Evolving Threats: Leveraging C. elegans to Decode the Virulence Profiles of Highly Related Environmental Salmonella Newport Isolates
Christina M. Ferreira, Mirae Choe, Bella Wayhs, Julie Haendiges, Robert Literman, Jianghong Meng, Arjuman Ghazi, Rebecca L. Bell
This study uses C. elegans to compare the virulence of five S. Newport isolates, finding that two strains are more virulent despite being nearly genetically identical.
PLoS ONE · Mar 2, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology