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Thomas C, Methner U, Marz M, Linde J. Oxford nanopore technologies-a valuable tool to generate whole-genome sequencing data for in silico serotyping and the detection of genetic markers in Salmonella. Front Vet Sci 2023; 10:1178922. [PMID: 37323838 PMCID: PMC10267320 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1178922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
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Bacteria of the genus Salmonella pose a major risk to livestock, the food economy, and public health. Salmonella infections are one of the leading causes of food poisoning. The identification of serovars of Salmonella achieved by their diverse surface antigens is essential to gain information on their epidemiological context. Traditionally, slide agglutination has been used for serotyping. In recent years, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) followed by in silico serotyping has been established as an alternative method for serotyping and the detection of genetic markers for Salmonella. Until now, WGS data generated with Illumina sequencing are used to validate in silico serotyping methods. Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) opens the possibility to sequence ultra-long reads and has frequently been used for bacterial sequencing. In this study, ONT sequencing data of 28 Salmonella strains of different serovars with epidemiological relevance in humans, food, and animals were taken to investigate the performance of the in silico serotyping tools SISTR and SeqSero2 compared to traditional slide agglutination tests. Moreover, the detection of genetic markers for resistance against antimicrobial agents, virulence, and plasmids was studied by comparing WGS data based on ONT with WGS data based on Illumina. Based on the ONT data from flow cell version R9.4.1, in silico serotyping achieved an accuracy of 96.4 and 92% for the tools SISTR and SeqSero2, respectively. Highly similar sets of genetic markers comparing both sequencing technologies were identified. Taking the ongoing improvement of basecalling and flow cells into account, ONT data can be used for Salmonella in silico serotyping and genetic marker detection.
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- Christine Thomas
- Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Jena, Germany
- RNA Bioinformatics and High-Throughput Analysis, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Jena, Germany
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- RNA Bioinformatics and High-Throughput Analysis, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Jena, Germany
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Gand M, Mattheus W, Roosens NHC, Dierick K, Marchal K, De Keersmaecker SCJ, Bertrand S. A multiplex oligonucleotide ligation-PCR method for the genoserotyping of common Salmonella using a liquid bead suspension assay. Food Microbiol 2019; 87:103394. [PMID: 31948635 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2019.103394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Revised: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Salmonella is a major pathogen having a public health and economic impact in both humans and animals. Six serotypes of the Salmonella genus are mentioned in the Belgian and European regulation as to be rapidly excluded from the food chain (EU regulation N°2160/2003, Belgian royal decree 27/04/2017). The reference method for Salmonella serotyping, including slide-agglutination and biochemical tests, is time-consuming, expensive, not always objective, and therefore does not match the fast identification criteria required by the legislation. In this study, a molecular method, using genetic markers detected by Multiplex Oligonucleotide Ligation - PCR and Luminex technology, was developed for the identification of the 6 Salmonella serotypes and their variants subjected to an official control. The resulting method was validated with the analysis of 971 Salmonella isolated from different matrixes (human, animal, food or environment) and 33 non-Salmonella strains. The results were compared with the reference identifications, achieving an accuracy of 99.7%. The cost-effective high-throughput genoserotyping assay is performed in 1 day and generates objective results, thanks to the automatic interpretation of raw data using a barcode system. In conclusion, it is fully adapted to the implementation in first line laboratories and meets the requirements of the regulation.
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- Mathieu Gand
- Sciensano, Infectious Diseases in Humans, Bacterial Diseases, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Information Technology, IDLab, Imec, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Sciensano, Infectious Diseases in Humans, Bacterial Diseases, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium.
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- Sciensano, Transversal Activities in Applied Genomics, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Sciensano, Infectious Diseases in Humans, Food Pathogen, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Information Technology, IDLab, Imec, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
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Al Kraiem AA, Zeng Y, Huo X, Yang K, Al Kraiem F, Qin J, Cui Y, Kan B, Yan M, Yang G, Chen T. Identification of Salmonella Bredeney Resistant to Third-Generation Cephalosporins in Saudi Arabia. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2019; 9:390. [PMID: 31824867 PMCID: PMC6879462 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The rapidly increasing prevalence and spread of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella worldwide have become a thorny problem that poses a serious threat to human health. It is speculated that antibiotic abuse, frequent traveling, and mass gatherings accelerate this threat. To explore this hypothesis, we investigated 13 Salmonella isolates from Medina, Saudi Arabia and 15 from China as the control group using typical methods of serotype identification, antibiotic resistance tests, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and multi-locus sequence typing (MLST). Our results indicated that the isolates from China showed greater serotype diversity and a higher antimicrobial resistance rate, which was consistent with results from other studies in China. In contrast, the Saudi Arabian isolates were mainly identified as Serovar Bredeney and were resistant to a limited number of antibiotics. Interestingly, two of the Bredeney isolates was resistant to third-generation cephalosporins but sensitive to all other tested antibiotics. To confirm the results and understand the underlying molecular mechanisms of these isolates, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was performed. We discovered that several cephalosporin resistance-associated genes were shared with other strains, but one gene (LEN-23) was unique. Therefore, to the best of our knowledge, we concluded that this study is the first to report the emergence of Salmonella Bredeney resistant to third-generation cephalosporins in Saudi Arabia.
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- Ayman Ahmad Al Kraiem
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.,Department of Biology, College of Science, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia
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- Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Wuhan, China
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China.,Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, Shihezi University School of Medicine, Shihezi, China
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- Pilgrims City Hospital, Ministry of Health, Medina, Saudi Arabia
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China.,School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Communicable Diseases Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Communicable Diseases Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Moore MM, Nucci MJ, Madson SM, Wagley GS, Keys CE, Brown EW, McQUISTON JR, Fields PI. Evaluation of a Bead-Based Salmonella Molecular Serotyping Method for Salmonella Isolated from Food and Environmental Samples. J Food Prot 2019; 82:1973-1987. [PMID: 31644335 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-18-600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Salmonella is a leading cause of foodborne illness worldwide, and foods containing Salmonella (except raw meat and poultry products) are considered adulterated. Serotyping of Salmonella is an essential part of surveillance and investigation of outbreaks. This study evaluated a bead-based Salmonella molecular serotyping (SMS) method, which included the O-group 1, H-antigen, alternate target, and O-group 2 assays, compared with traditional serotyping. Salmonella was isolated from food, pet food, and environmental samples or were reference strains. A total of 572 isolates were analyzed by using two formats of the SMS method in comparison with traditional methods: 485 were analyzed by using Radix SMS (a custom user-mixed format), 218 were analyzed by using Luminex SMS (a commercial kit format), and 131 of the total isolates were analyzed by both formats for comparison. The SMS method was evaluated on the basis of the successful identification of antigens by the probes included in the method. The method identified 550 (96.2%) isolates as expected, 6 (1.0%) isolates were not identified as initially expected but were shown to be correctly identified by SMS after reanalysis by traditional serotyping, and 16 (2.8%) isolates not identified as expected possessed an antigen that should have been detected by the method but was not. Among the isolates considered correctly identified, 255 (44.6%) were identified to a single serovar, 44 (7.7%) required additional biochemical testing to differentiate variants or subspecies, and 251 (43.9%) were partially serotyped because probes for some antigens were not in the assay or had allelic variation for known serovars. Whole genome sequencing, SeqSero, and the Salmonella In Silico Typing Resource gave added confirmation for three isolates. Addition of the O-group 2 assay enabled the identification of 55 (9.6%) of 572 isolates. The SMS method could fully or partially serotype most isolates within a day. The SMS method should be a valuable tool when faster screening methods are needed, such as outbreaks and screening large numbers of environmental isolates.
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- M M Moore
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Applied Technology Center, Bothell, Washington 98021
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Denver Laboratory, Lakewood, Colorado 80225
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Arkansas Laboratory, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Southeast Food and Feed Laboratory, Atlanta, Georgia 30309
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Regulatory Science, College Park, Maryland 20740
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Regulatory Science, College Park, Maryland 20740
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
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Tang S, Orsi RH, Luo H, Ge C, Zhang G, Baker RC, Stevenson A, Wiedmann M. Assessment and Comparison of Molecular Subtyping and Characterization Methods for Salmonella. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1591. [PMID: 31354679 PMCID: PMC6639432 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The food industry is facing a major transition regarding methods for confirmation, characterization, and subtyping of Salmonella. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is rapidly becoming both the method of choice and the gold standard for Salmonella subtyping; however, routine use of WGS by the food industry is often not feasible due to cost constraints or the need for rapid results. To facilitate selection of subtyping methods by the food industry, we present: (i) a comparison between classical serotyping and selected widely used molecular-based subtyping methods including pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, multilocus sequence typing, and WGS (including WGS-based serovar prediction) and (ii) a scoring system to evaluate and compare Salmonella subtyping assays. This literature-based assessment supports the superior discriminatory power of WGS for source tracking and root cause elimination in food safety incident; however, circumstances in which use of other subtyping methods may be warranted were also identified. This review provides practical guidance for the food industry and presents a starting point for further comparative evaluation of Salmonella characterization and subtyping methods.
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- Silin Tang
- Mars Global Food Safety Center, Beijing, China
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- Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Mars Global Food Safety Center, Beijing, China
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- Mars Global Food Safety Center, Beijing, China
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- Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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The number of human salmonellosis within the European Union tended to increase since 2013. One of the reasons might be Salmonella Enteritidis rising in laying hens flocks by around 17% in 2015 vs 2014 and by 57% in 2016 vs 2015. The most important sources of food-borne Salmonella outbreaks are still eggs and egg products as well as ready-to-eat foods having a long shelf life. Specific actions are suggested to restart decreasing the number of human salmonellosis: (1) revision of sampling schemes to solve pathogen under detection in both animals and foods; (2) integration of microbiological criteria with fit for purpose performance objectives and food safety objectives; and (3) improvement of epidemiological investigations of human, food, and animal isolates by using whole-genome sequencing in order to effectively track salmonellosis and verify which prevention measures are most effective.
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Macías-Farrera GP, de Oca Jiménez RM, Varela-Guerrero J, Tenorio-Borroto E, Rivera-Ramírez F, Monroy-Salazar HG, Yong-Angel G. Antibiotics susceptibility of quinolones against Salmonella spp. strains isolated and molecularly sequenced for gyrA gene. Microb Pathog 2018; 114:286-290. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2017.11.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2017] [Revised: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Laing CR, Whiteside MD, Gannon VPJ. Pan-genome Analyses of the Species Salmonella enterica, and Identification of Genomic Markers Predictive for Species, Subspecies, and Serovar. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1345. [PMID: 28824552 PMCID: PMC5534482 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Food safety is a global concern, with upward of 2.2 million deaths due to enteric disease every year. Current whole-genome sequencing platforms allow routine sequencing of enteric pathogens for surveillance, and during outbreaks; however, a remaining challenge is the identification of genomic markers that are predictive of strain groups that pose the most significant health threats to humans, or that can persist in specific environments. We have previously developed the software program Panseq, which identifies the pan-genome among a group of sequences, and the SuperPhy platform, which utilizes this pan-genome information to identify biomarkers that are predictive of groups of bacterial strains. In this study, we examined the pan-genome of 4893 genomes of Salmonella enterica, an enteric pathogen responsible for the loss of more disability adjusted life years than any other enteric pathogen. We identified a pan-genome of 25.3 Mbp, a strict core of 1.5 Mbp present in all genomes, and a conserved core of 3.2 Mbp found in at least 96% of these genomes. We also identified 404 genomic regions of 1000 bp that were specific to the species S. enterica. These species-specific regions were found to encode mostly hypothetical proteins, effectors, and other proteins related to virulence. For each of the six S. enterica subspecies, markers unique to each were identified. No serovar had pan-genome regions that were present in all of its genomes and absent in all other serovars; however, each serovar did have genomic regions that were universally present among all constituent members, and statistically predictive of the serovar. The phylogeny based on SNPs within the conserved core genome was found to be highly concordant to that produced by a phylogeny using the presence/absence of 1000 bp regions of the entire pan-genome. Future studies could use these predictive regions as components of a vaccine to prevent salmonellosis, as well as in simple and rapid diagnostic tests for both in silico and wet-lab applications, with uses ranging from food safety to public health. Lastly, the tools and methods described in this study could be applied as a pan-genomics framework to other population genomic studies seeking to identify markers for other bacterial species and their sub-groups.
