  89 
                 CCAGAACATGTGTACGTCAGTGAGGGTAGAGTTTTGCTGTGTCTGTCGAGAA 
               
               
                   
                 TGTGAGCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  90 
                 AAAACCATGTCTCGAAATATTGGGTTAAACGTTCGTGAGCCTAGCCACGACA 
               
               
                   
                 TTTGGATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  91 
                 ATCCCATCGATGGTCTACAGTACGAAGTAGGAGTACAAATGCCCTTCAGTTT 
               
               
                   
                 AGTAAGCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  92 
                 AGCAATTGCCACGTTAATTGTGGAAATGGTTTCCAGCAATTTGTTAATGTCAC 
               
               
                   
                 ATAACAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  93 
                 AGCATTTGCCACGAGTTAATATGTGACTGGCACGGGTACAGTTACGTGGTTG 
               
               
                   
                 ATTAGACTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  94 
                 GATTTACAAAGTGAGACGATTTGTCCAAGACAAAACTCACTGGTAATCCATT 
               
               
                   
                 TGGTGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  95 
                 TCATTATGCATGGACATAGCACTAAGTCACGTCATTCAATTATCAACCAAGA 
               
               
                   
                 TTTAATCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  96 
                 ATGGTCTTATCGGTGATTGAACATCGGACAGAACGCCACGACATTGGACGTA 
               
               
                   
                 GATGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  97 
                 CCGGATTTTGATCAAACCAAATTTGAATATGGTAACGGGGGAGCGCTAGTCA 
               
               
                   
                 TTTCTCCGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  98 
                 TGTTGAAGTGGTGTAACTGAGAAAGTGAGATACATCACTCAGTTGATTGGAC 
               
               
                   
                 TAAGCAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                  99 
                 AAGTGGGTGTTTACATGGTATCCGTCGAGAGTAACCTTTATCGCCATCCAGT 
               
               
                   
                 AATACGTACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 100 
                 TGGACAGTTTATAACCAGGACTTGGATCTGTTGTTTCTACACCTTTCATGCTC 
               
               
                   
                 CACTTCTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 101 
                 AAGTGGCTATGGATGTAGTTCGCTTTACCTCTGTCTATCTCGTTGGATGGTTA 
               
               
                   
                 GTAATATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 102 
                 TGATTGAAATGGATCTCTCGTAAGATCTGTAGACGGGTAACTTTCAACTTTG 
               
               
                   
                 AGTGGTTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 103 
                 TGAAGTGGCTTACACTCACATCCTCGTTCAACACGTGACCTTAGTATCTTATT 
               
               
                   
                 TGATCAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 104 
                 AATCCAAGTTTATCACTGGGTAGACGCTCGAATTGTGGGTCTCTTATCCAGG 
               
               
                   
                 AGATAGTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 105 
                 GATGTTCAGATTACTGTGCTCTCAGGAATTATACTCTTCACAGTCAACCTAGC 
               
               
                   
                 TATGACACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 106 
                 GTGCTCCTCGGTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGGTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTC 
               
               
                   
                 GGTGAAGTGTTTTTCAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 107 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGAAGTG 
               
               
                   
                 GCTTGTGCTCCTCGTCGTTCTTTAGTATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 108 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGAGCAA 
               
               
                   
                 GTTTATTTAATTGACACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 109 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTGGTTGATACATGAACATTAAC 
               
               
                   
                 CTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 110 
                 GTGCTCCTCGGTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGGTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTC 
               
               
                   
                 GGTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGGTGAAGTGTTTTTCAATCCTGGCACGGGC 
               
               
                   
                 AGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 111 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTTGCATGGCTGAATGTTACAACGAAGTGTATGGT 
               
               
                   
                 CTAAACAATAGTTTGGTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 112 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGATAGAAGAGTGACACGTTCTAAG 
               
               
                   
                 AAAGAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 113 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTGACGTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTGACGTGAAGTGGCTA 
               
               
                   
                 TGCTATTCTCTAGTTGAAGGAGGATTGTTACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 114 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGGATCAAATACCAATATTGTTGTTC 
               
               
                   
                 TCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 115 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCATAATGTTGTTAAGTA 
               
               
                   
                 GACTGGTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 116 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTCCTTTTACGCCCTGAAGTGGCTTGCACTCGTTATAGCTCAT 
               
               
                   
                 GTTGTGAGGTTTAACTCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 117 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTTACATTGTTTTGAAGCACATCATAATCTTTGCCTCGATATTT 
               
               
                   
                 TACTCATTTCTCTTCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 118 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTTAATTTAGTGTTTTACGATGTTTGTGTGTTCTA 
               
               
                   
                 GTGGTGTCACAGTTGTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 119 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGGTGAT 
               
               
                   
                 GTTTCTATCAGACTGTTATGTTGTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 120 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTTGAAGTGGCTTTCTTCAACCAGTGCGTGTTGTGTTTTATTC 
               
               
                   
                 AGTAATGAATCTTGTTCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 121 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCC 
               
               
                   
                 TCGCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTCATCGTTGATGGACCTGGCACGGGC 
               
               
                   
                 AGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 122 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTCCACCTTGAAGTGTACCTTACACTGGTGTTCTAGGAGCTTAC 
               
               
                   
                 CGGTTGGGTGCATCATACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 123 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTTCATGATTTTGTACTGTGTTAAAGATCCTAAATACTTCTTG 
               
               
                   
                 GTGCAAGGCATGTAAACCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 124 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTGTTCCTCGTATATCTTCTCAATCTTCTGTACA 
               
               
                   
                 ATGTCATATTCTTCCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 125 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTGAAGTGGCTTGTCCTAGCTGTTTTCACTGTTCACCCTGTTATT 
               
               
                   
                 CTCCTTATTACACAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 126 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTGAAGTGGCTGACTTATCACTT 
               
               
                   
                 GCTCCAAGGTATAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 127 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTACTCCCTAAGGACTAGGAAGAACATAATGCCATTTCCACAC 
               
               
                   
                 TGTGTGTGATATAATCCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 128 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTATGGTGTAAGTCTCTATAACCTCGTTATGAGAGATTGTACCA 
               
               
                   
                 GAAGAGGATTTAAAGCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 129 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTAGCACATAGACATGTCATTGAACTGTCCGAATCTTCTTGTGA 
               
               
                   
                 GTGTTAGATATTCTCCGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 130 
                 GTGCTCCTCGGTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGGTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTC 
               
               
                   
                 GGTGAAGTGTTTTTCAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 131 
                 GTGCTCCTCGACGATTGAAGGATACAACGTAGAACTTTAGAACTATCGCTAA 
               
               
                   
                 TCGTCGGGATAAATGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 132 
                 GTGCTCCTCGATTGAATTATGCTAATGATTAACAATCGTGGGGAGAAGCCTA 
               
               
                   
                 CGAAAGAGGAATTCAGCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 133 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTATATGTTTATAAATCTCTAAGTTATAATTAATCATATAAATC 
               
               
                   
                 CTAAGATTTTATTTCCTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 134 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTGATGCTCTCTAGCAGTCATATCACTGAGGATACCAAGCCTA 
               
               
                   
                 ATTAGTGTAATATATGCGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 135 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCTCAAGAGGAATTCACACGTATTTATGCGTGTTATTCCTGTAC 
               
               
                   
                 CACTTATTTTTTGTCACCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 136 
                 GTGCTCCTCGGCAAGAACATACCGTTACGGATTTCCGAGTAGTCACTAGTAA 
               
               
                   
                 CACTTCAGAATATTTCCGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 137 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCAGCATCTGATAGGACCAATTCATTTTTTGAACGTGAGTTCGT 
               
               
                   
                 TAATGATTTTTTGCTACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 138 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTCACTTGAGTAATAACTGTCCCTCTGAATGTGTATGAGGATGT 
               
               
                   
                 ATCAAGTGTATGTGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 139 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCAACGTTCTCTATGAGATGGAGTTAAGCCTGGTTTTTGATATG 
               
               
                   
                 ATAGAAATTGGTTGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 140 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTGTAGAAGAACAGAGGAGTACAAAAACGTTTACGATAGGCTT 
               
               
                   
                 TAAGCCGATAATTTGTTGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 141 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAAATAATACTTTCATATTTAATCCTTTATGTATATCATTTGTA 
               
               
                   
                 ATATACTACATAAATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 142 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTGCACATGTCCAAACTTCGTTTATTCTTACTTTCCATCGTGGTT 
               
               
                   
                 AACATGGAAATGGATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 143 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAGGTCACATCTATGCCAGTTCTAAAAATCGATTTATGTGATTT 
               
               
                   
                 TTACAAGTAATAAGTCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 144 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTGCAAATCAGATGATCTATTGACTGGTTATTTCCTGATTTGTA 
               
               
                   
                 AGAAGAGTACCCACTTCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 145 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCACAGATCACGTGAGTAATTTCAAAGGTACCTGACCTAGGGT 
               
               
                   
                 ATTCTTTGAAATCATTCGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 146 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTGTTAACCATTTACATAACACAGAGACATTAGGCACGTTTAG 
               
               
                   
                 AATACAATTCTTATGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 147 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTATGAATTACTAATCTATATCAGAAAAATTAATTCTCTGTTTA 
               
               
                   
                 ATTTAATTTTAATGTTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 148 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCACTAATAGACAATTCAATAAATCCAACCCATTGGATTATCTT 
               
               
                   
                 GAAGTTTTTCATTTTCCCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 149 
                 GTGCTCCTCGATACTCCGAATTCTGGAACTGATTTATCGGTGCGTCAGAGAG 
               
               
                   
                 GAAGTTAATATTGTGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 150 
                 GTGCTCCTCGGCATAAGTACACGTAGTTCTGTTTCAATTGTACTTTTGAGCAG 
               
               
                   
                 AACCTAGATTATTTCCGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 151 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTAAGAGTACAAAGACCTTCTCCCACAGACGTTTGGATCAACA 
               
               
                   
                 TGGTAGATAAATTGTACGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 152 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTGAGACAGCCATGACACAAATAATCAGTGGATACATTGAGTA 
               
               
                   
                 TATGAGTCTTACTTTCTCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 153 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCTGCAAGACCTTACGATACATGGATGTAATGTAATGATCATC 
               
               
                   
                 TAGAATAGGTTAATGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 154 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCAGAGGGAGAATAAGCCTAAGATTTTTCGAATGAAAAACTTA 
               
               
                   
                 AACTTGTCAGGAAGAATGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 155 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTATTGGAATACTAATATATCTATAATAATGCAAATTAATCTAT 
               
               
                   
                 ATCTTACTTTTTAATATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 156 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAATATTAATAATATCATGTATGTATCATTAAGATTCTATTTTC 
               
               
                   
                 ATTTATTACTTAATAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 157 
                 GTGCTCCTCGATACATATAATTACATGAAAGTATTAAATTATCTATGAAATTT 
               
               
                   
                 ATCATTTATTATTTGTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 158 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTAATTTACATTTTAATCTTTACCTTAAATCTCATTATAAATATC 
               
               
                   
                 ATATTAGTAAATAATACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 159 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTACAGTTTAAATAGATTATAACAATCATTATATTACAAATTAT 
               
               
                   
                 GTGTTTTAATATTAATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 160 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAACTATTATTAATGTATTATGATTCTATTCTCTAATGTAATATT 
               
               
                   
                 ATTTTTATTTTAACAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 161 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTATTAATAACTTAAATATGATAGTTTAGACTTTATAATCATTT 
               
               
                   
                 ATCTACTTATTTAATATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 162 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAACAATTAAATCTAAATATCTCTAAATATTTTTTAACATTTTG 
               
               
                   
                 AATTTAACATTAATATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 163 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAATTATTATTATACATTAACACAATCTATAATCAATTTATTTA 
               
               
                   
                 TAACACAAATAAAGTATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 164 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTTATATTATGATAAAATGTTCAAGTATTATACTATAATTGAT 
               
               
                   
                 AAGTAATAAGATTACATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 165 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTTATCAATATTAGCAGTAATATTTTATAGATATTTTTATCCCA 
               
               
                   
                 TTAATATATCTATTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 166 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTAGTAAAAATTTAATGAAAATATGAATCAAATATTTTCACAA 
               
               
                   
                 ATAATAATTATTTTAAAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 167 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCTAGAATAATAATCACTATTCTTAGTTGATTTAATATTAATAT 
               
               
                   
                 TTATGAAAAATATAATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 168 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAATTTTAAATGATATATTTTAATGTTATATCTATCAACTTCTTT 
               
               
                   
                 AAATTAATTATTTTCTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 169 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCAATAATAATTAAAAATTATGCAATATATTATTAATTAATTCA 
               
               
                   
                 TATGCTATTATTTATTCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 170 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAATATTATATATTCGTTCTTCTTTAGTATAGTTGTTACAATTAA 
               
               
                   
                 TAAAAAAATTATTATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 171 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTAATACAATTTTATTAAATTCATAGTTCTAATTAATAACACTA 
               
               
                   
                 TTCTTCTTATTTAAATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 172 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTATAGTTATTTAATTCTCATATTTATATCACCTTTAAATCAAT 
               
               
                   
                 AATTAATGTATATTCTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 173 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTAAAAATACATTGATTTTTATTCTAATTTATTCTTTTAAATTGC 
               
               
                   
                 TTATATAGTATTTAATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 174 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAACATATTTTAGTATTCTATATGACATATTTTTTAAGAATAT 
               
               
                   
                 AGATCTATTTTATATTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 175 
                 GTGCTCCTCGACATTAATTATTTTCTATTCAATTATCTAATTTAGTTCAAGTAT 
               
               
                   
                 TAAAATGATTATAATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 176 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTTTAAATAACTTTTTTATTCATTATCCATTTTAACTAGATTTA 
               
               
                   
                 AAATAAAAATAATTCTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 177 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAAGAATATAATTCAATGTAGATTTATCAATATTTATTTATTT 
               
               
                   
                 AATTAAGTATCATTATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 178 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAAGTTTAATTAATAATCTATTCTTAAGATTACAGAAATATAT 
               
               
                   
                 TTGTATTTAAATATTATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 179 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTATTTATCATTCTTAGTTAATAATACTAACTGTATATATAATA 
               
               
                   
                 CACATATATTTGATCTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 180 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAATCTTCATTGTTATTAATAGATACAATATAAGTTTAAATAG 
               
               
                   
                 AATATAGATGTAATAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 181 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTCTAAAATATAATCATTATGTTAGTTAGATAATCTTTTTGTAA 
               
               
                   
                 TATTATCAATTATATTCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 182 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAATATTAATAATATCATGTATGTATCATTAAGATTCTATTTTC 
               
               
                   
                 ATTTATTACTTAATAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 183 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTACAGTTTAAATAGATTATAACAATCATTATATTACAAATTAT 
               
               
                   
                 GTGTTTTAATATTAATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 184 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTATTGGAATACTAATATATCTATAATAATGCAAATTAATCTAT 
               
               
                   
                 ATCTTACTTTTTAATATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 185 
                 GTGCTCCTCGATACATATAATTACATGAAAGTATTAAATTATCTATGAAATTT 
               
               
                   
                 ATCATTTATTATTTGTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 186 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTATTAATAACTTAAATATGATAGTTTAGACTTTATAATCATTT 
               
               
                   
                 ATCTACTTATTTAATATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 187 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTAATATTTATATTATACTACTTGCTATATAAGTAATATAATC 
               
               
                   
                 AATTCATTAATAAGATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 188 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCAATAATAATTAAAAATTATGCAATATATTATTAATTAATTCA 
               
               
                   
                 TATGCTATTATTTATTCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 189 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTTATATTATGATAAAATGTTCAAGTATTATACTATAATTGAT 
               
               
                   
                 AAGTAATAAGATTACATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 190 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTAGTATTTACATAGATTAGATATATCGATATATTCTTCTTGTA 
               
               
                   
                 TATTTTTAACTTAATATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 191 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTTATCAATATTAGCAGTAATATTTTATAGATATTTTTATCCCA 
               
               
                   
                 TTAATATATCTATTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 192 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTATTTATCATTCTTAGTTAATAATACTAACTGTATATATAATA 
               
               
                   
                 CACATATATTTGATCTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 193 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTAATTTACATTTTAATCTTTACCTTAAATCTCATTATAAATATC 
               
               
                   
                 ATATTAGTAAATAATACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 194 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTAGAAGATAAAGATAAATTTCTAGTTATTATTTGACATCATAT 
               
               
                   
                 TTATATAAATTATCATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 195 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAACATATTTTAGTATTCTATATGACATATTTTTTAAGAATAT 
               
               
                   
                 AGATCTATTTTATATTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 196 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTGTATAAAATATATCTATCTAAATCGTAATGAGATATATTCT 
               
               
                   
                 ATTTGAATTAATTATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 197 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTATAGTTATTTAATTCTCATATTTATATCACCTTTAAATCAAT 
               
               
                   
                 AATTAATGTATATTCTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 198 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAATTATTATTATACATTAACACAATCTATAATCAATTTATTTA 
               
               
                   
                 TAACACAAATAAAGTATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 199 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAATTTTAAATGATATATTTTAATGTTATATCTATCAACTTCTTT 
               
               
                   
                 AAATTAATTATTTTCTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 200 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTAAAAAATAATGTGTTATTCTTTATCATGTTATTAATTTAGTT 
               
               
                   
                 AACATGTAAAATATATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 201 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTAATGTGATCATATTCTATGATTATTATACAGATATGTTTTCT 
               
               
                   
                 ATTTATATAAATGTATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 202 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCTAGAATAATAATCACTATTCTTAGTTGATTTAATATTAATAT 
               
               
                   
                 TTATGAAAAATATAATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 203 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAACTATTATTAATGTATTATGATTCTATTCTCTAATGTAATATT 
               
               
                   
                 ATTTTTATTTTAACAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 204 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTCTTATTAAATGTATTATAATTGAAAGATTCTATGATAAATAT 
               
               
                   
                 TATTGGTATATTATCCTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 205 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAGTATAATTTAATAGATTCTTTTATATAATATTACTCTCATATT 
               
               
                   
                 CTGTAGATATATTAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 206 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTTTATTTATTAGAGTTAATAATATATATCATTACTAAGGTAA 
               
               
                   
                 TTAGAATTCTATATAATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 207 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTAATACAATTTTATTAAATTCATAGTTCTAATTAATAACACTA 
               
               
                   
                 TTCTTCTTATTTAAATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 208 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTAAAATATTTGTTTAATTGTTATTGTATAATACTCTTTAGTGTT 
               
               
                   
                 CATACTATATTATATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 209 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAACAATTAAATCTAAATATCTCTAAATATTTTTTAACATTTTG 
               
               
                   
                 AATTTAACATTAATATTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 210 
                 GTGCTCCTCGGTAATAATTATAGAGATTAATTGTATAAATCGTAATCTATAAA 
               
               
                   
                 TATTTAATAATAAACATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 211 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTACTCCCTAAGGACTAGGAAGAACATAATGCCATTTCCACAC 
               
               
                   
                 TGTGTGTGATATAATCCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 212 
                 GTGCTCCTCGGAGCTGGTAGACACGATAAACGTACAGTTAGCTGGCACGACT 
               
               
                   
                 GTTAAATTCTCTCGTTCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 213 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAATCCTACACATACGGATAAAGTCTTTGGGTGATCACGGGT 
               
               
                   
                 ACAGTGTAATTTCGGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 214 
                 GTGCTCCTCGATTGAATTATGCTAATGATTAACAATCGTGGGGAGAAGCCTA 
               
