Complete Genome and Plasmid Sequences of Three Canadian Isolates of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Heidelberg from Human and Food Sources

Geneviève Labbé; Romaine Edirmanasinghe; Kim Ziebell; John H E Nash; Sadjia Bekal; E Jane Parmley; Michael R Mulvey; Roger P Johnson

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01526-15

Complete Genome and Plasmid Sequences of Three Canadian Isolates of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Heidelberg from Human and Food Sources

Genome Announc. 2016 Jan 14;4(1):e01526-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01526-15.

Authors

Geneviève Labbé¹, Romaine Edirmanasinghe², Kim Ziebell¹, John H E Nash³, Sadjia Bekal⁴, E Jane Parmley⁵, Michael R Mulvey², Roger P Johnson⁶

Affiliations

¹ National Microbiology Laboratory at Guelph, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada National Microbiology Laboratory at the Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
³ National Microbiology Laboratory at Toronto, Public Health Agency of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada.
⁵ Centre for Foodborne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ National Microbiology Laboratory at Guelph, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada roger.johnson@phac-aspc.gc.ca.

Abstract

Isolates of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Heidelberg are often associated with poultry products and may cause severe human illness. Here, we report the fully assembled genome and plasmid sequences of three S. Heidelberg strains with phage types 9, 29, and 41.