Genetic characterisation of variants of the virulence plasmid, pSLT, in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium provides evidence of a variety of evolutionary directions consistent with vertical rather than horizontal transmission

• Lester Hiley ,

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

  * E-mail: Lester.Hiley@health.qld.gov.au

  Affiliation Public Health Microbiology, Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Department of Health, Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0955-7713

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• Rikki M. A. Graham,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Public Health Microbiology, Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Department of Health, Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4100-9656

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• Amy V. Jennison

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Public Health Microbiology, Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Department of Health, Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia

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