A genomic overview of the population structure of Salmonella

NF Alikhan, Z Zhou, MJ Sergeant, M Achtman - PLoS genetics, 2018 - journals.plos.org
For many decades, Salmonella enterica has been subdivided by serological properties into
serovars or further subdivided for epidemiological tracing by a variety of diagnostic tests with …

Persistent infection and long-term carriage of typhoidal and nontyphoidal salmonellae

O Gal-Mor - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
The ability of pathogenic bacteria to affect higher organisms and cause disease is one of the
most dramatic properties of microorganisms. Some pathogens can establish transient …

The EnteroBase user's guide, with case studies on Salmonella transmissions, Yersinia pestis phylogeny, and Escherichia core genomic diversity

Z Zhou, NF Alikhan, K Mohamed, Y Fan… - Genome …, 2020 - genome.cshlp.org
EnteroBase is an integrated software environment that supports the identification of global
population structures within several bacterial genera that include pathogens. Here, we …

Performance of neural network basecalling tools for Oxford Nanopore sequencing

RR Wick, LM Judd, KE Holt - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Background Basecalling, the computational process of translating raw electrical signal to
nucleotide sequence, is of critical importance to the sequencing platforms produced by …

SeqSero2: Rapid and Improved Salmonella Serotype Determination Using Whole-Genome Sequencing Data

S Zhang, HC Den Bakker, S Li, J Chen… - Applied and …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
SeqSero, launched in 2015, is a software tool for Salmonella serotype determination from
whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data. Despite its routine use in public health and food …

[PDF][PDF] The temporal dynamics of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella enterica and predominant serovars in China

Y Wang, Y Liu, N Lyu, Z Li, S Ma, D Cao… - National Science …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Salmonella enterica is one of the most common bacterial pathogens in humans and
animals. Systematic studies on the trends and geographical distribution of antimicrobial …

Stepwise evolution of Salmonella Typhimurium ST313 causing bloodstream infection in Africa

CV Pulford, BM Perez-Sepulveda, R Canals… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Bloodstream infections caused by nontyphoidal Salmonella are a major public health
concern in Africa, causing~ 49,600 deaths every year. The most common Salmonella …

ECTyper: in silico Escherichia coli serotype and species prediction from raw and assembled whole-genome sequence data

K Bessonov, C Laing, J Robertson… - Microbial …, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
Escherichia coli is a priority foodborne pathogen of public health concern and phenotypic
serotyping provides critical information for surveillance and outbreak detection activities …

Genomic characterization of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella enterica in duck, chicken, and pig farms and retail markets in Eastern China

B Tang, M Elbediwi, RB Nambiar, H Yang… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella enterica poses a significant public health concern
worldwide. However, the dissemination of Salmonella enterica among food animals in …

Embracing Diversity: Differences in Virulence Mechanisms, Disease Severity, and Host Adaptations Contribute to the Success of Nontyphoidal Salmonella as a …

RA Cheng, CR Eade, M Wiedmann - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Not all Salmonella enterica serovars cause the same disease. S. enterica represents an
incredibly diverse species comprising> 2,600 unique serovars. While some S. enterica …