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An Allelotyping PCR for Identifying Salmonella enterica serovars Enteritidis, Hadar, Heidelberg, and Typhimurium
Published on: July 22, 2011
Draft genome of a macrolide resistant XDR Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A strain using a shotgun sequencing
A Khatoon1, H M T Malik1, M Aurongzeb1
1Jamil-ur-Rahman Center for Genome Research, Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
Objectives:
Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A, the causative pathogen of enteric fever, is a major public-health concern affecting millions of people around the world. We conducted whole-genome sequencing and analysis of a novel macrolide-resistant Salmonella Paratyphi A strain isolated from Karachi, Pakistan.
Methods:
Genomic DNA of Salmonella Paratyphi A strain JRCGR-AK14 was sequenced on a MiSeq platform. Read quality was evaluated and paired-end reads were assembled into contigs and scaffolds. The quality of contigs and scaffolds was evaluated and assembled contigs were annotated. Virulence genes, antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs), tRNAs, rRNAs, coding sequences and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPRs) were identified. ARGs and mutations in quinolone-resistance determining regions (QRDRs) were identified by Antimicrobial Resistance Identification By Assembly (ARIBA) and ResFinder. Known and unknow mutations in the QRDRs were predicted.
Results:
The genome of Salmonella Paratyphi A was calculated at 4529866 bp with 4381 genes and 1088 hypothetical proteins. Several putative genes coding for multidrug efflux pumps were identified. In addition, gene mutations conferring resistance to nitrofurantoin (e.g. marA, mdsC, Escherichia coli soxS), pulvomycin (e.g. H-NS, cpxA, E. coli EF-Tu) and fosfomycin (CRP, kdpE, E. coli glpT) were also identified. Several ARGs along with the mobile genetic element transposon Tn10 were also identified. It is evident from the results that diverse redundant mechanisms are involved in regulation of drug resistance in this strain.
Conclusion:
The current findings provide valuable data for understanding the multidrug resistance and pathogenic characteristics of clinical Salmonella Paratyphi A isolates.
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