               
                   
                 CGAAAGAGGAATTCAGCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 215 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTGCGAGGCCAAGACACGACATTTAGTATGAGGTGGAGGGTG 
               
               
                   
                 GATCAATTGTATGATGTGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 216 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTGTAACATGCCCGATTCAATTTCATACCATCTATCACTATGAT 
               
               
                   
                 ACTTTAATTTCAACACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 217 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAGAGATGAAGCCGTACTTCTGCAGGTGACGTAGATCCCGTAA 
               
               
                   
                 CCTGGTAGAAATTTGTTCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 218 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTAGATTCATTCCGTACTAGGTAATGATACTGTGCACATTGCCA 
               
               
                   
                 CGCTGCTCTATTGCTCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 219 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCCACGAAAATTATTCGTTTACTTGTGACTATCCACATCAGCTT 
               
               
                   
                 AGTTTCATTATTTCCCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 220 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTCAAGCCCATGTATTAACGTCAATCATTACTAATCATTGTCTA 
               
               
                   
                 ATCCTCTAATTTCACCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 221 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCATTCTTCGATGATATCGTAGTTGTCTAGTAACGGGCCAAGCC 
               
               
                   
                 TACATCACTTCCAGCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 222 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTATCCAAGCGGGGATTCCATAGATCAGCTATACGTACAAGCC 
               
               
                   
                 GCGCCACGTAAAGTATTCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 223 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCATAACCAGTTCGTTTACTTTATATCCCATTTCAATTCCATAG 
               
               
                   
                 AAATGGTAATTTCTCTCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 224 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCACTAATAGACAATTCAATAAATCCAACCCATTGGATTATCTT 
               
               
                   
                 GAAGTTTTTCATTTTCCCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 225 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTACTAGACACGACATGCATATTTTCGTGATTTGGATAAGTTAC 
               
               
                   
                 AGTGTTTCTGTTATGACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 226 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCAAACGAGGAAGCATGCCACGCTCACTGTTTCTCGGTTGCAT 
               
               
                   
                 TCCAGACACTTGTTAGTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 227 
                 GTGCTCCTCGATACTTCTGCTACGCAGTGAGAGAAAGCACCAGGGCACGGAT 
               
               
                   
                 AAAGTGTAAATTCTGTCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 228 
                 GTGCTCCTCGGCCAATGTAGCCAAGACACGACTATTAGGGGGGTTCAGGGTA 
               
               
                   
                 GAGTAAGAAGTAATTCAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 229 
                 GTGCTCCTCGGGGATAGAGGTTGTTGGCTGCAAATAACCTCTGGAACCGAGG 
               
               
                   
                 TATCCACTTCAATTGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 230 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTACACACAGGCACGTCTTGACTAGGTCTCCATACAGCAACCA 
               
               
                   
                 TTGAGATGTATTTGGTCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 231 
                 GTGCTCCTCGACAGGAGTTTACAGGAGCCACGTACAGTCAGTTTCGCCATTT 
               
               
                   
                 CCGTAAAGGAATTAATCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 232 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTATGCACTACAAGACCTTCCTTTTTCCCTATCATACACTCAAT 
               
               
                   
                 TTGTCAATTAAATGGATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 233 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAATGCTATGTACATAAGTAATTTATCCACAATTACTACGTTC 
               
               
                   
                 ATAGTCTTTTGGAGCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 234 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCAACATTTATGTTGTGTGGATAAAGACCTTCTTCAAAGAATA 
               
               
                   
                 ACTAGTTTAATTTATGATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 235 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTATATGTTTATAAATCTCTAAGTTATAATTAATCATATAAATC 
               
               
                   
                 CTAAGATTTTATTTCCTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 236 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTGGTTTAAATACCACAGGGGGAATCAGCTACGATTTCTTCCTA 
               
               
                   
                 TTAGAGAAGAAAATCCTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 237 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTATGGTGTAAGTCTCTATAACCTCGTTATGAGAGATTGTACCA 
               
               
                   
                 GAAGAGGATTTAAAGCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 238 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAGCTCTATCTTACGTTATCAAGCCCTTCCACTAACCCTGATTT 
               
               
                   
                 TGTGTTCTTAATCTGCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 239 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGCTTGAAGTGGCTTCTGCTCC 
               
               
                   
                 TCGTCATCGTTGATGGACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 240 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTCCTTTTACGCCCTGAAGTGGCTTGCACTCGTTATAGCTCAT 
               
               
                   
                 GTTGTGAGGTTTAACTCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 241 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTTGCATGGCTGAATGTTACAACGAAGTGTATGGT 
               
               
                   
                 CTAAACAATAGTTTGGTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 242 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTTCATGATTTTGTACTGTGTTAAAGATCCTAAATACTTCTTG 
               
               
                   
                 GTGCAAGGCATGTAAACCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 243 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAGTGATGACGACCAAAAGTCAATTATCCTCACTCAACACAA 
               
               
                   
                 CAAGTAACGGCAGCATCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 244 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTTAATTTAGTGTTTTACGATGTTTGTGTGTTCTA 
               
               
                   
                 GTGGTGTCACAGTTGTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 245 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTTACATTGTTTTGAAGCACATCATAATCTTTGCCTCGATATTT 
               
               
                   
                 TACTCATTTCTCTTCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 246 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGT 
               
               
                   
                 GGTTGATACATGAACATTAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 247 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTCCACCTTGAAGTGTACCTTACACTGGTGTTCTAGGAGCTTAC 
               
               
                   
                 CGGTTGGGTGCATCATACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 248 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGT 
               
               
                   
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGACCCTGAAGTGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 249 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTATCTAGACGCACTTGTAAGAATCCCTGGATACATCAGCTTT 
               
               
                   
                 TAGTGTATAAGTGACATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 250 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGAAGTG 
               
               
                   
                 GTTGTGCCATCATGAGCATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 5 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 lists aptamers of 251 to 449, that were selected to target  
               
               
                 outer membrane vesicles and endotoxins of  
               
               
                   E.   coli ,  P.   gingivalis  and  P.   pallens . 
               
               
                 Table 5. Cross reactive aptamers targeting outer   
               
               
                 membrane vesicles 
               
               
                 and endotoxins of  E.   coli ,  P.   gingivalis  and  P.   pallens   
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                 SEQ 
                   
               
               
                 ID NO 
                 Sequence 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 251 
                 TAGGCGACTGAGTCGCGCGGCAGCGCCGATGGAGACGCCGCGGAGGGGCACGC 
               
               
                   
                 CGAGCACCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 252 
                 GCGGTGGGCCCCGCAGGGGGCTAGGGGGCGTGGTGGGGACGAGCTGCGGGGAG 
               
               
                   
                 GGGCAAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 253 
                 CGGGGCTGGGGGGGATGGGGTGGCACCCTCTACCGCGTGGGCCAGTCGGGGAG 
               
               
                   
                 CCGCGCGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 254 
                 CGGAAGGGGGTATGTGGGCGGCCGGCGGGAGGGTGGAGGGCGCGGGCGCGGC 
               
               
                   
                 GTGTGGAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 255 
                 GGAGGCCGTCCGCCGATGAAAGTTCGGCGTGGGGGGGCGAGGCGCCGGGGCAC 
               
               
                   
                 GGCAGGACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 256 
                 ACTTTAAGCTTTACAGTGAATTATCTAGCAACCCCCTCTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGT 
               
               
                   
                 GTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 257 
                 TTGAGTCTAAGGATTTAACTCCCGATACTTATAACTAGAACCTGGCACGGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                 TGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 258 
                 CTGGTGGCGCCGCGACCCGCGACCACACGGGCCGGCGGACGAGGCGTCGGGTA 
               
               
                   
                 GCAGAAGACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 259 
                 TCACCTCGGTGTGAGGGGCAGGGCGGAGGGGAGGCGGAGGGCACGGTGCGGCG 
               
               
                   
                 TCGCGGGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 260 
                 TGGGGTGGGCTGGCAGGGAGGTGCCCCGGGGACCCGCGGGTGGAGGGCGGGTC 
               
               
                   
                 GGATGTGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 261 
                 CCGTGGGGCGTGCGGATGCTGCAGCTGGCCGGAGGGGCGGGGAGGAGGGCGGG 
               
               
                   
                 GGCGCAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 262 
                 TGGGCGGGCAGAGGAGGGCCGGAGGCGTTCGACCGCGGGCTGGGCTGGGTTGG 
               
               
                   
                 CGCGGTGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 263 
                 GCGACGATGTGGCATTGCAGCGCGCGCTGCGGCGGGGGGTGTGACGGGGGGCC 
               
               
                   
                 GGCGAGGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 264 
                 AGTTGCTTTGGCCTTAATGGGATAAATGTTAGAGTTGTCACCTGGCACGGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                 TG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 265 
                 AACCCATCATCAAAGAGAGGTGTATTGCTACTGTAATGCACCTGGCACGGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                 TG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 266 
                 AGTTATCTATGTCCACATCTACCAAAAACGTATCCAACCCCCTGGCACGGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                 TG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 267 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGTTCCTCGTCTTCTGACAATGGTCTTGTGCTCACAGGGATTAC 
               
               
                   
                 TTATGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 268 
                 GTTTAGATGGTACGTTCTAATGGTTGTGAGCGAAGCAATACCTGGCACGGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                 TG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 269 
                 CGTCTTTCTTCCCAGCGTTTGGACCCCAAATCTATCCTTGCCTGGCACGGGCAGT 
               
               
                   
                 GTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 270 
                 ATTTTTCACCGTCTGAAACTTTTGATGTTTTGGTCTTTATCCTGGCACGGGCAGT 
               
               
                   