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- Chad R Laing
- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of CanadaLethbridge, AB, Canada
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- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of CanadaLethbridge, AB, Canada
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- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of CanadaLethbridge, AB, Canada
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Yachison CA, Yoshida C, Robertson J, Nash JHE, Kruczkiewicz P, Taboada EN, Walker M, Reimer A, Christianson S, Nichani A, Nadon C. The Validation and Implications of Using Whole Genome Sequencing as a Replacement for Traditional Serotyping for a National Salmonella Reference Laboratory. Front Microbiol 2017. [PMID: 28649236 PMCID: PMC5465390 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Salmonella serotyping remains the gold-standard tool for the classification of Salmonella isolates and forms the basis of Canada’s national surveillance program for this priority foodborne pathogen. Public health officials have been increasingly looking toward whole genome sequencing (WGS) to provide a large set of data from which all the relevant information about an isolate can be mined. However, rigorous validation and careful consideration of potential implications in the replacement of traditional surveillance methodologies with WGS data analysis tools is needed. Two in silico tools for Salmonella serotyping have been developed, the Salmonella in silico Typing Resource (SISTR) and SeqSero, while seven gene MLST for serovar prediction can be adapted for in silico analysis. All three analysis methods were assessed and compared to traditional serotyping techniques using a set of 813 verified clinical and laboratory isolates, including 492 Canadian clinical isolates and 321 isolates of human and non-human sources. Successful results were obtained for 94.8, 88.2, and 88.3% of the isolates tested using SISTR, SeqSero, and MLST, respectively, indicating all would be suitable for maintaining historical records, surveillance systems, and communication structures currently in place and the choice of the platform used will ultimately depend on the users need. Results also pointed to the need to reframe serotyping in the genomic era as a test to understand the genes that are carried by an isolate, one which is not necessarily congruent with what is antigenically expressed. The adoption of WGS for serotyping will provide the simultaneous collection of information that can be used by multiple programs within the current surveillance paradigm; however, this does not negate the importance of the various programs or the role of serotyping going forward.
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- Chris A Yachison
- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, WinnipegMB, Canada.,Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, WinnipegMB, Canada
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- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, GuelphON, Canada
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- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, GuelphON, Canada
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- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, GuelphON, Canada
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- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, LethbridgeAB, Canada
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- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, LethbridgeAB, Canada
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- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, WinnipegMB, Canada
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- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, WinnipegMB, Canada
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- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, WinnipegMB, Canada
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- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, GuelphON, Canada
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- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, WinnipegMB, Canada.,Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, WinnipegMB, Canada
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Arya G, Holtslander R, Robertson J, Yoshida C, Harris J, Parmley J, Nichani A, Johnson R, Poppe C. Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Genoserotyping, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Prevention and Control of Non-Typhoidal Salmonella Serovars. CURRENT CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s40588-017-0057-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Evaluation of Molecular Methods for Identification of Salmonella Serovars. J Clin Microbiol 2016; 54:1992-8. [PMID: 27194688 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00262-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Classification by serotyping is the essential first step in the characterization of Salmonella isolates and is important for surveillance, source tracking, and outbreak detection. To improve detection and reduce the burden of salmonellosis, several rapid and high-throughput molecular Salmonella serotyping methods have been developed.The aim of this study was to compare three commercial kits, Salm SeroGen (Salm Sero-Genotyping AS-1 kit), Check&Trace (Check-Points), and xMAP (xMAP Salmonella serotyping assay), to the Salmonella genoserotyping array (SGSA) developed by our laboratory. They were assessed using a panel of 321 isolates that represent commonly reported serovars from human and nonhuman sources globally. The four methods correctly identified 73.8% to 94.7% of the isolates tested. The methods correctly identified 85% and 98% of the clinically important Salmonella serovars Enteritidis and Typhimurium, respectively. The methods correctly identified 75% to 100% of the nontyphoidal, broad host range Salmonella serovars, including Heidelberg, Hadar, Infantis, Kentucky, Montevideo, Newport, and Virchow. The sensitivity and specificity of Salmonella serovars Typhimurium and Enteritidis ranged from 85% to 100% and 99% to 100%, respectively.It is anticipated that whole-genome sequencing will replace serotyping in public health laboratories in the future. However, at present, it is approximately three times more expensive than molecular methods. Until consistent standards and methodologies are deployed for whole-genome sequencing, data analysis and interlaboratory comparability remain a challenge. The use of molecular serotyping will provide a valuable high-throughput alternative to traditional serotyping. This comprehensive analysis provides a detailed comparison of commercial kits available for the molecular serotyping of Salmonella.
