Salmonella Genomic and Phenotypic Data from Florida Reptiles, 2018-2025

16.41% of reptile Salmonella culture cases were positive during the study period. This dataset contains phenotypic and genomic analysis results for Salmonella enterica isolates from reptiles in Florida, including antimicrobial resistance profiles, virulence factor genes, and transcriptomic data. It was authored by Dilan Amila Satharasinghe and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling antimicrobial resistance gene transfer based on the presence of mobile genetic elements like the tetA gene.
• Analyzing virulence factor distribution across reptile orders based on the 239 identified VF genes.
• Correlating phenotypic drug resistance with genomic AMR profiles for isolates showing multidrug resistance.
• Studying host diversity in Salmonella infections across reptile orders like Squamata and Testudines.

Strengths

• Includes multi-omic data: whole-genome sequences, plasmid DNA, and RNA transcriptomics for selected isolates.
• Reports specific, quantified findings: 58.3% of 24 tested isolates were multidrug resistant.
• Identifies a large number of specific genetic elements: 55 AMR genes and 239 virulence factor genes.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (21.8 KB), indicating a limited scope of records.

Provenance

Source

Bronson Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Florida, United States.

Collection Method

Analysis of Salmonella culture testing data and functional genomic analysis of selected isolates.

Time Range

2018 to 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 05:56:36; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Florida, United States