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Genome-Wide Screen of Salmonella Genes Expressed during Infection in Pigs, Using In Vivo Expression Technology

Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853,¹ College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606²

Received 2 July 2007/ Accepted 26 September 2007

Pigs are a food-producing species that readily carry Salmonella but, in the great majority of cases, do not show clinical signs of disease. Little is known about the functions required by Salmonella to be maintained in pigs. We have devised a recombinase-based promoter-trapping strategy to identify genes with elevated expression during pig infection with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. A total of 55 clones with in vivo-induced promoters were selected from a genomic library of 10,000 random Salmonella DNA fragments fused to the recombinase cre, and the cloned DNA fragments were analyzed by sequencing. Thirty-one genes encoding proteins involved in bacterial adhesion and colonization (including bcfA, hscA, rffG, and yciR), virulence (metL), heat shock (hscA), and a sensor of a two-component regulator (hydH) were identified. Among the 55 clones, 19 were isolated from both the tonsils and the intestine, while 23 were identified only in the intestine and 13 only in tonsils. High temperature and increased osmolarity were identified as environmental signals that induced in vivo-expressed genes, suggesting possible signals for expression.

Published ahead of print on 5 October 2007.