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Isolation, Identification, Antimicrobial Resistance, Genotyping, and Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis of Salmonella Enteritidis Isolated from a Food-Poisoning Incident Cover

Isolation, Identification, Antimicrobial Resistance, Genotyping, and Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis of Salmonella Enteritidis Isolated from a Food-Poisoning Incident

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|Mar 2024

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1.

Clinical symptoms and treatment of patient 21A.

Fig. 2.

The clinical symptoms and treatment of patient 21A.

Table I

Matching scores of mass spectrometry identification results.

Grade (quality)Matching modeScoreNCBI identifier
1 (++)Salmonella sp. (enterica st Hadar)Sa05 506 VAB2.030149385
2 (++)Salmonella sp. (enterica st Anatum)11 LAL2.02358712
3 (+)Salmonella sp. (choleraesuis)08 LAL1.998591
4 (+)Salmonella sp. (enterica st Dublin)Sa05 188 VAB1.97298360
5 (+)Salmonella sp. (enterica st Enterica)DSM 17058T HAM1.91559201
6 (+)Salmonella sp. (typhimurium)12 LAL1.894602
7 (+)Salmonella sp. (enteritidis)25089078 (PX)MLD1.885592
8 (+)Citrobacter koseri 9553-1 CHB1.783545
9 (+)Citrobacter koseri Mu15167-1 CHB1.753545
10 (+)Salmonella sp. (enterica st Stanley)15 LAL1.752192953
Fig. 3.

Circular representations of the genome and plasmid.

Table II

Basic genomic component information of strain 21A.

TypeNumberTotal length (bp)GC content (%)
Genome46634,118,71253.34
NumberTotal length (bp)In genome (%)
ncRNAtRNA211,6470.0347
5S rRNA89200.0193
16S rRNA710,7020.2253
23S rRNA720,4530.4306
sRNA687,9260.1669
Tandem RepeatTRF739,8510.2074
Minisatellite DNA503,6110.076
Microsatellite DNA51900.004
CRISPR21,1550.0243
Prophage9217,4354.5787
Fig. 4.

Resistance genes annotated with 21A based on CARD database.

Table III

Resistant antimicrobial phenotype for strain 21A.

Type of antibioticsDrugMICResistance
β-lactamAmpicillin≥ 32 μg/mlR
Piperacillin≥ 128 μg/mlR
Ampicillin/sulbactam≥ 32 μg/mlR
Piperacillin/sulbactam≤ 4 μg/mlS
Cefoperazone25 mmS
Cefatriaxone≤ 1 μg/mlS
Ceftazidime≤ 1 μg/mlS
Cefepime≤ 1 μg/mlS
Aztreonam≤ 1 μg/mlS
CarbopenemImipenem≤ 1 μg/mlS
Meropenem≤ 1 μg/mlS
SulfonamideCompound sulfamethoxazole≤ 20 μg/mlS
NitrofuranFuradantin≥ 128 μg/mlI
QuinoloneLevofloxacin≥ 8 μg/mlR
Ciprofloxacin≥ 4 μg/mlR

1 S – susceptibility, I – intermediate susceptibility, R – resistance

Table IV

VFDB database predicted the virulence factors of strain 21A.

TypeGenes
TTSSSPI-1avrA, hilCD, iacP, iagB, invABCEFGHIJ, orgABC, prgHIJK, sicAP, sipABCD, sitABCD, sopABDEE2, spaOPQRS, sprB, sptP, steA
SPI-2pipBB2, sifAB, sopD2, ssaCDEGHIJKLMNOPQRTUV, sscAB, sseBCDEFGIJKL, sspH2, ssrAB, steC
SPI-3mgtBC, misL
SPI-4siiE
T3SSABB77417, hopAN1, hrpH, mlr6326, RSp0731, spvABCDR
Flagella and chemotaxisFlagellafleQ, fleR
Polar flagellafleR/flrC, nueA, flrA, flmH
Lateral flagellalafK
Peritrichous flagellacheABDRWYZ, flgABCDEFGHIJKLMN, flhABCDE, fliABDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTYZ, fljB, flk, motAB, tar/cheM
FimbriaeFimbrial subunitbcfADEF, lpfE, pefA, pegA, safD, stbA, steADEF, stfAEFG, sthDE, stiA
Fimbrial chaperonebcfBC, fimC, lpfB, safB, sefB, stbBE, stdC, steC, stiB
Type IV pilivfr, rpoN, pilRTW
Other related genesalgU, bcfC, fimADFHIWYZ, lpfAD, pefB, pegC, safC, sefCR, stbCD, stdAB, steB, stfC, sthA, stiCH
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)LOSgalU, gmhA, htrB, kdsA, lpxABCDHK, msbA, opsX, orfM, rfaDEF, wbaP, wecA
O-antigenddhACD, prt, wbcC
Other related genesacpXL, bplF, fabZ, gtrAB, hisH2, kdtB, orfH, pagP, waaGP
AdhesinsbcfH, csgABCDEFG, lpfC, pagN, pefCD, stdD, stfD, sthBC, upaGH
Capsulecap8J, cpsF, galF, gmd, gnd, kpsF, manB, oppF, rmlAB, uppS, wbfBD, wcaHI, wcbN, wzb
Efflux pumpadeFG, ccmB, fbpC, fepC, hitC, mtrE, phuU, sugC
OthershlyA, entABCDEFS, rck, sodB, sodCI, acrB, allABCDRS, bfmR, btpA, cesT, clpEP, fes, icl, mip, pvcC, ratB, ricA, sinH, cofT, virB, mig-5
Fig. 5.

A, B, C, D, E, F. Functional annotations of 21A resistance genes and virulence genes based on database searches.

Fig. 6.

Minimum spanning tree based on MLST.

Fig. 7.

Phylogenetic tree based on SNPs and the distribution of resistance genes.

Fig. 8.

A, B, C. Core and pan genome analysis.

Fig. 9.

SNP distributions in the chromosome gene cluster of strain 21A.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2024-008 | Journal eISSN: 2544-4646 | Journal ISSN: 1733-1331
Language: English
Page range: 69 - 89
Submitted on: Sep 17, 2023
Accepted on: Jan 21, 2024
Published on: Mar 4, 2024
Published by: Polish Society of Microbiologists
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2024 Zhuru Hou, Benjin Xu, Ling Liu, Rongrong Yan, Jinjing Zhang, published by Polish Society of Microbiologists
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