Molecular characterization and epitope-based vaccine predictions for gene associated with biofilm formation in multidrug-resistant strains of .

The present study was conducted to molecularly characterize the biofilm associated gene from the drug resistant strains of and its immuno-dominant vaccine epitope predictions through immuno-informatic approach. was amplified by PCR from the genomic DNA and was sequenced. Using the ORF, ompA protein sequence was retrieved and was subjected for IEDB T cell and B cell epitope analysis for the selection of the epitope peptides.