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. 2018 Nov 1;7(17):e01191-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01191-18

Draft Genome Sequences of 57 Salmonella enterica Strains from Selected U.S. Swine Feed Mills

Sara Lomonaco a,, Gabriela Magossi b, Maria Sanchez Leon a, Daniela Miller a, George J Kastanis a, Sandra M Tallent a, Marc W Allard a, Eric W Brown a, Valentina Trinetta b
Editor: David A Baltrusc
PMCID: PMC6256493  PMID: 30533758

The number of Salmonella infection cases linked to pork products has increased. Pathogen presence in the feed mill environment is one of the many potential transmission routes into the food production chain.

ABSTRACT

The number of Salmonella infection cases linked to pork products has increased. Pathogen presence in the feed mill environment is one of the many potential transmission routes into the food production chain. Here, we describe the draft genome sequences of 57 Salmonella enterica isolates from selected U.S. swine feed mills.

ANNOUNCEMENT

Salmonella enterica, one of the most important pathogens in the food industry, is the leading cause of bacterial foodborne disease in the United States (1). While the impact on human health alone is enormous, there are also substantial economic repercussions of Salmonella outbreaks across the food industry. Therefore, it is important to have molecular typing data for well-characterized isolates from various sources. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has been increasingly used to characterize food and clinical Salmonella isolates (2).

Here, we describe the draft genome sequences of 57 S. enterica isolates collected during 2016 and 2017 from 11 U.S. swine feed mills (from 8 U.S. states) producing mash feed and/or pelleted feed (3). Within each mill, 12 sites were sampled, as follows: floor surfaces (n = 5), equipment (n = 4), brooms (n = 1), worker shoes (n = 1), and finished feed (n = 1). Samples were analyzed following the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) guidelines (4), and identification was confirmed by PCR (5). Overnight tryptone soy broth cultures of positive isolates were subjected to DNA extraction using the DNeasy blood and tissue kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany). Paired-end DNA libraries were prepared with the Nextera XT DNA library preparation kit, and WGS was carried out on either a MiSeq or NextSeq sequencer, using a 500-cycle MiSeq reagent V2 kit or a 300-cycle NextSeq 500/550 high-output V2 kit, respectively (Illumina, San Diego, CA). Unless otherwise noted, default parameters were used in all analyses. De novo genome assemblies were obtained with the Shovill pipeline version 0.9 (https://github.com/tseemann/shovill), available in the GalaxyTrakr pipeline (https://www.galaxytrakr.org; see reference 6). The “trim reads” option was selected, and 500 bp was set as the minimum contig length. ResFinder and SPIFinder from the Center for Genomic Epidemiology were used to identify antibiotic resistance (AMR) genes and Salmonella pathogenicity islands (SPIs) in the draft genomes, respectively (https://cge.cbs.dtu.dk/services/). Draft genomes were annotated using the NCBI’s Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline (7). Salmonella serotypes were predicted from draft genomes with SeqSero 1.0 (http://www.denglab.info/SeqSero; see reference 8). Draft genomes ranged between 4,484,198 and 5,116,995 Mb in size, with 52% average GC content. The number of contigs for each isolate ranged from 29 to 86. The isolates belonged to 15 different serotypes, namely, Salmonella enterica serotypes Agona (n = 14), Mbandaka (n = 13), Senftenberg (n = 7), Schwarzengrund (n = 6), Rissen (n = 3), and Hartford and Typhimurium (n = 2 each). Nine serotypes were observed in only one isolate each, Salmonella enterica serotypes Bareilly, Braenderup, Cubana, Javiana, Kiambu, Poona, Soerenga, Worthington, and the potential monophasic variant of S. enterica serotype Typhimurium (I 4,[5],12:i:−). AMR genes were detected in 30 out of 57 strains, including those encoding tetracycline, phenicol, aminoglycoside, and beta-lactam resistance. Up to 12 SPIs were detected in these genomes, including SPI-1, SPI-2 and SPI-4, which encode predicted type I and type III secretion systems (9). The described draft genome sequences will be useful in comparative genomic analyses of S. enterica from the pork production chain in terms of phylogenetic insights into their evolution and support of further epidemiological investigations of outbreaks.

