Open AccessGenome Sequences of Salmonella enterica Serovar Heidelberg Isolates Isolated in the United States from a Multistate Outbreak of Human Salmonella Infections
Author(s) -
Maria Hoffmann,
Yan Luo,
Patricia C. Lafon,
Ruth Timme,
Marc W. Allard,
Patrick F. McDermott,
Eric W. Brown,
Shaohua Zhao
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
genome announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2169-8287
DOI - 10.1128/genomea.00004-12
Subject(s) - salmonella enterica , serotype , outbreak , salmonella , biology , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , genome , genetics , gene , bacteria
Salmonella enterica is recognized as one of the most common bacterial agents of foodborne illness. We report draft genomes of four Salmonella serovar Heidelberg isolates associated with the recent multistate outbreak of human Salmonella Heidelberg infections linked to kosher broiled chicken livers in the United States in 2011. Isolates 2011K-1259 and 2011K-1232 were recovered from humans, whereas 2011K-1724 and 2011K-1726 were isolated from chicken liver. Whole genome sequence analysis of these isolates provides a tool for studying the short-term evolution of these epidemic clones and can be used for characterizing potentially new virulence factors.