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Appl. Environ. Microbiol., Oct 1996, 3768-3771, Vol 62, No. 10
Copyright © 1996, American Society for Microbiology

Virulence determinants invA and spvC in salmonellae isolated from poultry products, wastewater, and human sources

SC Swamy, HM Barnhart, MD Lee and DW Dreesen
Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30602-2102, USA.

The presence of two virulence foci, invA and spvC, in Salmonella isolates obtained from poultry, wastewater, and human sources was determined. All isolates (n = 245) were positive for the invA gene sequence. Differences in degree of invasiveness were apparent with the Madin Darby canine kidney cell line, as only 79 of 159 randomly selected isolates (49.7%) tested were invasive at > 0.1% of the inoculum. 25% were invasive between 0.1 and 1.0% of the inoculum, and 24.5% were invasive at > 1.0% of the inoculum. There was a significant correlation between degree of invasion and source from which the isolate was recovered but no correlation between geographic origin of poultry isolates and degree of invasion. Only 37 of 245 isolates (15.1%) hybridized with the spvC DNA probe. All isolates that were recovered from a commercial egg production environment and chicken eggs and whose sequences exhibited homology with the spvC gene sequence were determined to be either Salmonella enteritidis PT 23 or PT 13. The sequences of few isolates from ceca and none from wastewater or humans demonstrated homology with the spvC gene.

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