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Zoonotic Source Attribution of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Using Genomic Surveillance Data, United States.

ABSTRACT: Increasingly, routine surveillance and monitoring of foodborne pathogens using whole-genome sequencing is creating opportunities to study foodborne illness epidemiology beyond routine outbreak investigations and case-control studies. Using a global phylogeny of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium, we found that major livestock sources of the pathogen in the United States can be predicted through whole-genome sequencing data. Relatively steady rates of sequence divergence in livestock lineages enabled the inference of their recent origins. Elevated accumulation of lineage-specific pseudogenes after divergence from generalist populations and possible metabolic acclimation in a representative swine isolate indicates possible emergence of host adaptation. We developed and retrospectively applied a machine learning Random Forest classifier for genomic source prediction of Salmonella Typhimurium that correctly attributed 7 of 8 major zoonotic outbreaks in the United States during 1998-2013. We further identified 50 key genetic features that were sufficient for robust livestock source prediction.

SUBMITTER: Zhang S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6302586 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Project description:Regulation of flagellum biosynthesis is a hierarchical process that is tightly controlled to allow for efficient tuning of flagellar expression. Flagellum-mediated motility directs Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium toward the epithelial surface to enhance gut colonization, but flagella are potent activators of innate immune signaling, so fine-tuning flagellar expression is necessary for immune avoidance. In this work, we evaluate the role of the LysR transcriptional regulator YeiE in regulating flagellum-mediated motility. We show that yeiE is necessary and sufficient for swimming motility. A ΔyeiE mutant is defective for gut colonization in both the calf ligated ileal loop model and the murine colitis model due to its lack of motility. Expression of flagellar class 2 and 3 but not class 1 genes is reduced in the ΔyeiE mutant. We linked the motility dysregulation of the ΔyeiE mutant to repression of the anti-FlhD4C2 factor STM1697. Together, our results indicate that YeiE promotes virulence by enhancing cell motility, thereby providing a new regulatory control point for flagellar expression in Salmonella Typhimurium. IMPORTANCE The ability to finely tune virulence factor gene expression is required for bacterial pathogens to successfully colonize a host. Flagellum-mediated motility is critical for many gut pathogens to establish productive infections. However, flagella activate the immune system, leading to bacterial clearance; therefore, tight control of flagellar gene expression enhances bacterial fitness in the host. Here, we demonstrate that the transcriptional regulator YeiE acts as a control point for flagellar gene expression and is required for Salmonella Typhimurium to establish a productive infection in mammals. The expression of an inhibitor of flagellar biogenesis is repressed in the absence of yeiE. Our work adds a new layer to the tightly controlled cascade regulating control of flagellar gene expression to facilitate the fitness of an enteric pathogen.

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Zoonotic Source Attribution of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Using Genomic Surveillance Data, United States.

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