                 GTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 271 
                 CGTTCTGCCTGGCATTTTTTTGCTGATTTCTTTCTTAGCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 272 
                 CCATGGCTTGATTCTCGCTGGTAGGGCGGGGCGTAGATTACCTGGCACGGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                 TG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 273 
                 CGTTCTGCCTGGCATTTTTTTGCTGATTTCTTTCTTAGCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
                 TAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 274 
                 TTTCAAAGTGGGGGTAGTGCATGTACTATGGGTTTGTGTACCTGGCACGGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                 TGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 275 
                 GTTTAGATGGTACGTTCTAATGGTTGTGAGCGAAGCAATACCTGGCACGGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                 TGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 276 
                 CCAGAATTCTCGTAAGACGGAGAGGAATGGATAGAGTGAACCTGGCACGGGCA 
               
               
                   
                 GTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 277 
                 CCAGAATTCTCGTAAGACGGAGAGGAATGGATAGAGTGAACCTGGCACGGGCA 
               
               
                   
                 GTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 278 
                 CACACGAATATGGCTCTCTTTCTCCCATTCACACTCCTCACCTGGCACGGGCAGT 
               
               
                   
                 GTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 279 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGTTCCTCGAACCCATCATCAAAGAGAGGTGTATTGCTACTGT 
               
               
                   
                 AATGCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 280 
                 AGTTATCTATGTCCACATCTACCAAAAACGTATCCAACCACCTGGCACGGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                 TGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 281 
                 TCTTCTGACAATGGTCTTGTGCTCACAGGGATTACTTATACCTGGCACGGGCAGT 
               
               
                   
                 GTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 282 
                 CGTCTTTCTTCCCAGCGTTTGGACCCCAAATCTATCCTTACCTGGCACGGGCAGT 
               
               
                   
                 GTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 283 
                 CGCACGAATATGGCTCTCTTTCTCCCATTCACACTCCTCACCTGGCACGGGCAGT 
               
               
                   
                 GTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 284 
                 CTGCTTGTTGACGAAATTACGCTGCATTTGGGTGCTTCCACCTGGCACGGGCAGT 
               
               
                   
                 GTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 285 
                 GTGATAACGAATTTTAGACTGCCCAACGTCACAGCAAGTGCCTGGCACGGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                 TGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 286 
                 TTGATGTTTGTCTACGAATTGTTGGCAGGTTACCGGGTAACCTGGCACGGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                 TGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 287 
                 TCTACGTGGATGTCTTCACTACGGATTTATGCTGGCCTTACCTGGCACGGGCAGT 
               
               
                   
                 GTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 288 
                 ATGTCCACGAATTTTCACTCCCATAACGTTGCCACTGCAACCTGGCACGGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                 TGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 289 
                 GTGATAACGAATTTTAGACTGCCCAACGTCACAACAAGTGCCTGGCACGGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                 TGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 290 
                 GTGATAACGAATTTTAGACTGCCCAACGTCACAGTAAGTGCCTGGCACGGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                 TGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 291 
                 TAGTTACTGCTAGTACGAATTTAGACAGTCCGTCTCTGACCCTGGCACGGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                 TGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 292 
                 CTGCTTGTTGACGAAATTACGCTGCATTTGGGTGTTTCCACCTGGCACGGGCAGT 
               
               
                   
                 GTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 293 
                 GTGATAACGAATTTTAGACTGCCCAACGTCACAGCAAGTACCTGGCACGGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                 TGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 294 
                 CTACTATGTACTGAAGCATGAACGAGTTTTCACGCCTGATCCTGGCACGGGCAG 
               
               
                   
                 TGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 295 
                 GGTGGCGCGACGGACGTGCGAGAGGGGGCGGAGCGCGGGGAAGGCGAGCGGT 
               
               
                   
                 GTGAGGTGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 296 
                 TCTACGTGGATGTCTTCACTACGGATTTATGCTGGCCTTACCTGGCACGGGCAGT 
               
               
                   
                 GTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 297 
                 AAGATATTTACCTAAGCACATAGACACGTCATTCTGTCCTTGATGAACAATTTGT 
               
               
                   
                 TGCATCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 298 
                 AATAATATATCTCTAGAACATTAAATATCATTTTCATATATTTAAAGTATATCAT 
               
               
                   
                 AATAACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 299 
                 TGAAGTGGCTTACACTCACATCCTCGTTCAACACGTGACCTTAGTATCTTATTTG 
               
               
                   
                 ATCAACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 300 
                 TAATAAGATAGTGAAACATATATTATTGTCATATACACATTTTTATTAAATTTTA 
               
               
                   
                 ATAATCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 301 
                 TATGTGTGTCTAACACTGTGCGCATTCAGCCCGACAAGTTCCCCTCATTTGGATT 
               
               
                   
                 TCATTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 302 
                 TATATCTTCTCAATATAGTTATCTTTATTTCACTATTATTGAATATATTTCATATA 
               
               
                   
                 TAACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 303 
                 TGGACAGTTTATAACCAGGACTTGGATCTGTTGTTTCTACACCTTTCATGCTCCA 
               
               
                   
                 CTTCTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 304 
                 TGCACCGGGCGCAGGGCGAGAGCATACAAGGCACAGCGAGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 305 
                 AAGATATTTACCTAAGCACATAGACACGTCATTCTGTCCTTGATGAACAATTTGT 
               
               
                   
                 TGCATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 306 
                 AACATTAAATATCATTTTCATATATTTAAAGTATATCATAATAACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
                 CAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 307 
                 AATAATATATCTCTAGAACATTAAATATCATTTTCATAACCTGGCACGGGCAGT 
               
               
                   
                 GTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 308 
                 ATTGACCTACGAAAGAGGAATTCAGCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 309 
                 AATAATATATCTCTAGAACATTAAATATCATTTTCATATATTTAAAGTATATCAT 
               
               
                   
                 AATAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 310 
                 AAGATATTTACCTAAGCACATAGACACGTCATTCTGTCCTTGATGAACAATTTGT 
               
               
                   
                 TGCATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 311 
                 ACACGTCATTCTGTCCTTGATGAACAATTTGTTGCATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTA 
               
               
                   
                 AA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 312 
                 ATTAACAATCGTGGGGAGAAGCCTACGAAAGAGGAATTCAGCACCTGGCACGG 
               
               
                   
                 GCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 313 
                 AAGTGGCTTGTTAATTTAGTGTTTTACGATGTTTGTGTGTTGTCCTGGCACGGGC 
               
               
                   
                 AGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 314 
                 GTCCAGTGCCTTGTATGGTAGGTCTATTATATCCCGACTTATATTGAGTGCAGTA 
               
               
                   
                 AGCATCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 315 
                 GTGGGGGTTTAGCTCTGGCGCATGGATAGACGATAGTGCGATGGGATAAAGAG 
               
               
                   
                 GAGGTAGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 316 
                 TACTCTTTCACTCTGTGGTTCTGCTCTCAAACTGTCATGCTCTTTTCATTCACCTA 
               
               
                   
                 GTTTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 317 
                 CTTGTCGTATGCTTATTTGTTTTCGCCTGTTTGTATTCTTGAGTGATATTGCAGCT 
               
               
                   
                 CAAACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 318 
                 TTTACGAACAAATCGATACGGTGGGGAATACATGGGATGCATCTAGTCGTTACT 
               
               
                   
                 AAGCCACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 319 
                 TAGTTTTTTAACGAGTTCGATCAACATGTGGATGTCTCTAATTCAATCCGGCAAT 
               
               
                   
                 TGATGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 320 
                 ACCGTGCCAGAGGGAACAGATTCGCGGGACGCATCGGTCGCGACCCGAAACAT 
               
               
                   
                 GGTTGGCTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 321 
                 AACCATCACAAATATAATGGATCGGACTTTGTTGTTTTGAAACACACACACGTG 
               
               
                   
                 TTGTTACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 322 
                 AGTCATCGTTCGCGAATTAGTTTATTGTGCGCGGTAAATTGATTATGGCTAATGT 
               
               
                   
                 ATGGTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 323 
                 CAAATGGCCGTCTAAGGAGCATCCCAGGTGCAACACCACGATATTAGTATGCGG 
               
               
                   
                 ACGTCGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 324 
                 GAGGAGTTAATCGTAATGGCGCTTTAGCTATTGGGTGGAAGGGAGGCGGTAGG 
               
               
                   
                 ACTGCGCCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 325 
                 CACTGTAGATGTGAGCATTCAATCCATAGGTTATATAGTTCCACGTCATGAAATT 
               
               
                   
                 CACCCCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 326 
                 GCGTTTACTACTACCATCCCCAATGTCTAAATTTCTGTCCTGTTTTGTTACATATG 
               
               
                   
                 GATTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 327 
                 AGTAATCTATCGTGGAAGTCGGATTCTACTGGGCAGCATCTCACAGTGATTTACT 
               
               
                   
                 GCACACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 328 
                 CGACGGTGCAGACTTATATGTCTGTCAGACGGTGCCCTGGTACATTCCGTCAGT 
               
               
                   
                 GACGGTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 329 
                 TCTATGTATTCAGGTCTCCTCGATTTGCATAGAGCAATTGGGCTGATGAGATCAT 
               
               
                   
                 TGAGTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 330 
                 GATGCATATTTTTACGTCTCACCGTAGACTGTCGTAGTTTCTAGGGTTTCCGAAG 
               
               
                   
                 GTCGGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 331 
                 CACTACGTGGTGTCTACAACTTTTCAGCCGATTATCCTTGTTGTCTACGTCGTCG 
               
               
                   
                 CCAACCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 332 
                 CGTTAAATGTGAGCATCATTGGTGTGGAGTCCATAGCGTGGTTGTAGGTATTTTC 
               
               
                   
                 CTTCTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 333 
                 TGCCAGGTACAATAACGGTGTTTATGGTCAGTTATATCTATCACTGGGACCCTCT 
               
               
                   
                 TGCTTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 334 
                 TTGTTCCCGCTTTTGTGACTCAGGTCTACAGTGTCTGATGAACTCGATTTTAAAG 
               
               
                   
