Genome divergence and increased virulence of outbreak associated Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Heidelberg

Abstract Salmonella enterica serotype Heidelberg is primarily a poultry adapted serotype of Salmonella that can also colonize other hosts and cause human disease. In this study, we compared the genomes of outbreak associated non-outbreak causing Salmonella ser. Heidelberg strains from diverse hosts...

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Main Authors: Linto Antony, Melissa Behr, Donald Sockett, Dale Miskimins, Nicole Aulik, Jane Christopher-Hennings, Eric Nelson, Marc W. Allard, Joy Scaria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Gut Pathogens
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SNP
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13099-018-0279-0