title: Neutral genomic microevolution of a recently emerged pathogen, Salmonella enterica serovar Agona.
abstract: Salmonella enterica serovar Agona has caused multiple food-borne outbreaks of gastroenteritis since it was first isolated in 1952. We analyzed the genomes of 73 isolates from global sources, comparing five distinct outbreaks with sporadic infections as well as food contamination and the environment. Agona consists of three lineages with minimal mutational diversity: only 846 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have accumulated in the non-repetitive, core genome since Agona evolved in 1932 and subsequently underwent a major population expansion in the 1960s. Homologous recombination with other serovars of S. enterica imported 42 recombinational tracts (360 kb) in 5/143 nodes within the genealogy, which resulted in 3,164 additional SNPs. In contrast to this paucity of genetic diversity, Agona is highly diverse according to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), which is used to assign isolates to outbreaks. PFGE diversity reflects a highly dynamic accessory genome associated with the gain or loss (indels) of 51 bacteriophages, 10 plasmids, and 6 integrative conjugational elements (ICE/IMEs), but did not correlate uniquely with outbreaks. Unlike the core genome, indels occurred repeatedly in independent nodes (homoplasies), resulting in inaccurate PFGE genealogies. The accessory genome contained only few cargo genes relevant to infection, other than antibiotic resistance. Thus, most of the genetic diversity within this recently emerged pathogen reflects changes in the accessory genome, or is due to recombination, but these changes seemed to reflect neutral processes rather than Darwinian selection. Each outbreak was caused by an independent clade, without universal, outbreak-associated genomic features, and none of the variable genes in the pan-genome seemed to be associated with an ability to cause outbreaks.
authors: Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
authors: Zhemin
authors: Z
authors: Zhou
authors: Angela
authors: A
authors: McCann
authors: Eva
authors: E
authors: Litrup
authors: Ronan
authors: R
authors: Murphy
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Cormican
authors: Seamus
authors: S
authors: Fanning
authors: Derek
authors: D
authors: Brown
authors: David S
authors: DS
authors: Guttman
authors: Sylvain
authors: S
authors: Brisse
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Achtman
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D023281:Genomics; D006801:Humans; D012480:Salmonella Infections; D019779:Salmonella enterica / Q000235:genetics; D065288:Serogroup
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial
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