                 CTCCACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 335 
                 GCCTTTAGGCCCAGACTCCTTAAATAGCCTCGGCCGGCCATGTTAGATTATACCT 
               
               
                   
                 TGTTTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 336 
                 TATTACTCCCGAGCACGTAGGTTAATTATTTAGAGGGGAAAAGGTGAGTAGAGT 
               
               
                   
                 AGTTTTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 337 
                 TAGACATCCTACCCTTTAGATTTGATCTTATTTTACCAGACCTTCTATCATTGATT 
               
               
                   
                 GCAGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 338 
                 TAGTGTATAAGTCATGCACCTTTTTAGTCGATCTTGACCAGAGTGTTTCGTGATA 
               
               
                   
                 AGAGTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 339 
                 CCTACATTGGCAATAGCAAATCTGTTGACTGAGATGCACTCTAAAAGCAGTTCT 
               
               
                   
                 CCTCCTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 340 
                 TGCGCAGGGCTAACATTAGTCATATTTTACTAAAGTATCCTCACCATCGCATTTG 
               
               
                   
                 TTAGCCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 341 
                 TTCGAGGGTTGCTTACTGAGATCTGTGTCAGACGCACAGCTCGTAGTTGGTTAGC 
               
               
                   
                 TGTCCCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 342 
                 AACTTGTTCGAAGTTTGGGAATTCCGGAAGAATTCTACGGATGGTTTGCTTATGT 
               
               
                   
                 CGTTTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 343 
                 TTCTCCGAGTAAGTTCTAAATTCAATACCTCTTCCTAAAGGGTTGTGTGGGAGTA 
               
               
                   
                 TCTAACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 344 
                 TAACACCGTACGTATTAGTCTCAGAGTTGGGCATATCTCACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 345 
                 CCTTTCCTGTCGATTTGGAAACTCTTAGCAACAAATCATGCCAACTAATGTGCTG 
               
               
                   
                 TTGATCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 346 
                 AGGACGGTCTTCCCGGTTCGCGGGATGTGCAGGGTATGCATTAAAGATCTTTTA 
               
               
                   
                 AGGATTGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 347 
                 CGTTTTCTTACTCATTCACTTAATCGTTATGTAATGATATCATGTAGGTGGTTATT 
               
               
                   
                 GAAACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 348 
                 GTTGCTTCTTTAATCTTAATTCGTGGCATAGAAGTTCAAGGTCACAAATATATTG 
               
               
                   
                 GACATCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 349 
                 TGACTCGATTTGGATGGGGTTATAACGTAGCTACGAAGGTTAACTTCTACACCTT 
               
               
                   
                 GTTAGGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 350 
                 ATAGTGCGTGGGTGAACGGTATACAAAATTAACTGCGTGCATTCTTGGGTCTTG 
               
               
                   
                 ATCCACCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 351 
                 TACTAGTGGTAAGGTACCTCGCGTGTTATGGCGGTACGTACTAACGACCGTAAT 
               
               
                   
                 TGTTCGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 352 
                 TTTAACGATTCGTGAGAGTGTGAATCACCTGGGATAATTTTTTAATGCTTGCAGC 
               
               
                   
                 TTATGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 353 
                 ATCTTCTTTTTAGGTTTTAATGACCCAGGTTGTACCCTCACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 354 
                 GTCGTCTAAAATATGTTAGCAGTGTCCCGACGTCAGTTTTTCAAGTTAGTTAGCA 
               
               
                   
                 TCGGACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 355 
                 ATGGGTCATTACTCATGGCTGTTATTTCCGGCAGCGATGTTAGGATTCCATAAAG 
               
               
                   
                 GTGCACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 356 
                 GCCCGAACTACCGGTCTATGGCTCTCCCATGTCCCTGACGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 357 
                 CTACTAGTGGACCTTGCACGCACAAATCCACGGTATACGGACAGTAAATACTAC 
               
               
                   
                 CTGTCACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 358 
                 CGGGGTCGAGATAGTGTCTGAAGTTGAGGGAAGGGCTGGGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 359 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTTAATTTAGTGTTTTACGATGTTTG 
               
               
                   
                 TGTGTTCTAGTGGTGTCACAGTTGTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 360 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGATTGAATTATGCTAATGATTAACAATCGTGGGGA 
               
               
                   
                 GAAGCCTACGAAAGAGGAATTCAGCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 361 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGCACCTG 
               
               
                   
                 GCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 362 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGAAGATATTTACCTAAGCACATAGACACGTCATTCT 
               
               
                   
                 GTTGCATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 363 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGAAGTG 
               
               
                   
                 GCTTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 364 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGATTGAATTATGCTAATGATTAACAATCGTGGGGA 
               
               
                   
                 ATTCAGCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 365 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTACGATGTTTGTGTGTTCTAGTGGTGT 
               
               
                   
                 CACAGTTGTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 366 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGAAGTG 
               
               
                   
                 GCTTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 367 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGATTGAATTATGCTAATGATTAACAATCGTGGGGA 
               
               
                   
                 GAAGCCTACGAAAGAGGAATTCAGCACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 368 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTCGGCTGCGCGGTCCGGGCTGGCTAGCAGCCGCG 
               
               
                   
                 TGGCACGGGGTGACGAGAGCGCGACACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 369 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGCGGGCGAGGCTCGCGCGTGGCGCGCGGCCCCGTG 
               
               
                   
                 AGAGGAAGCCGGGGGAGGGCAGTGGGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 370 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGGCCGCACCTGACAGTGGCGAGCCGGGGCTCGCGC 
               
               
                   
                 GAAGGGCGGCAGCACGGGGTGGACAGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 371 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGCAGAGGGCGCGGCTCAGCGCGACCACGGCAGGAT 
               
               
                   
                 GCGGCTGGCGCGTCGGGTGGGTGCTACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 372 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGGACCCACGGCTACGCCGTGCGGCGGGCGGAGAGG 
               
               
                   
                 GAGCGGGGAGCCGCGGGCCGGCGGGACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 373 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGCGACCTGTGCGCGGCAATGGCGCGCGGGACGGGG 
               
               
                   
                 GCGTGGCGCTTGGCCGGGGAGAGGTGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 374 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTCGTCCGGCGGCGCCCTCCCGGGTACGGAGGGCG 
               
               
                   
                 GCAGCGCAGTCGCGGGTGAGGAAGGCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 375 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTCAAGTCTAAGCATTAAGATTATTTCTCCTGCAAC 
               
               
                   
                 CCCACCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 376 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGACTTTAAGCATACCTGTTAATCATAAGTGACTTCT 
               
               
                   
                 AATAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 377 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGAACACTAAGCAGTTGAATGCTAATTGATTTTGCCC 
               
               
                   
                 CTCTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 378 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTCCTTACTCTAAGCATTTACTCTGCCATTAACAAG 
               
               
                   
                 CTTAGTTCTTTATGCTTGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 379 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGAGGGCAGGCCAGGGAAGGGGGGGCGGGGGGGCG 
               
               
                   
                 GGGCTGGGCACGGGGAGAACGGCGAGCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 380 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCACCAGAATTCTCGTAAGACGGAGAGGAATGGATAG 
               
               
                   
                 AGTGAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 381 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTTGTAGTATAGCCCGATACTTACCCCGTCTACCCA 
               
               
                   
                 ATAACCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 382 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGCTCGACTGGAAGAATAGTTCTTTTAGTGTTGGGGA 
               
               
                   
                 TGATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 383 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGCTCGACTGGAAGAATAGTTCTTTAGT 
               
               
                   
                 GTTGGGGGATGATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 384 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTGATTGTTGTTTTTAAGTTACGATATTGCAACATTGACTCCTGG 
               
               
                   
                 CACGGGCAGTG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 385 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTTGGATCGCGACATCTTCTGATTTGCTGACTGTTT 
               
               
                   
                 GTTTACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 386 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTCCAGGACGAGGAGCACAAGCCACTTCCTGCCCG 
               
               
                   
                 TGCCAGGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 387 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTACTCCTCGTTGTAGTATAGCCCGATACTTACCCCGTCTACCCA 
               
               
                   
                 ATAACCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 388 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTGTGGCCAAGCCTAAGGCTAGCTTGGGGGCAGTA 
               
               
                   
                 CGTGTCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 389 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTGTGGCCAAGCCTAAGGCTAGCTTGGGGGCAGTA 
               
               
                   
                 TGTGTCCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 390 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGCTCGACTGGAAGAATAGTTCTTTTAGTGTTGGGGG 
               
               
                   
                 ATGATCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 391 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGACCTTTCTTATGTTTTCTTTTTACGATTTTACAGTG 
               
               
                   
                 CTTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 392 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGATGGATATTCACGTTAATGAGTAACGAGTTTTCAC 
               
               
                   
                 TGCTCCTCGTCATCGTTGATGGACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 393 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGATGGATATTCACGTTAATGAGTAACGAGTTTTCAC 
               
               
                   
                 TGCTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 394 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGGTGATAACGAATTTTAGACTGCCCAACCTCACAG 
               
               
                   
                 CAAGTGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 395 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTACGGCGCGGGGGGTGCAGCGCACGCGTCCGTGT 
               
               
                   
                 CGGCAGGGCATGTAGGCACGCGGGGGCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 396 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGCGGAAATATATGTTTATTTGACTACGCATTTATAC 
               
               
                   
                 TGCAACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 397 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGATGGATATTCACGTTAATGAGTAACGAGTTTTCAC 
               
               
                   
                 TGCTTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 398 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGATGGATATTCACGTTAATGAGTAACGAGTTTTCAC 
               
               
                   
                 TGCTACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 399 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTTCATACAGGGAGTGTGAGACACGCGGTATTTAT 
               
               
                   
                 GGGAGACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 400 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTCAATCTTTTGATACGACTTTACGCTGGCTCAGGT 
               
               
                   
                 AATTACCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 401 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTCCTGCCCGTGCCAGGACGAGGAGCACAAGCCAC 
               
