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A unique megaplasmid contributes to stress tolerance and pathogenicity of an emergent Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis strain.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Apr 2014
Aviv Gili, Tsyba Katherine, Steck Natalie, Salmon-Divon Mali, Cornelius Antje, Rahav Galia, Grassl Guntram A, Gal-Mor Ohad
Abstract excerpt
Of all known Salmonella enterica serovars, S. Infantis is one of the most commonly isolated and has been recently emerging worldwide. To understand the recent emergence of S. Infantis in Israel, we performed extensive comparative analyses between pre-emergent and the clonal emergent S. Infantis populations. We demonstrate the fixation of adaptive mutations in the DNA gyrase (gyrA) and nitroreductase (nfsA) genes,...
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