A Syst-OMICS Approach to Ensuring Food Safety and Reducing the Economic Burden of Salmonellosis.
Emond-Rheault, Jean-Guillaume Jeukens, Julie Freschi, Luca Kukavica-Ibrulj, Irena Boyle, Brian Dupont, Marie-Josée Colavecchio, Anna Barrere, Virginie Cadieux, Brigitte Arya, Gitanjali
Emond-Rheault, Jean-Guillaume
Jeukens, Julie
Freschi, Luca
Kukavica-Ibrulj, Irena
Boyle, Brian
Dupont, Marie-Josée
Colavecchio, Anna
Barrere, Virginie
Cadieux, Brigitte
Arya, Gitanjali
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2017
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A Syst-OMICS Approach to Ensuring Food Safety and Reducing the Economic Burden of Salmonellosis.
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Front Microbiol 2017, 8:996
Abstract
The Salmonella Syst-OMICS consortium is sequencing 4,500 Salmonella genomes and building an analysis pipeline for the study of Salmonella genome evolution, antibiotic resistance and virulence genes. Metadata, including phenotypic as well as genomic data, for isolates of the collection are provided through the Salmonella Foodborne Syst-OMICS database (SalFoS), at https://salfos.ibis.ulaval.ca/. Here, we present our strategy and the analysis of the first 3,377 genomes. Our data will be used to draw potential links between strains found in fresh produce, humans, animals and the environment. The ultimate goals are to understand how Salmonella evolves over time, improve the accuracy of diagnostic methods, develop control methods in the field, and identify prognostic markers for evidence-based decisions in epidemiology and surveillance.