               
                   
                 TTCCTGCCCGTGCTCCTCGTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 402 
                 GAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGACCTTTCTTATGTTTTCTTTTTACGATTTTACAGTG 
               
               
                   
                 CTCTCCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 403 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTTAATTTAGTGTTTTACGATGTTTGTGTGTTCTAGT 
               
               
                   
                 GGTGTCACAGTTGTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 404 
                 GTGCTCCTCGATTGAATTATGCTAATGATTAACAATCGTGGGGAGAAGCCTACG 
               
               
                   
                 AAAGAGGAATTCAGCACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 405 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCACTAATAGACAATTCAATAAATCCAACCCATTGGATTATCTTGA 
               
               
                   
                 AGTTTTTCATTTTCCCCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 406 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTACTCCCTAAGGACTAGGAAGAACATAATGCCATTTCCACACTG 
               
               
                   
                 TGTGTGATATAATCCACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 407 
                 GTGCTCCTCGGTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGGTGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGG 
               
               
                   
                 TGAAGTGTTTTTCAATCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 408 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTAGCACATAGACATGTCATTGAACTGTCCGAATCTTCTTGTGAGT 
               
               
                   
                 GTTAGATATTCTCCGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 409 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTTGCATGGCTGAATGTTACAACGAAGTGTATGGTCT 
               
               
                   
                 AAACAATAGTTTGGTTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 410 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCGTGCGGCGCAGCACAGGAGAACAGAGGCGATGCAGCAGACCT 
               
               
                   
                 GGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 411 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAACGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTCCT 
               
               
                   
                 GGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 412 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTACACTCATACTCAATCTATTTTATACGGCGATGATATTATTTGC 
               
               
                   
                 GGGCGAGGTGGACGCCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 413 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAAGTGGCTTGTGCTCCTCGTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 414 
                 GTGCTCCTCGGGTAGTGATCACCAATGATTGTCTCTTATCAGCAATTTTCCTATG 
               
               
                   
                 GCACTTTGCTGCGGTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 415 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTCTTGTATACTCTCAGGGTTTAATCGAGTTTGAGGGTATGATTCT 
               
               
                   
                 TTGAGACTGTGGGGACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 416 
                 GTGCTCCTCGGAATTTCTAAAGGCTCTTCCTGTGGTTATCGTTTTTCGCTTGTATA 
               
               
                   
                 AATTAAGTCATGTGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 417 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTATGTCTTTGAGGTCTTGCAAGACCATCTAGCCCACACTCTGGC 
               
               
                   
                 AGCGTTGTTGTTGGCCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 418 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTCTTTCAGTAGGTTCATTTTGGAAAATGACAAGACAAGCCTTGGT 
               
               
                   
                 GTTTCAATGTGTCGTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 419 
                 GTGCTCCTCGGATTTCTAGTCCAACTCCGTATATGCAATTCTTAAGTAGATTGTA 
               
               
                   
                 CCTGAAAGGTCAGATCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 420 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTCAATCCCATTCTTCATCATGGTTTGGAGTAATAATCTCGACAGT 
               
               
                   
                 TTTTGTCTTCAGTACCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 421 
                 GTGCTCCTCGGAGCGCGCTAAGGTCAACCATTTCAATTCTTGCGTTTTTTGAATA 
               
               
                   
                 TCCTTTCCCAGCTCTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 422 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTAGCGACAATACCTACAACTGATGAATAGTGTCAAATTGGTTCT 
               
               
                   
                 TCATTTTTCTTCCTACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 423 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTATGGGCATCTTGAAAACAGATTGTTATCTGAAATGTTTTAAATT 
               
               
                   
                 TTGGTAGAATTATGTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 424 
                 GTGCTCCTCGGTTGATCGTTATCCAGCTCTCAGGCTATCTCATTAGACGCTTAAG 
               
               
                   
                 TCGGGGGGGCTCCGGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 425 
                 GTGCTCCTCGATCGACACTCCTATGTACTTGTATTTCGATCAGGTAGCCATACTC 
               
               
                   
                 AAATTTTTGTTGCCCCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 426 
                 GTGCTCCTCGACGTATCGTTGGTATTAATCAGACCAGGTGTGTATTGTGTGTGGG 
               
               
                   
                 GATTTCATATAAATTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 427 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCAATTGTGCTATTTTTGATTTGTAATCTCCCAGGAGGCAATACTA 
               
               
                   
                 ATAAGAGCAGTTCTGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 428 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTAGATTTGTTTGACCAGTTTGCTCTCTCATGTGAGCATTCACTTCA 
               
               
                   
                 TCTCAGCAATTTGGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 429 
                 GTGCTCCTCGACTAGTCCTTCCTGATTTTTATATGCAGCACTTATGCCAACCCTA 
               
               
                   
                 CTAATAGCACGCTTCCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 430 
                 GTGCTCCTCGATACGACCCTCTTTTTGCGGCTTGCAACAATTATCGCCCGTCGTT 
               
               
                   
                 TAGAGCATCCTAGCACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 431 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTCTCAGACGTGAAGTGGTTTGTTATGCATACTGATGAATTTCCCT 
               
               
                   
                 CATAATTACGGGTTGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 432 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTGGTTTTTATCTATTCTTCTTACTGAACCTCATAGTGTTATAGTTG 
               
               
                   
                 AGCGGGGATGCGTTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 433 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTGCGGACTAGGAAGGACACCAGCGGTAAGATGCGTGGCACCAC 
               
               
                   
                 GTGGTAAGCAAGATGTGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 434 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTCAAATATCATACTCTGATAATAGTTCGTTTTAGGTGGTACTTT 
               
               
                   
                 CAATTCATTTCCGTACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 435 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTGATGTTTAGTCATTTCATGTTTTGAGTTTGCTTGGCTGTAGATT 
               
               
                   
                 ATAGAAGTTTGATCCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 436 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTCCTCTTGCGCATTTTGATTGATATGTCTTATATAGCGATCAATCC 
               
               
                   
                 CCTCACGATGTTTCCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 437 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTATGGGACTTAGATTTGTTTGTGCTAATTGTGCATAAGCCAACAG 
               
               
                   
                 GGTATCCTACATGATCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 438 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTCTGATTGGTGCTGGACAATGCGCAACAAGTTTATCCAATTCATA 
               
               
                   
                 CTGATAATTTAATCCCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 439 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTAGCATCCTCTTTGGACATATGATTCAACGCAGTATTAGGTAACA 
               
               
                   
                 TTCATCACATCCTATCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 440 
                 GTGCTCCTCGGAATCATAATTACGGAGTTGGAACGGTATAGTCTGGCATCTTCTA 
               
               
                   
                 TTCTAGGCATTTCTTCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 441 
                 GTGCTCCTCGAATACTGACTCATTCTATACATCCTCTGATGTGAACCCACTCTCT 
               
               
                   
                 AAAGTATTTTCCATCCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 442 
                 GTGCTCCTCGACATTAGTGAACCTGTCATTAACTGTGCGCTGGAAGCGCGGGTA 
               
               
                   
                 TTTGTCCAAATTGCTCCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 443 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCTCAAAGTAGATCTTTCGACTATGGCACGCGACGGATCAGATGC 
               
               
                   
                 TGAGGACCAGTAGGTGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 444 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCATGCTTGGCTATTGCAATCGAGTTTTAAATAGTATAAATAGGAA 
               
               
                   
                 ACCCAGGCATTTTCGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 445 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCACTGCGTAGCAATGTGCTATTTAAAAACCGCACTTGGAGCCTG 
               
               
                   
                 GCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 446 
                 GTGCTCCTCGTTCATTTTATTGCGGATATCTTTCCTCCCGTTGGGGGCCTCCTGGC 
               
               
                   
                 ACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 447 
                 GTGCTCCTCGATTGTCTCTTCCTTTTTGGGCCATAATGAGGCTTTGATGCTGAAC 
               
               
                   
                 GATCGTCTCGGATGGCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 448 
                 GTGCTCCTCGGTACATTGGGTGAGAGCAGTGACTTGTGGGGCACAACAAACCCA 
               
               
                   
                 GCATCTGGATGCTAACCCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 449 
                 GTGCTCCTCGCCGAGTTGCTTCTGGAATTTCACTGGGCGTTAACTGTGTCCTTGA 
               
               
                   
