Pardo-Esté Coral, Lorca Diego, Castro-Severyn Juan, Krüger Gabriel, Alvarez-Thon Luis, Zepeda Phillippi, Sulbaran-Bracho Yoelvis, Hidalgo Alejandro, Tello Mario, Molina Franck, Molina Laurence, Remonsellez Francisco, Castro-Nallar Eduardo, Saavedra Claudia
Laboratorio de Microbiología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 8370186, Chile.
Laboratorio de Microbiología Aplicada y Extremófilos, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile.
Microorganisms. 2021 Nov 17;9(11):2370. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9112370.
comprises over 2500 serotypes and foodborne contamination associated with this pathogen remains an important health concern worldwide. During the last decade, a shift in serotype prevalence has occurred as traditionally less prevalent serotypes are increasing in frequency of infections, especially those related to poultry meat contamination. Infantis is one of the major emerging serotypes, and these strains commonly display antimicrobial resistance and can persist despite cleaning protocols. Thus, this work aimed to isolate . Infantis strains from a poultry meat farm in Santiago, Chile and to characterize genetic variations present in them. We determined their genomic and phenotypic profiles at different points along the production line. The results indicate that the strains encompass 853 polymorphic sites (core-SNPs) with isolates differing from one another by 0-347 core SNPs, suggesting variation among them; however, we found discrete correlations with the source of the sample in the production line. Furthermore, the pan-genome was composed of 4854 total gene clusters of which 2618 (53.9%) corresponds to the core-genome and only 181 (3.7%) are unique genes (those present in one particular strain). This preliminary analysis will enrich the surveillance of , yet further studies are required to assess their evolution and phylogeny.
包含超过2500种血清型,与这种病原体相关的食源性污染仍然是全球重要的健康问题。在过去十年中,血清型流行情况发生了变化,传统上不太常见的血清型感染频率在增加,尤其是那些与禽肉污染相关的血清型。婴儿血清型是主要的新兴血清型之一,这些菌株通常表现出抗菌抗性,并且尽管有清洁规程仍能持续存在。因此,这项工作旨在从智利圣地亚哥的一个禽肉农场分离婴儿血清型菌株,并对其中存在的基因变异进行表征。我们在生产线的不同点确定了它们的基因组和表型特征。结果表明,这些菌株包含853个多态性位点(核心单核苷酸多态性),分离株之间相差0 - 347个核心单核苷酸多态性,表明它们之间存在变异;然而,我们在生产线中发现了与样本来源的离散相关性。此外,泛基因组由总共4854个基因簇组成,其中2618个(53.9%)对应于核心基因组,只有181个(3.7%)是独特基因(存在于一个特定菌株中的基因)。这项初步分析将丰富对该血清型的监测,但还需要进一步研究来评估它们的进化和系统发育。