Data availability.

This whole-genome shotgun project has been deposited in DDBJ/ENA/GenBank under accession numbers QUTN00000000 to QUVQ00000000 and QUZX00000000 (Table 1). The first versions (QUTN01000000 to QUVQ01000000 and QUZX01000000) are described here.

TABLE 1.

Metadata for the 57 Salmonella enterica strains isolated from different feed mills in the United States between 2016 and 2017

Sample identifier BioSample no. Run no. Accession no. No. of
contigs
Total length
(bp)
N50 (bp) GC content
(%)
Genome
coverage (×)
CFSAN071932 SAMN08057838 SRR6959189 QUTN00000000 52 5,012,146 260,770 51.8 71
CFSAN071933 SAMN08057839 SRR6959212 QUTO00000000 49 5,010,824 235,309 51.8 91
CFSAN071934 SAMN08057843 SRR6957504 QUTP00000000 49 5,010,127 260,945 51.8 89
CFSAN071935 SAMN08057815 SRR6957525 QUTQ00000000 86 5,116,995 271,078 52.1 135
CFSAN071936 SAMN08057823 SRR6959053 QUTR00000000 56 4,974,144 235,297 51.8 123
CFSAN071937 SAMN08057820 SRR6959057 QUTS00000000 39 4,780,443 292,436 52.1 148
CFSAN071938 SAMN08057858 SRR6959072 QUTT00000000 43 4,782,578 268,283 52.1 133
CFSAN071940 SAMN08057866 SRR6959115 QUTU00000000 41 4,484,295 381,546 52.2 112
CFSAN071941 SAMN08057869 SRR6958537 QUTV00000000 39 4,484,198 381,546 52.2 139
CFSAN071943 SAMN08057863 SRR7545387 QUTW00000000 36 4,943,381 341,411 51.8 135
CFSAN071944 SAMN08057865 SRR6957683 QUTX00000000 56 4,797,481 381,076 52.2 139
CFSAN071945 SAMN08057879 SRR6959319 QUTY00000000 61 4,689,856 236,673 52.1 127
CFSAN071946 SAMN08057880 SRR6959315 QUTZ00000000 45 4,973,164 389,983 52 139
CFSAN071947 SAMN08057876 SRR6959018 QUUA00000000 39 4,974,888 390,021 52 154
CFSAN071948 SAMN08057877 SRR6959052 QUUB00000000 43 4,672,093 235,297 52.2 74
CFSAN071949 SAMN08057888 SRR6958605 QUUC00000000 40 4,974,485 412,899 52 140
CFSAN071950 SAMN08057887 SRR6958972 QUUD00000000 50 4,971,687 317,512 52 127
CFSAN071951 SAMN08057883 SRR6957691 QUUE00000000 39 4,978,782 412,745 52 51
CFSAN071952 SAMN08057882 SRR6959190 QUUF00000000 42 4,830,818 401,049 52.2 186
CFSAN071953 SAMN08057886 SRR6959322 QUUG00000000 53 4,689,837 278,573 52.1 164
CFSAN071954 SAMN08057885 SRR6959202 QUUH00000000 29 4,780,916 408,171 52 164
CFSAN071955 SAMN08057836 SRR6959274 QUUI00000000 33 4,707,452 389,545 52.1 125
CFSAN071956 SAMN08057825 SRR6958149 QUUJ00000000 58 4,696,591 245,410 52.1 160
CFSAN071957 SAMN08057821 SRR6958145 QUUK00000000 60 4,696,272 259,971 52.1 181
CFSAN071958 SAMN08057819 SRR6958473 QUUL00000000 57 4,690,445 259,968 52.1 182
CFSAN071959 SAMN08057816 SRR6958470 QUUM00000000 59 4,690,960 235,297 52.1 187
CFSAN071960 SAMN08057868 SRR6958115 QUUN00000000 45 4,813,521 322,240 52.2 187
CFSAN071961 SAMN08057881 SRR6956165 QUUO00000000 39 4,781,312 440,059 52.1 177
CFSAN071964 SAMN08057864 SRR6957524 QUUP00000000 38 4,721,388 363,871 52.1 127
CFSAN071965 SAMN08057889 SRR6957526 QUUQ00000000 74 4,978,222 214,013 52.1 133
CFSAN071966 SAMN08057809 SRR6957442 QUUR00000000 78 4,980,304 214,013 52.1 134
CFSAN071967 SAMN08057806 SRR6956728 QUUS00000000 67 4,936,335 146,406 52.1 117
CFSAN071968 SAMN08057804 SRR6956712 QUUT00000000 35 4,708,769 437,088 52.3 148
CFSAN071969 SAMN08057824 SRR6956669 QUUU00000000 46 4,780,193 267,610 52.1 144
CFSAN071970 SAMN08057822 SRR6651925 QUUV00000000 32 4,829,698 447,189 52.1 175
CFSAN071971 SAMN08057833 SRR6653453 QUUW00000000 34 4,827,673 447,721 52.1 182
CFSAN071972 SAMN08057832 SRR6653448 QUUX00000000 41 4,760,816 280,947 52 156
CFSAN071973 SAMN08057831 SRR6651923 QUUY00000000 55 5,010,453 350,213 51.8 143
CFSAN071974 SAMN08057842 SRR6653464 QUUZ00000000 54 4,994,979 307,967 51.8 146
CFSAN071975 SAMN08057848 SRR6653465 QUVA00000000 51 4,994,206 307,967 51.8 125
CFSAN071976 SAMN08057856 SRR6654229 QUVB00000000 48 4,994,668 360,164 51.8 194
CFSAN071977 SAMN08057857 SRR6654195 QUVC00000000 47 4,995,733 329,065 51.8 212
CFSAN071978 SAMN08057853 SRR6654125 QUVD00000000 55 5,008,977 350,306 51.8 189
CFSAN071979 SAMN08057849 SRR6654123 QUVE00000000 50 4,996,561 307,967 51.8 181
CFSAN071980 SAMN08057850 SRR6651152 QUVF00000000 50 5,007,268 307,967 51.8 231
CFSAN071981 SAMN08057847 SRR6651155 QUVG00000000 56 5,009,733 307,967 51.8 208
CFSAN071982 SAMN08057855 SRR6651156 QUVH00000000 49 4,994,374 360,164 51.8 228
CFSAN071983 SAMN08057854 SRR6650949 QUVI00000000 50 4,995,973 307,793 51.8 227
CFSAN071984 SAMN08057851 SRR6650951 QUVJ00000000 54 5,008,558 350,213 51.8 143
CFSAN071985 SAMN08057871 SRR6651157 QUVK00000000 52 5,010,076 328,176 51.8 164
CFSAN071986 SAMN08057870 SRR6650950 QUVL00000000 55 5,008,380 307,967 51.8 129
CFSAN071990 SAMN08057875 SRR6958062 QUVM00000000 41 4,745,986 454,049 52.2 110
CFSAN071991 SAMN08057874 SRR6957337 QUVN00000000 51 4,835,035 246,700 52.1 48
CFSAN071992 SAMN08057873 SRR7771352 QUVO00000000 47 4,843,802 262,144 52.1 88
CFSAN071993 SAMN08057805 SRR6958582 QUVP00000000 37 4,794,792 281,696 52 74
CFSAN071994 SAMN08057807 SRR6957350 QUVQ00000000 39 4,794,849 276,964 52 128
CFSAN074091 SAMN09695778 SRR7545388 QUZX00000000 41 4,974,987 412,331 52 322

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This work was supported by the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This project was also supported in part by an appointment to the Research Participation Program at the CFSAN, U.S. FDA, administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education through an interagency agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy and the FDA.

The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. FDA. The use of trade names and commercial sources is for identification purposes only and does not imply endorsement.

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Data Availability Statement

This whole-genome shotgun project has been deposited in DDBJ/ENA/GenBank under accession numbers QUTN00000000 to QUVQ00000000 and QUZX00000000 (Table 1). The first versions (QUTN01000000 to QUVQ01000000 and QUZX01000000) are described here.

TABLE 1.

Metadata for the 57 Salmonella enterica strains isolated from different feed mills in the United States between 2016 and 2017

Sample identifier BioSample no. Run no. Accession no. No. of
contigs
Total length
(bp)
N50 (bp) GC content
(%)
Genome
coverage (×)
CFSAN071932 SAMN08057838 SRR6959189 QUTN00000000 52 5,012,146 260,770 51.8 71
CFSAN071933 SAMN08057839 SRR6959212 QUTO00000000 49 5,010,824 235,309 51.8 91
CFSAN071934 SAMN08057843 SRR6957504 QUTP00000000 49 5,010,127 260,945 51.8 89
CFSAN071935 SAMN08057815 SRR6957525 QUTQ00000000 86 5,116,995 271,078 52.1 135
CFSAN071936 SAMN08057823 SRR6959053 QUTR00000000 56 4,974,144 235,297 51.8 123
CFSAN071937 SAMN08057820 SRR6959057 QUTS00000000 39 4,780,443 292,436 52.1 148
CFSAN071938 SAMN08057858 SRR6959072 QUTT00000000 43 4,782,578 268,283 52.1 133
CFSAN071940 SAMN08057866 SRR6959115 QUTU00000000 41 4,484,295 381,546 52.2 112
CFSAN071941 SAMN08057869 SRR6958537 QUTV00000000 39 4,484,198 381,546 52.2 139
CFSAN071943 SAMN08057863 SRR7545387 QUTW00000000 36 4,943,381 341,411 51.8 135
CFSAN071944 SAMN08057865 SRR6957683 QUTX00000000 56 4,797,481 381,076 52.2 139
CFSAN071945 SAMN08057879 SRR6959319 QUTY00000000 61 4,689,856 236,673 52.1 127
CFSAN071946 SAMN08057880 SRR6959315 QUTZ00000000 45 4,973,164 389,983 52 139
CFSAN071947 SAMN08057876 SRR6959018 QUUA00000000 39 4,974,888 390,021 52 154
CFSAN071948 SAMN08057877 SRR6959052 QUUB00000000 43 4,672,093 235,297 52.2 74
CFSAN071949 SAMN08057888 SRR6958605 QUUC00000000 40 4,974,485 412,899 52 140
CFSAN071950 SAMN08057887 SRR6958972 QUUD00000000 50 4,971,687 317,512 52 127
CFSAN071951 SAMN08057883 SRR6957691 QUUE00000000 39 4,978,782 412,745 52 51
CFSAN071952 SAMN08057882 SRR6959190 QUUF00000000 42 4,830,818 401,049 52.2 186
CFSAN071953 SAMN08057886 SRR6959322 QUUG00000000 53 4,689,837 278,573 52.1 164
CFSAN071954 SAMN08057885 SRR6959202 QUUH00000000 29 4,780,916 408,171 52 164
CFSAN071955 SAMN08057836 SRR6959274 QUUI00000000 33 4,707,452 389,545 52.1 125
CFSAN071956 SAMN08057825 SRR6958149 QUUJ00000000 58 4,696,591 245,410 52.1 160
CFSAN071957 SAMN08057821 SRR6958145 QUUK00000000 60 4,696,272 259,971 52.1 181
