Draft genome sequences of <i>Salmonella</i> recovered from organic and conventional retail chickens in Maryland, USA
We report the draft genome sequences of 94 multidrug-resistant <i>Salmonella</i> isolates (<i>S</i>. Infantis, Enteritidis, and Typhimurium) from organic and conventional retail chickens in Maryland, USA (average genome size = 4.97 Mb; guanine-cytosine content = 52.12%). These isolates harbored diverse antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes, <i>Salmonella</i> pathogenicity islands, and plasmids, highlighting potential public health risks.
Authors
- Anuradha Jeewantha Punchihewage-Don (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1510-8551)
- Zhao Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1784-167X)
- Salina Parveen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1917-3847)
- Jianghong Meng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8623-6764)
Institutions
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (US)
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microbiology Resource Announcements
- Published
- 2025-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01035-24
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16