                 CTTTCTTAGCTGAAACCTGGCACGGG 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Example 6—Aptamer 2D Structure Prediction 
     Aptamer secondary structure was predicted using RNA Structure version 6.0.1 web service with default parameters (https://rna.urmc.rochester.edu/RNAstructureWeb/Servers/Predict1/Predict1.html, Reuter, J. S., &amp; Mathews, D. H. RNA structure: software for RNA secondary structure prediction and analysis. BMC Bioinformatics. 2010; 11:129). RNA structure Fold Results predict Lowest free energy Structure. RNA structure MaxExpect Results generate structure composed of highly probable base pairs. This is an alternative method for structure prediction that may have higher fidelity in structure prediction. RNA structure ProbKnot Results predict a secondary structure of probable base pairs, which might include pseudoknots. The predicted 2D results were shown in  FIG.  5 A  through  FIG.  5 J . 
     Example 7. Laboratory Tests to Measure the Abundance of Outer Membrane Vesicles and Lipopolysaccharides of  P. gingivalis  and  P. pallens  in Oral Samples 
     Aptamers are conjugated to functional molecules to develop sensitive assays. As shown in  FIG.  6 A , an aptamer is linked to a quencher that can reduce the intensity of a fluorescence molecule if the two are placed in proximity. In this assay, a fluorescent molecule is conjugated to a reporter probe (fluorescence reporter probe, 5′-Fluorophore-GAACCACTCTAAGCATTTACACTGCCCGTGCCAGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO 464); or 5′ CGAGGAGCACAAGCCACTTCTTTTTT-3′ (SEQ ID NO 465)-fluorophore) which has a complementary sequence to the 3′-end of the target-binding aptamer, or the 5′ end of the target-binding aptamer. A fluorescence reporter probe or fluorescence aptamer probe includes an oligonucleotide and a fluorescent dye or fluorophore molecule. 
     In the absence of targeted endotoxins, the fluorescence reporter probe is hybridized to the 3′-end of the target-binding aptamer, which contains a functional group that quenches fluorescence released by the fluorescence reporter probe. As a result, no fluorescence is detected. Upon binding to targeted endotoxins, the target-binding aptamer undergoes conformational changes, leading to dissociation from the fluorescence reporter probe, thus increasing the distance between the quenching group in the target-binding aptamer and the fluorescence molecule in the reporter probe. Without the interference of the quenching group, fluorescence is detectable upon absorbing electromagnetic radiation at a specific wavelength. 
     As used herein, quencher includes, but not limited to, Black Hole Quencher® 1, Black Hole Quencher® 2, Iowa Black® FQ, Iowa Black® RQ-Sp, Dabcyl, and mixtures thereof. 
     As used herein, fluorescence molecules, or fluorophores, include, but not limited to, 6-FAM™, Alexa Fluor® 488, Alexa Fluor® 532, Alexa Fluor® 594, Alexa Fluor® 647, Alexa Fluor® 660, Alexa Fluor® 750, Alexa Fluor® 546, ATTO™ 488, ATTO™ 532, ATTO™ 550, and mixtures thereof. Fluorophores typically contain several combined aromatic groups, or planar or cyclic molecules with several π bonds. They emit light, or fluorescence, after absorbing light or electromagnetic radiation at a specific wavelength. Fluorophores can be directly conjugated to aptamers or other oligonucleotides. 
     As used herein, the term “fluorescence reporter probe” or “fluorescence reporter aptamer” is an oligonucleotide molecule or a protein or any chemical that is covalently or noncovalently linked to a fluorophore. 
     As used herein, the term “enzyme reporter probe” or “enzyme reporter aptamer” is an oligonucleotide molecule or a protein or any chemical that is covalently or noncovalently linked to an enzyme. 
     Enzymes are also employed to determine the abundance of endotoxins in oral samples ( FIG.  6 B ). An enzyme is conjugated to an oligonucleotide (enzyme reporter probe). In the assay system, a target-binding aptamer is first hybridized with the enzyme reporter probe at its 3′ end, and with a capture probe at its 5′ end, forming a complex containing a capture probe, a target-binding aptamer, and an enzyme reporter probe. The complex is anchored to the bottom of a 96-well plate through the capture probe by a biotin and Streptavidin binding. The enzyme reporter probe is dissociated from the target-binding aptamer upon binding to endotoxins due to conformation changes. Subsequently, the enzyme reporter probe is released from the complex of capture probe, aptamer and the enzyme reporter probe into the solution in the wells of a 96-well plate. The solution is transferred to a fresh 96-well plate. An enzyme substrate is added, and an enzyme product is generated and quantified in a spectrometer in a SpectraMax iD3 spectrometer reader (Molecular Device, Downingtown, Pa.). 
     As used herein, the enzyme includes, but is not limited to, horseradish peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase, luciferase, and mixtures thereof. 
     As used herein, enzyme substrates include, but are not limited to, colorimetric substrate, fluorescent substrate or chemiluminescent substrate. 
     Example 8—Point of Care Tests to Semi-Quantitate the Abundance of Outer Membrane Vesicles and Lipopolysaccharides of  P. gingivalis  and  P. pallens  in Oral Samples 
     Multiple tests are being developed to detect and semi-quantitate the amount of outer membrane vesicles and lipopolysaccharides of  P. gingivalis, P. pallens  and other Gram negative bacteria in oral samples. Lateral flow assays are simple paper-based devices that can measure the presence (or absence) of a target analyte in liquid samples without the need for specialized and costly equipment and can be used directly by the consumers. Lateral flow assays are typically composed of a nitrocellulose membrane, sample pad, conjugate pad, wicking or absorbent pad and backing pad ( FIG.  7 A ).
         1. A sample pad: The sample pad acts as a sponge and holds an excess of sample fluid. Once applied, the fluid migrates to the conjugate pad. It is composed of cellulose and/or glass fiber (Cellulose Fiber Sample Pad Strips, Millipore-Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.).   2. A conjugate pad: This pad stores the reaction reagents. The fiber of conjugate pad releases labeled conjugates upon being resuspended in the moving liquid samples. Glass fiber, cellulose, polyesters and some other materials are used to make conjugate pad for lateral flow assays. For example, Glass Fiber Conjugate Pad Strips (Millipore Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.) is used for the lateral flow assay. This pad contains at least two reagents: A) an aptamer to endotoxins of  P. gingivalis, P. pallens  or any Gram-negative bacteria, that has been conjugated to a signal molecule or a reporter such as a color material or a fluorescence molecule or enzyme, B) reaction buffer components that contain everything to guarantee an optimized chemical reaction between the aptamer and endotoxins, such as 20 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4, 140 mM NaCl, 5 mM KCl, 1 mM MgCl 2  and 1 mM CaCl 2 ), 1% fetal care serum. The color material can be a gold nanoparticle, or gold nanoparticle-modified nanomaterial for signal enhancement, carbon nanoparticles or colloidal selenium nanoparticles. In another embodiment, one more DNA oligonucleotide is included in the conjugation pad. This DNA oligonucleotide has a sequence that is complimentary to part of the aptamer sequence, such as 5′-ACGAATTTACACTGCCCGTGCCAGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO 458), which is conjugated to a reporter molecule, including but not limited to, a color material or a fluorescence molecule or enzyme. In addition, this DNA oligonucleotide is also conjugated to a linker-molecule including, but not limited to, biotin, protein A, protein G, antibody, avidin, or streptavidin. In one more embodiment, the aptamer is conjugated to a reporter molecule and a linker molecule. The linker molecule includes, but is not limited to, biotin, protein A, protein G, antibody, avidin, or streptavidin. The reporter molecule is a color material or a fluorescence molecule or enzyme.   3. Nitrocellulose membrane: Nitrocellulose membranes are available from different vendors. Test and control lines are drawn over this piece of membrane; so, an ideal membrane should provide support and good binding to capture molecules including, but not limited to, aptamers, antibodies, biotin, streptavidin, avidin, protein A or protein G. GE Healthcare Life Sciences released a new version of the Whatman Fast Flow, High Performance (FF HP) nitrocellulose backed membranes, which is used in many lateral flow devices. Millipore-Sigma also sells Hi-Flow™ Plus Lateral Flow Membrane Cards. In the Cellulose membrane, two or multiple lines of capture molecules, or absorption molecules are prepared. The paper-based device has one or more areas or lines where capture molecules are immobilized. Depending upon the assay format (sandwich assay or competitive assay), different capture molecules are applied. In one embodiment of sandwich assay format, immobilized in the test line is another aptamer, (capture aptamer), that binds to target endotoxins, target outer membrane vesicles, or target bacteria in one site. The reporter aptamer, which is conjugated with a reporter molecule and is stored in the conjugate pad in the device, bind to another side of the target endotoxins, target outer membrane vesicles, and target bacteria. If target endotoxins, target outer membrane vesicles or target bacteria are present in the samples, the reporter aptamer will bind to those targets. As the target-reporter-aptamer complex migrates from the conjugation pad to the test line, it binds to the test capture aptamer. If the reporter molecule is gold nanoparticle, a red line will appear on the test line. If the target endotoxins, target outer membrane vesicles, or target bacteria are not in the samples, the reporter-aptamer will migrate past the test line, and bind to another capture molecules in the control line, called control capture molecules. The control capture molecules are DNA oligonucleotides, antibodies, protein A, protein G, avidin or streptavidin. The reporter aptamer contains another linker molecule, such as an antibody, or biotin. The control capture molecule can bind to any reporter aptamer that flow through the control line. In one embodiment of competitive assay, immobilized in the test line are target endotoxins, target endotoxins, or target bacteria. If they are present in the samples, the target endotoxins, target outer membrane vesicles will bind to the reporter aptamers. As a result, the reporter aptamer can&#39;t bind to the target endotoxins, target outer membrane vesicles, or target bacteria in the test time. If the targets are not in the samples, the reporter aptamer will bind to the target endotoxins, target outer membrane vesicles, or target bacteria. A red line will appear if the reporter molecule is gold nanoparticles.   4. A wick, or absorbent, pad: Absorbent pad: It works as sink at the end of the strip. It also helps in maintaining flow rate of the liquid over the membrane and stops back flow of the sample. Absorbent capacity to hold liquid can play an important role in results of assay. This pad simply acts as a waste container. After passing these reaction zones the fluid enters the final porous material, the wick pad.       

     The lateral flow assays are used to detect one or more targets. In  FIG.  7 B , only one type of endotoxin or outer membrane vesicle from one bacterial species is detected. For Example, one or two aptamers of  P. gingivalis  endotoxins are conjugated to the reporter molecule, such as gold nanoparticles. Another one or two aptamers of  P. gingivalis  endotoxins are immobilized to the nitrocellulose membrane at the target line. In the control, an additional oligonucleotide is immobilized onto the control region. This oligonucleotide can bind to the reporter conjugated aptamer. This type of device can detect only one biomarker. 
     Assay example 1: An example of a sandwich assay is given here with an antibody as the capture molecule. 
     In the conjugate pad: a DNA oligonucleotide with sequence of 5′-ACTCTAAGCATTTACACTGCCCGTGCCAGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO 459) is conjugated with a gold nanoparticle. The gold nanoparticle contains biotin molecules that can bind to avidin or streptavidin. The reporter DNA oligonucleotide can hybridize with the aptamer at its 3′-end, such as the aptamer with SEQ ID NO 201 5′-AATAATATATCTCTAGAACATTAAATATCATTTTCATATATTTAAAGTATATCATAATAA CCTGGCACGGGCAGTG-3′. This aptamer is conjugated to a rabbit immunoglobulin G, which bind to Protein G with high affinity. 
     In the test line: Bacterial Protein G is immobilized on the test line. Protein G can bind to any immunoglobulin G. 
     In the control line: Streptavidin is immobilized in the control line. It can bind to biotin. 
     Before sample application, there is no red line in either test or control as shown in B-I of  FIG.  7 B . When a sample is applied, the target endotoxin will bind to the aptamers in the conjugate pad. Upon binding to endotoxins, the aptamer undergoes conformational changes, leading to dissociation from the DNA oligonucleotide that are linked to a gold nanoparticle. As the sample mix migrates to the test line, the aptamer will bind to the test line, where the immobilized Protein G will bind to the immunoglobulin G of the aptamer-immunoglobin G complex. The biotin-nanoparticle-oligonucleotide will continue to migrate to the control line where the immobilized streptavidin binds to the biotin in the biotin-gold nanoparticle-oligonucleotide. As shown in B-II of  FIG.  7 B , no red color appears in the test line if target endotoxins are in the samples. If the sample does not contain target endotoxins, the biotin-gold nanoparticle-oligonucleotide complex is still hybridized with the aptamer-immunoglobulin G. The Protein G in the test line bind to the immunoglobulin G, and a red color appears in the test line. In the lateral flow assay, excessive biotin-gold nanoparticle-oligonucleotide is applied, migrates past the control line and binds to the streptavidin in the control line. As shown in B-III of  FIG.  7 B , a red line appears in both test or control line. 
     Assay example 2: Another example of a sandwich assay is given here. 
     In the conjugate pad: a DNA oligonucleotide with sequence of 5′-ACTCTAAGCATTTACACTGCCCGTGCCAGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO 459) is conjugated with a gold nanoparticle. The reporter DNA oligonucleotide can hybridize with the aptamer at its 3′-end, such as the aptamer with SEQ ID NO 201 5′-AATAATATATCTCTAGAACATTAAATATCATTTTCATATATTTAAAGTATATCATAATAA CCTGGCACGGGCAGTG-3′. This aptamer is conjugated to a biotin molecule, which can bind to streptavidin in high affinity. 
     In the test line: A capture DNA oligonucleotide is immobilized in the test line. The capture DNA oligonucleotide has a sequence of 5′-CCTGGCACGGGCAGTGTAAATGCTTAGAGTTTTTTT-3′ (SEQ ID NO 466), complimentary to the sequence of the reporter oligonucleotide in the gold nanoparticle-oligonucleotide. 
     In the control line: Streptavidin is immobilized in the control line. It can bind to biotin in the aptamer-biotin complex. 
     Before sample application, there is no red line in either test or control as shown in C-I of  FIG.  7 C . When a sample is applied, the target endotoxin will bind to the aptamers in the conjugate pad. Upon binding to endotoxins, the aptamer undergoes conformational changes, leading to dissociation from the reporter gold nanoparticle-oligonucleotide. As the sample mix migrates to the test line, the reporter gold nanoparticle-oligonucleotide will hybridize with the capture oligonucleotide which is immobilized in the test line. A red line will appear in the test line, as shown in C-II of  FIG.  7 C . In the lateral flow assay, slightly excessive amount of gold nanoparticle-oligonucleotide and aptamer-biotin are applied and migrate past the test line and bind to the streptavidin in the control line. As shown in the C-II of  FIG.  7 C , a red line appears in both test or control lines. 
     If no target endotoxins are present in the sample, all complexes of gold nanoparticle-oligonucleotide and aptamer-biotin can&#39;t bind to the target endotoxins immobilized in the test line, thus migrates past the test line and binds to the streptavidin in the control line. As shown in C-III of  FIG.  7 C , a red line appears only in the control line. 
     An Assay Example 3: An example of a competitive assay is given here. 
     In the conjugate pad: A gold nanoparticle is conjugated to biotin molecules and an aptamer, such as the aptamer with SEQ ID NO 201 5′-AATAATATATCTCTAGAACATTAAATATCATTTTCATATATTTAAAGTATATCATAATAA CCTGGCACGGGCAGTG-3′. The biotin molecules in the gold nanoparticle-aptamer complex can bind to streptavidin in high affinity. 
     In the test line: Target endotoxins of bacteria, such as  P. gingivalis, P. pallens  or any Gram-negative bacteria, are immobilized at the test line. They can bind to the aptamer with high specificity. 
     In the control line: Streptavidin is immobilized in the control line. It can bind to biotin in the gold nanoparticle-aptamer-biotin complex. 
     Before sample application, there is no red line in either test or control as shown in D-I of  FIG.  7 D . 
     When a sample is applied, the target endotoxins will bind to the aptamers in the conjugate pad. The binding site in the aptamer is occupied. As the sample mix migrates to the test line, the gold nanoparticle-aptamer-endotoxin complex can&#39;t bind to the endotoxins that are immobilized to the test line. A red line will not appear in the test line, as shown in D-II of  FIG.  7 D . As the gold nanoparticle-aptamer-endotoxin complex migrates to the control line, the biotin in the gold nanoparticle-aptamer-endotoxin complex will bind to the streptavidin in the control line. As shown in D-II of  FIG.  7 D , a red line appears in the control line. 
     If no target endotoxins are present in the sample, some complexes of gold nanoparticle-aptamer-biotin will bind to the target endotoxins, a red line will appear in the test line. A slightly excessive amount of gold nanoparticle-aptamer-biotin migrates past the test line and binds to the streptavidin in the control line. As shown in D-III of  FIG.  7 D , a red line appears both in the test and control lines. 
     Multiplexing lateral flow assay or multiplexing point of care monitoring: In one device, one, two or more endotoxins, outer membrane vesicles or bacteria can be detected as illustrated in  FIG.  7 E . 
     A consumer diagnostic kit is being created.
         A. A consumer diagnostic kit that can detect endotoxins of  P. gingivalis, P. pallens  and Gram-negative bacteria in oral samples.   B. A consumer diagnostic kit that can detect outer membrane vesicles of  P. gingivalis, P. pallens  and Gram-negative bacteria in oral samples.   C. The consumer diagnostic kit according to Paragraph A, wherein the consumer diagnostic kit is to determine the abundance of  P. gingivalis, P. pallens  and Gram-negative bacteria in oral samples.   D. The consumer diagnostic kit according to Paragraph A, B and C, wherein the Gram-negative bacteria include, but not limited to, Gram negative cocci,  Enterobacter, Fusobacterium, Haemophilus, Leptotrichia, Neisseria, Porphyromonas, Prevotella, Rothia, Serratia, Veillonella, Escherichia coli, Salmonella , and  Shigella.      E. The consumer diagnostic kit according to Paragraph A, B, C and D, wherein the consumer diagnostic kit is a diagnostic tool or instrument.   F. The consumer diagnostic kit according to Paragraph A through D, wherein endotoxins are detected using aptamer-based lateral flow assays.   G. The consumer diagnostic kit according to Paragraph A through D, wherein outer membrane vesicles are detected using aptamer-based lateral flow assays.   H. The consumer diagnostic kit according to Paragraph A through D, wherein the abundance of Gram-negative bacteria is detected using aptamer-based lateral flow assays.   I. The consumer diagnostic kit according to Paragraph F through H, wherein the aptamer-based lateral flow assays include one or more of the sequences in aptamers in SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 250 to SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 449.   J. The consumer diagnostic kit according to Paragraph F through H, wherein the aptamer-based lateral flow assays include one or more of the sequences that share 85% or higher sequence identities to the SEQ ID NO 1 to SEQ ID NO 250 to SEQ ID NO 251 to SEQ ID NO 449.   K. The consumer diagnostic kit according to Paragraph A through J, wherein the aptamer-based lateral flow assays include, but not limited to, a capillary flow layer, a nitrocellulose membrane, a sample application pad, a conjugate pad, a test line, a control line and absorbent pad.   L. The consumer diagnostic kit according to Paragraph A through J, wherein the aptamer-based lateral flow assays include, but not limited to, a readout reporter molecule, a mobile phase buffer, a biomolecule at the test line, and another biomolecule at the control line.   M. The consumer diagnostic kit according to Paragraph A through J, wherein the aptamer-based lateral flow assays include, but not limited to, aptamer functionalized gold nanoparticles, thiolated aptamers, a salt buffer, and streptavidin-biotinylated reagents.   N. The consumer diagnostic kit according to Paragraph A through J, wherein the aptamer-based assays include lateral flow assays, 96-well solution assay, and electrochemical assays.   O. The consumer diagnostic kit according to Paragraph A through J, wherein the aptamer-based lateral flow assays include, but not limited to, sandwich assays (Sandwich assays using a pair of aptamers, sandwich assays using a combination of aptamers and antibodies, and sandwich assays using split aptamers), competitive assays (competitive assays between target analytes in solution and the target analytes immobilized on the membrane, competitive assays between target analytes in solution a complementary DNA probe) and displacement assay.   P. The consumer diagnostic kit according to Paragraph L through O, wherein the readout reporters include, but not limited to, functionalized gold nanoparticles, functionalized silico nanoparticles with either color molecules or fluorescence molecules, horse radish peroxidase and alkaline phosphatase.       

     Q. The consumer diagnostic kit according to Paragraph L through O, wherein the assay signals are amplified through isothermal amplification techniques, including combination polymerase amplification, loop mediated amplification, exponential amplification reaction, strand displacement amplification, rolling circle amplification, nucleic acid sequence based amplification, and helicase dependent amplification. 
     The dimensions and values disclosed herein are not to be understood as being strictly limited to the exact numerical values recited. Instead, unless otherwise specified, each such dimension is intended to mean both the recited value and a functionally equivalent range surrounding that value. For example, a dimension disclosed as “40 mm” is intended to mean “about 40 mm.” 
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     While particular embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described, it would be obvious to those skilled in the art that various other changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is therefore intended to cover in the appended claims all such changes and modifications that are within the scope of this invention.