Complete Genome Sequences of 20 Nontyphoidal Salmonella Isolates from Rwanda

Maurice Byukusenge; Lingling Li; Mediatrice Uwanyirigira; Venkata R Vepachedu; Subhashinie Kariyawasam; Manassé Nzayirambaho; Suresh V Kuchipudi; Bhushan M Jayarao

doi:10.1128/MRA.00016-19

Complete Genome Sequences of 20 Nontyphoidal Salmonella Isolates from Rwanda

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Mar 21;8(12):e00016-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00016-19.

Authors

Maurice Byukusenge^{1

2}, Lingling Li¹, Mediatrice Uwanyirigira³, Venkata R Vepachedu⁴, Subhashinie Kariyawasam¹, Manassé Nzayirambaho⁵, Suresh V Kuchipudi⁶, Bhushan M Jayarao¹

Affiliations

¹ Animal Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
² School of Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Rwanda, Nyagatare, Rwanda.
³ Department of Biology, School of Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
⁴ Division of Clinical Microbiology, Bureau of Laboratories, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Exton, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁵ School of Public Health, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
⁶ Animal Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA skuchipudi@psu.edu.

Abstract

Nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica strains are major foodborne pathogens with global public health importance. Foodborne salmonellosis can be life-threatening, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. We report the complete genome sequences of 20 nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica strains isolated in Rwanda. The reported 20 bacterial chromosomes and 8 plasmids each belong to 1 of 9 nontyphoidal Salmonella serotypes.