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Zhou X, Zhang L, Shi C, Fratamico PM, Liu B, Paoli GC, Dan X, Zhuang X, Cui Y, Wang D, Shi X. Genome-Scale Screening and Validation of Targets for Identification of Salmonella enterica and Serovar Prediction. J Food Prot 2016; 79:376-83. [PMID: 26939647 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-15-286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Salmonella enterica is the most common foodborne pathogen worldwide, with 2,500 recognized serovars. Detection of S. enterica and its classification into serovars are essential for food safety surveillance and clinical diagnosis. The PCR method is useful for these applications because of its rapidity and high accuracy. We obtained 412 candidate detection targets for S. enterica using a comparative genomics mining approach. Gene ontology (GO) functional enrichment analysis of these candidate targets revealed that the GO term with the largest number of unigenes with known function (38 of 177, 21.5%) was significantly involved in pathogenesis (P < 10(-24)). All the candidate targets were then evaluated by PCR assays. Fifteen targets showed high specificity for the detection of S. enterica by verification with 151 S. enterica strains and 34 non-Salmonella strains. The phylogenetic trees of verified targets were highly comparable with those of housekeeping genes, especially for differentiating S. enterica strains into serovars. The serovar prediction ability was validated by sequencing one target (S9) for 39 S. enterica strains belonging to six serovars. Identical mutation sites existed in the same serovar, and different mutation sites were found in diverse serovars. Our findings revealed that 15 verified targets can be potentially used for molecular detection, and some of them can be used for serotyping of S. enterica strains.
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- Xiujuan Zhou
- Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and U.S. Department of Agriculture Joint Research Center for Food Safety, School of Agriculture and Biology, and State Key Lab of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and U.S. Department of Agriculture Joint Research Center for Food Safety, School of Agriculture and Biology, and State Key Lab of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and U.S. Department of Agriculture Joint Research Center for Food Safety, School of Agriculture and Biology, and State Key Lab of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 19038, USA
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Shaanxi Yangling, People's Republic of China
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 19038, USA
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- Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and U.S. Department of Agriculture Joint Research Center for Food Safety, School of Agriculture and Biology, and State Key Lab of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and U.S. Department of Agriculture Joint Research Center for Food Safety, School of Agriculture and Biology, and State Key Lab of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and U.S. Department of Agriculture Joint Research Center for Food Safety, School of Agriculture and Biology, and State Key Lab of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and U.S. Department of Agriculture Joint Research Center for Food Safety, School of Agriculture and Biology, and State Key Lab of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and U.S. Department of Agriculture Joint Research Center for Food Safety, School of Agriculture and Biology, and State Key Lab of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China.
