Pan genome clustering identifies a novel mosaic prophage specific to Salmonella Enteritidis lineage associated with the invasive disease in India

Jobin John Jacob; Aravind Velmurugan; Dhanalakshmi Solaimalai; Ramya Iyadurai; Karthik Gunasekaran; Jansi Rani Malaiyappan; M. Yesudoss; M. Vasuki; Binesh Lal; Jacob John; Kamini Walia; Balaji Veeraraghavan

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0013113

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Pan genome clustering identifies a novel mosaic prophage specific to Salmonella Enteritidis lineage associated with the invasive disease in India

Jobin John Jacob ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jobin John Jacob, Aravind Velmurugan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Aravind Velmurugan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jobin John Jacob, Aravind Velmurugan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Dhanalakshmi Solaimalai,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Ramya Iyadurai,

Roles Resources, Validation

Affiliation Department of Medicine Unit V, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Karthik Gunasekaran,

Roles Resources, Validation

Affiliation Department of Medicine Unit V, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Jansi Rani Malaiyappan,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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M. Yesudoss,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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M. Vasuki,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Binesh Lal,

Roles Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Jacob John,

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Kamini Walia,

Roles Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Descriptive Studies, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India
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Balaji Veeraraghavan

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: vbalaji@cmcvellore.ac.in

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8662-4257

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Pan genome clustering identifies a novel mosaic prophage specific to Salmonella Enteritidis lineage associated with the invasive disease in India

Jobin John Jacob,
Aravind Velmurugan,
Dhanalakshmi Solaimalai,
Ramya Iyadurai,
Karthik Gunasekaran,
Jansi Rani Malaiyappan,
M. Yesudoss,
M. Vasuki,
Binesh Lal,
Jacob John

Published: August 31, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013113

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