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- Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar 4,[5],12:i:- str. CVM23701
- Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Agona str. SL483
- Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Dublin str. CT_02021853
- Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Hadar str. RI_05P066
- Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Heidelberg str. SL476
- Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Heidelberg str. SL486
- Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Javiana str. GA_MM04042433
- Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Kentucky str. CDC 191
- Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Kentucky str. CVM29188
- Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Newport str. SL254
- Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Newport str. SL317
- Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Saintpaul str. SARA23
- Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Saintpaul str. SARA29
- Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Schwarzengrund str. CVM19633
- Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Schwarzengrund str. SL480
- Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Virchow str. SL491
- Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Weltevreden str. HI_N05-537
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Kentucky str. CVM29188
S. Kentucky is widespread in the food supply but very rarely associated with human illness. The USDA reported that in 2002, S. Kentucky represented 17% of Salmonella isolates contaminating broilers, but only 0.1% of human isolates. Thus, S. Kentucky can be considered unsuccessful as a human pathogen. Information from this serotype will help identify and categorize metabolic pathways and structural elements common to the genus; and by contrast, reveal genes involved in the pathogenesis of virulent serovars. MDR strain CVM2918 and non-MDR strain CDC_191 were chosen for sequencing.