Antibiotic Resistance Hotspot: Comparative Genomics Reveals Multiple Strains of Multidrug-Resistant in Edible Snails.

The demand for terrestrial snails as a food source is still on the increase globally, yet this has been overlooked in disease epidemiology and the spread of antimicrobial resistance. This study conducted genomic analyses of twenty strains isolated from live edible snails traded in two hubs. The isolates were subjected to MALDI-TOF MS, antimicrobial resistance testing, whole genome sequencing, and analyses for in-depth characterization.

Draft Genome Sequence of Citrobacter cronae Awk (Sequence Type 880), Associated with Edible Snails Commercially Available in Awka, Nigeria.

We describe the draft genome sequence and annotation of Citrobacter cronae strain Awk (sequence type 880), recovered from fresh edible snails (Achatina achatina) commercially available in Awka Metropolis, Nigeria. The genome contains 4,629 protein-coding genes, 107 RNA-coding genes, and several antimicrobial resistance genes, including and .

First Report of the Presence of Enterotoxin Gene in Coagulase-negative Staphylococci Recovered from Meat of Snails ().

Introduction: It has been suggested that coagulase-negative staphylococci can serve as reservoirs of virulence genes for other bacteria. This study assessed the presence of such genes in selected isolates recovered from meat of the giant African snail ().

Material And Methods: Virulence genes were detected using a polymerase chain reaction targeting specific primers.

Genome Sequence of OXA-726-Encoding Aeromonas dhakensis Igbk (Sequence Type 1171) from an Edible Snail Traded in Nigeria.

Aeromonas dhakensis is the most virulent species pathogenic to both animals and humans. The degree of its risk to health seems masked by misidentifications. We present the genome sequence of A.