Detection of plasmids in Salmonella from poultry and investigating the potential horizontal transfer of antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes: PLASMID TRANSFER OF RESISTANCE AND VIRULENCE.

ABSTRACT: Antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) and virulence genes (VGs) have been widely reported in Salmonella which are major foodborne pathogens from poultry. This study assessed the replicon typing and conjugative ability of plasmids from poultry-derived Salmonella as well as ARGs and VGs carried by these plasmids using an in silico approach. Both PlasmidFinder 2.1 and VRprofile2 were employed to detect plasmids in Salmonella sequences downloaded from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Reference Sequences (RefSeq) database, and then oriTfinder was used to determine the conjugative ability of plasmids. The ARGs and VGs on plasmids were identified by both VRprofile2 and oriTfinder. The phenotypes of ARGs were predicted by ResFinder 4.1 and oriTfinder, while the phenotypes o

SUBMITTER: Lin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11664396 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature