Comparative genomic insights into - a commonly misidentified -like organism.
Scott Van Nguyen, Dechamma Mundanda Muthappa, Athmanya K Eshwar, James F Buckley, Brenda P Murphy, Roger Stephan, Angelika Lehner, Séamus Fanning
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Scott Van Nguyen: UCD-Centre for Food Safety, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Sports Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin D04 N2E5, Ireland.
Dechamma Mundanda Muthappa: UCD-Centre for Food Safety, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Sports Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin D04 N2E5, Ireland.
Athmanya K Eshwar: Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
James F Buckley: Veterinary Food Safety Laboratory, Cork County Council, Inniscarra, Co. Cork and Department of Microbiology, National University of Ireland, Cork, College Road, Cork, Ireland.
Brenda P Murphy: Veterinary Food Safety Laboratory, Cork County Council, Inniscarra, Co. Cork and Department of Microbiology, National University of Ireland, Cork, College Road, Cork, Ireland.
Roger Stephan: Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Angelika Lehner: Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Séamus Fanning: UCD-Centre for Food Safety, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Sports Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin D04 N2E5, Ireland.
Food-associated outbreaks linked to enteropathogenic are of concern to public health. Pigs and their meat are recognized risk factors for transmission of . This study aimed to describe the comparative genomics of along with a number of misclassified isolates, now constituting the recently described . The latter was originally cultured from an environmental sample taken at a pig slaughterhouse. Unique features were identified in the genome of including a novel integrative conjugative element (ICE), denoted as ICE contained within a 255 kbp region of plasticity. In addition, a zebrafish embryo infection model was adapted and applied to assess the virulence potential among isolates including .