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Yoshida CE, Kruczkiewicz P, Laing CR, Lingohr EJ, Gannon VPJ, Nash JHE, Taboada EN. The Salmonella In Silico Typing Resource (SISTR): An Open Web-Accessible Tool for Rapidly Typing and Subtyping Draft Salmonella Genome Assemblies. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0147101. [PMID: 26800248 PMCID: PMC4723315 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 329] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 12/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
For nearly 100 years serotyping has been the gold standard for the identification of Salmonella serovars. Despite the increasing adoption of DNA-based subtyping approaches, serotype information remains a cornerstone in food safety and public health activities aimed at reducing the burden of salmonellosis. At the same time, recent advances in whole-genome sequencing (WGS) promise to revolutionize our ability to perform advanced pathogen characterization in support of improved source attribution and outbreak analysis. We present the Salmonella In Silico Typing Resource (SISTR), a bioinformatics platform for rapidly performing simultaneous in silico analyses for several leading subtyping methods on draft Salmonella genome assemblies. In addition to performing serovar prediction by genoserotyping, this resource integrates sequence-based typing analyses for: Multi-Locus Sequence Typing (MLST), ribosomal MLST (rMLST), and core genome MLST (cgMLST). We show how phylogenetic context from cgMLST analysis can supplement the genoserotyping analysis and increase the accuracy of in silico serovar prediction to over 94.6% on a dataset comprised of 4,188 finished genomes and WGS draft assemblies. In addition to allowing analysis of user-uploaded whole-genome assemblies, the SISTR platform incorporates a database comprising over 4,000 publicly available genomes, allowing users to place their isolates in a broader phylogenetic and epidemiological context. The resource incorporates several metadata driven visualizations to examine the phylogenetic, geospatial and temporal distribution of genome-sequenced isolates. As sequencing of Salmonella isolates at public health laboratories around the world becomes increasingly common, rapid in silico analysis of minimally processed draft genome assemblies provides a powerful approach for molecular epidemiology in support of public health investigations. Moreover, this type of integrated analysis using multiple sequence-based methods of sub-typing allows for continuity with historical serotyping data as we transition towards the increasing adoption of genomic analyses in epidemiology. The SISTR platform is freely available on the web at https://lfz.corefacility.ca/sistr-app/.
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- Catherine E. Yoshida
- National Microbiology Laboratory at Guelph, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- National Microbiology Laboratory at Lethbridge, Public Health Agency of Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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- National Microbiology Laboratory at Lethbridge, Public Health Agency of Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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- National Microbiology Laboratory at Guelph, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- National Microbiology Laboratory at Lethbridge, Public Health Agency of Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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- National Microbiology Laboratory at Guelph, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- National Microbiology Laboratory at Lethbridge, Public Health Agency of Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Figueiredo R, Card R, Nunes C, AbuOun M, Bagnall MC, Nunez J, Mendonça N, Anjum MF, da Silva GJ. Virulence Characterization of Salmonella enterica by a New Microarray: Detection and Evaluation of the Cytolethal Distending Toxin Gene Activity in the Unusual Host S. Typhimurium. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0135010. [PMID: 26244504 PMCID: PMC4526557 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Accepted: 07/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Salmonella enterica is a zoonotic foodborne pathogen that causes acute gastroenteritis in humans. We assessed the virulence potential of one-hundred and six Salmonella strains isolated from food animals and products. A high through-put virulence genes microarray demonstrated Salmonella Pathogenicity Islands (SPI) and adherence genes were highly conserved, while prophages and virulence plasmid genes were variably present. Isolates were grouped by serotype, and virulence plasmids separated S. Typhimurium in two clusters. Atypical microarray results lead to whole genome sequencing (WGS) of S. Infantis Sal147, which identified deletion of thirty-eight SPI-1 genes. Sal147 was unable to invade HeLa cells and showed reduced mortality in Galleria mellonella infection model, in comparison to a SPI-1 harbouring S. Infantis. Microarray and WGS of S. Typhimurium Sal199, established for the first time in S. Typhimurium presence of cdtB and other Typhi-related genes. Characterization of Sal199 showed cdtB genes were upstream of transposase IS911, and co-expressed with other Typhi-related genes. Cell cycle arrest, cytoplasmic distension, and nuclear enlargement were detected in HeLa cells infected by Sal199, but not with S. Typhimurium LT2. Increased mortality of Galleria was detected on infection with Sal199 compared to LT2. Thus, Salmonella isolates were rapidly characterized using a high through-put microarray; helping to identify unusual virulence features which were corroborated by further characterisation. This work demonstrates that the use of suitable screening methods for Salmonella virulence can help assess the potential risk associated with certain Salmonella to humans. Incorporation of such methodology into surveillance could help reduce the risk of emergence of epidemic Salmonella strains.
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- Rui Figueiredo
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Bacteriology, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Bacteriology, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Bacteriology, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Bacteriology, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, United Kingdom
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- Specialist Scientific Support, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Bacteriology, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Chui L, Li V. Technical and Software Advances in Bacterial Pathogen Typing. METHODS IN MICROBIOLOGY 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mim.2015.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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