Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis of Salmonella Isolates from Poultry Farms, a Slaughterhouse, and Retail Stalls in Thailand

Kar Hui Ong; Kyaw Thu Aung; Sharon C M Chan; Swaine L Chen; Lee Ching Ng; Kitiya Vongkamjan

doi:10.1128/MRA.01063-20

Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis of Salmonella Isolates from Poultry Farms, a Slaughterhouse, and Retail Stalls in Thailand

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 May 13;10(19):e01063-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01063-20.

Authors

Kar Hui Ong^{1

2}, Kyaw Thu Aung^{1

2

3

4

5}, Sharon C M Chan¹, Swaine L Chen^{6

7}, Lee Ching Ng^{2

5}, Kitiya Vongkamjan^{8

9}

Affiliations

¹ National Centre for Food Science, Singapore Food Agency, Singapore.
² Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore.
³ School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
⁴ Nanyang Technological University Food Technology Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
⁵ School of Biological Sciences, College of Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
⁶ Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
⁷ Laboratory of Bacterial Genomics, Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore.
⁸ Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand [email protected].
⁹ Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.

Abstract

The draft genome sequences of 21 Salmonella isolates obtained from poultry production chains in Hat Yai City, Songkhla Province, Thailand, are reported in this study. Our study revealed that there was Salmonella environmental contamination along poultry production chains and cross-contamination among poultry through inanimate surfaces in the environment.