In vivo passage of Salmonella Typhimurium results in minor mutations in the bacterial genome and increases in vitro invasiveness

Abstract Eggs and raw or undercooked egg-containing food items are frequently identified as the bacterial source during epidemiolocal investigation of Salmonella outbreaks. Multi-locus variable number of tandem repeats analysis (MLVA) is a widely used Salmonella typing method enabling the study of d...

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Main Authors: Andrea R. McWhorter, Rick Tearle, Talia S. Moyle, Kapil K. Chousalkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Veterinary Research
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13567-019-0688-1