CFSAN071958 SAMN08057819 SRR6958473 QUUL00000000 57 4,690,445 259,968 52.1 182
CFSAN071959 SAMN08057816 SRR6958470 QUUM00000000 59 4,690,960 235,297 52.1 187
CFSAN071960 SAMN08057868 SRR6958115 QUUN00000000 45 4,813,521 322,240 52.2 187
CFSAN071961 SAMN08057881 SRR6956165 QUUO00000000 39 4,781,312 440,059 52.1 177
CFSAN071964 SAMN08057864 SRR6957524 QUUP00000000 38 4,721,388 363,871 52.1 127
CFSAN071965 SAMN08057889 SRR6957526 QUUQ00000000 74 4,978,222 214,013 52.1 133
CFSAN071966 SAMN08057809 SRR6957442 QUUR00000000 78 4,980,304 214,013 52.1 134
CFSAN071967 SAMN08057806 SRR6956728 QUUS00000000 67 4,936,335 146,406 52.1 117
CFSAN071968 SAMN08057804 SRR6956712 QUUT00000000 35 4,708,769 437,088 52.3 148
CFSAN071969 SAMN08057824 SRR6956669 QUUU00000000 46 4,780,193 267,610 52.1 144
CFSAN071970 SAMN08057822 SRR6651925 QUUV00000000 32 4,829,698 447,189 52.1 175
CFSAN071971 SAMN08057833 SRR6653453 QUUW00000000 34 4,827,673 447,721 52.1 182
CFSAN071972 SAMN08057832 SRR6653448 QUUX00000000 41 4,760,816 280,947 52 156
CFSAN071973 SAMN08057831 SRR6651923 QUUY00000000 55 5,010,453 350,213 51.8 143
CFSAN071974 SAMN08057842 SRR6653464 QUUZ00000000 54 4,994,979 307,967 51.8 146
CFSAN071975 SAMN08057848 SRR6653465 QUVA00000000 51 4,994,206 307,967 51.8 125
CFSAN071976 SAMN08057856 SRR6654229 QUVB00000000 48 4,994,668 360,164 51.8 194
CFSAN071977 SAMN08057857 SRR6654195 QUVC00000000 47 4,995,733 329,065 51.8 212
CFSAN071978 SAMN08057853 SRR6654125 QUVD00000000 55 5,008,977 350,306 51.8 189
CFSAN071979 SAMN08057849 SRR6654123 QUVE00000000 50 4,996,561 307,967 51.8 181
CFSAN071980 SAMN08057850 SRR6651152 QUVF00000000 50 5,007,268 307,967 51.8 231
CFSAN071981 SAMN08057847 SRR6651155 QUVG00000000 56 5,009,733 307,967 51.8 208
CFSAN071982 SAMN08057855 SRR6651156 QUVH00000000 49 4,994,374 360,164 51.8 228
CFSAN071983 SAMN08057854 SRR6650949 QUVI00000000 50 4,995,973 307,793 51.8 227
CFSAN071984 SAMN08057851 SRR6650951 QUVJ00000000 54 5,008,558 350,213 51.8 143
CFSAN071985 SAMN08057871 SRR6651157 QUVK00000000 52 5,010,076 328,176 51.8 164
CFSAN071986 SAMN08057870 SRR6650950 QUVL00000000 55 5,008,380 307,967 51.8 129
CFSAN071990 SAMN08057875 SRR6958062 QUVM00000000 41 4,745,986 454,049 52.2 110
CFSAN071991 SAMN08057874 SRR6957337 QUVN00000000 51 4,835,035 246,700 52.1 48
CFSAN071992 SAMN08057873 SRR7771352 QUVO00000000 47 4,843,802 262,144 52.1 88
CFSAN071993 SAMN08057805 SRR6958582 QUVP00000000 37 4,794,792 281,696 52 74
CFSAN071994 SAMN08057807 SRR6957350 QUVQ00000000 39 4,794,849 276,964 52 128
CFSAN074091 SAMN09695778 SRR7545388 QUZX00000000 41 4,974,987 412,331 52 322

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