Friday, 31 March 2017: 08:30
311-312 (The Square)
In the field of food safety, whole genome sequencing is becoming a modern, powerful tool used to identify, characterize, and differentiate foodborne pathogens at the deepest level. This presentation will illustrate the utilization of this new technology using two examples: (1) the discovery and characterization of a new serovar of Salmonella: S. enterica serovar Lubbock isolated from bovine lymph nodes and harboring interesting genetic features; and (2) the identification of pathogenic clones of Listeria monocytogenes that cause distinct diseases, as well as the virulence factors associated with each outcome.