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Population genomics of Salmonella enterica serovar Weltevreden ST365, an emerging predominant causative agent of diarrheal disease


Salmonella enterica serovar Weltevreden is a recently emerged pathogen, and as such we lack a comprehensive knowledge of its microbiology, genomics, epidemiology and biogeography. In this study, we analyzed 174 novel S. Weltevreden isolates including 111 isolates recovered from diarrheal patients in China between 2006 and 2017. Our results demonstrate that the ST365 clone was the predominant causative agent of the diarrhea-outbreak during this period, as vast majority of the isolates recovered from diarrheal patients belonged to this sequence type (97.37%, 74/76).

We also determined the ST365 clone as the predominant sequence type of S. Weltevreden from diarrheal patients globally from previously published sequences (97.51%, 196/201). In order to determine the possible antimicrobial genes and virulence factors associated with S. Weltevreden, we performed whole genome sequencing on our novel isolates.

We were able to identify a range of key virulence factors associated with S. Weltevreden that are likely to be beneficial to their fitness and pathogenesis. Furthermore, we were able to isolate a novel 100.03-kb IncFII(S) type virulence plasmid that used the same replicon as pSPCV virulence plasmid. Importantly, we demonstrated through plasmid elimination a functional role for this plasmid in bacterial virulence. These findings are critical to further our knowledge of this high consequence pathogen.

Authors: Jianmin Zhang, Zhong Peng, Kaifeng Chen, Zeqiang Zhan, Haiyan Shen, Saixiang Feng, Hongchao Gou, Xiaoyun Qu, Mark Ziemann, Daniel S. Layton, Bin Wu, Xuebin Xu, Ming Liao

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