Impact of the choice of reference genome on the ability of the core genome SNV methodology to distinguish strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Heidelberg.

Salmonella enterica serovar Heidelberg (S. Heidelberg) is one of the top serovars causing human salmonellosis. The core genome single nucleotide variant pipeline (cgSNV) is one of several whole genome based sequence typing methods used for the laboratory investigation of foodborne pathogens. SNV det...

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Main Authors: Valentine Usongo, Chrystal Berry, Khadidja Yousfi, Florence Doualla-Bell, Genevieve Labbé, Roger Johnson, Eric Fournier, Celine Nadon, Lawrence Goodridge, Sadjia Bekal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5798827?pdf=render