Link to the University of Pittsburgh Homepage
Link to the University Library System Homepage Link to the Contact Us Form
D-Scholarship @ Pitt Banner and Links to Homepage

Multilocus sequence typing as a replacement for serotyping in Salmonella enterica

Achtman, M and Wain, J and Weill, FX and Nair, S and Zhou, Z and Sangal, V and Krauland, MG and Hale, JL and Harbottle, H and Uesbeck, A and Dougan, G and Harrison, LH and Brisse, S (2012) Multilocus sequence typing as a replacement for serotyping in Salmonella enterica. PLoS Pathogens, 8 (6). ISSN 1553-7366

[img]
Preview
 PDF
Published Version
Available under License : See the attached license file.
Download (1MB) | Preview
[img] Plain Text (licence)
Available under License : See the attached license file.
Download (1kB)

Abstract

Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica is traditionally subdivided into serovars by serological and nutritional characteristics. We used Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) to assign 4,257 isolates from 554 serovars to 1092 sequence types (STs). The majority of the isolates and many STs were grouped into 138 genetically closely related clusters called eBurstGroups (eBGs). Many eBGs correspond to a serovar, for example most Typhimurium are in eBG1 and most Enteritidis are in eBG4, but many eBGs contained more than one serovar. Furthermore, most serovars were polyphyletic and are distributed across multiple unrelated eBGs. Thus, serovar designations confounded genetically unrelated isolates and failed to recognize natural evolutionary groupings. An inability of serotyping to correctly group isolates was most apparent for Paratyphi B and its variant Java. Most Paratyphi B were included within a sub-cluster of STs belonging to eBG5, which also encompasses a separate sub-cluster of Java STs. However, diphasic Java variants were also found in two other eBGs and monophasic Java variants were in four other eBGs or STs, one of which is in subspecies salamae and a second of which includes isolates assigned to Enteritidis, Dublin and monophasic Paratyphi B. Similarly, Choleraesuis was found in eBG6 and is closely related to Paratyphi C, which is in eBG20. However, Choleraesuis var. Decatur consists of isolates from seven other, unrelated eBGs or STs. The serological assignment of these Decatur isolates to Choleraesuis likely reflects lateral gene transfer of flagellar genes between unrelated bacteria plus purifying selection. By confounding multiple evolutionary groups, serotyping can be misleading about the disease potential of S. enterica. Unlike serotyping, MLST recognizes evolutionary groupings and we recommend that Salmonella classification by serotyping should be replaced by MLST or its equivalents.

Share

Citation/Export:
Social Networking:
Share |

Details

Item Type: Article
Status: Published
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Achtman, M
Wain, J
Weill, FX
Nair, S
Zhou, Z
Sangal, V
Krauland, MGmgk8@pitt.eduMGK8
Hale, JL
Harbottle, H
Uesbeck, A
Dougan, G
Harrison, LHlharriso@edc.pitt.eduLHARRISO
Brisse, S
Contributors:
ContributionContributors NameEmailPitt UsernameORCID
EditorBessen, Debra E.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Date: 1 January 2012
Date Type: Publication
Journal or Publication Title: PLoS Pathogens
Volume: 8
Number: 6
DOI or Unique Handle: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002776
Schools and Programs: School of Public Health > Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
School of Medicine > Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
Refereed: Yes
ISSN: 1553-7366
PubMed Central ID: PMC3380943
PubMed ID: 22737074
Date Deposited: 11 Jul 2012 18:12
Last Modified: 24 Nov 2020 16:55
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12701

Metrics

Monthly Views for the past 3 years

Plum Analytics

Altmetric.com

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item