Draft Genome Sequences of 278 Salmonella enterica Isolates from Poultry Litter in the Southeastern United States.

Alan GutierrezRebecca BellKeith R Schneider

Published in: Microbiology resource announcements (2022)

Salmonella enterica continues to be a pervasive food safety concern in the poultry industry, contributing to the annual burden of foodborne illnesses in the United States. Poultry litter is a known environmental source for the transmission of Salmonella among broiler flocks. Here, we describe the draft genome sequences of 278 S. enterica isolates collected from poultry litter in Florida.

Keyphrases

human health
antimicrobial resistance
escherichia coli
genome wide
heat stress
risk factors
gene expression