Local and Environmental Reservoirs of Salmonella enterica After Hurricane Florence Flooding.

ABSTRACT: In many regions of the world, including the United States, human and animal fecal genetic markers have been found in flood waters. In this study, we use high-resolution whole genomic sequencing to examine the origin and distribution of Salmonella enterica after the 2018 Hurricane Florence flooding. We specifically asked whether S. enterica isolated from water samples collected near swine farms in North Carolina shortly after Hurricane Florence had evidence of swine origin. To investigate this, we isolated and fully sequenced 18 independent S. enterica strains from 10 locations (five flooded and five unflooded). We found that all strains have extremely similar chromosomes with only five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and possessed two plasmids assigned bioinform

SUBMITTER: Mao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10624599 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature