Diversity Among Clinical and Fresh Produce Isolates of <i>Stenotrophomonas</i>: Insights Through a One Health Perspective.

ABSTRACT: Fresh produce represents a key interface in the One Health continuum, connecting environmental, agricultural and clinical settings where opportunistic bacteria can circulate. Among them, Stenotrophomonas comprises an environmental genus of growing concern due to its multidrug resistance and rising clinical relevance. To investigate their diversity and pathogenic potential, nineteen isolates from vegetables, irrigation water and hospital sources were characterized by MLST, growth kinetics, biofilm formation, antimicrobial susceptibility assays and whole-genome sequencing. Phylogenetic analyses grouped 12 isolates within the Stenotrophomonas maltophilia complex (SMC) (clinical S. maltophilia (n = 7) and environmental S. geniculata (n = 4) and S. sepilia (n

SUBMITTER: Pintor-Cora A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12785630 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature