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Pigeon-Associated Strains of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Phage Type DT2 Have Genomic Rearrangements at rRNA Operons

Cancer Research Center,¹ Division of Biological Sciences and Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri,⁶ Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center,² Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California,⁴ Microbiology Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois,³ Robert Koch Institut, Wernigerode Branch, National Reference Center for Salmonellae and Other Enteric Pathogens, Wernigerode, Germany⁵

Received 22 April 2004/ Returned for modification 1 July 2004/ Accepted 24 August 2004

Strains from a subgroup of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium frequently associated with pigeon infections were tested for genomic anomalies and virulence in mice. Some strains have a genomic inversion between rrn operons. Two prophages found in the common laboratory strain LT2 were absent. Pigeon-associated strains are still virulent in mice.

Editor: F. C. Fang

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