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Frequent recombination and low level of clonality within Salmonella enterica subspecies I

School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

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Ruiting Lan
r.lan{at}unsw.edu.au

The genetic relationship and population structure of Salmonella enterica subspecies I strains were analysed using nucleotide sequences of four genes (mglA, proV, torC and speC). Fifteen strains from the Salmonella reference collection B (SARB), belonging to 13 serovars, were analysed. Sequence data of two housekeeping genes, mdh and mutS, of the same 15 strains reported by Brown et al. (2003) (Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100, 15676–15681) were also included in the analyses. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that there was a lack of congruence among the six gene trees. Split decomposition analysis resolved only five strains with a network structure, while others showed a star phylogeny. Compatibility values for the SARB strains were the lowest in comparison to those for strains representing different subspecies of S. enterica. These results showed that the genes studied have undergone frequent recombination, suggesting a low level of clonality within subspecies I of S. enterica.

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the nucleotide sequences reported in this paper are DQ285482–DQ285541.

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