@article{mbs:/content/journal/mgen/10.1099/mgen.0.000411, author = "Nguyen, Scott Van and Muthappa, Dechamma Mundanda and Eshwar, Athmanya K. and Buckley, James F. and Murphy, Brenda P. and Stephan, Roger and Lehner, Angelika and Fanning, Séamus", title = "Comparative genomic insights into Yersinia hibernica – a commonly misidentified Yersinia enterocolitica-like organism", journal= "Microbial Genomics", year = "2020", volume = "6", number = "9", pages = "", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000411", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/mgen/10.1099/mgen.0.000411", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "2057-5858", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "comparative genomics", keywords = "zebrafish embryo", keywords = "Yersinia enterocolitica", keywords = "Yersinia hibernica", eid = "e000411", abstract = "Food-associated outbreaks linked to enteropathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica are of concern to public health. Pigs and their meat are recognized risk factors for transmission of Y. enterocolitica . This study aimed to describe the comparative genomics of Y. enterocolitica along with a number of misclassified Yersinia isolates, now constituting the recently described Yersinia hibernica . The latter was originally cultured from an environmental sample taken at a pig slaughterhouse. Unique features were identified in the genome of Y. hibernica, including a novel integrative conjugative element (ICE), denoted as ICE Yh-1 contained within a 255 kbp region of plasticity. In addition, a zebrafish embryo infection model was adapted and applied to assess the virulence potential among Yersinia isolates including Y. hibernica .", }