Typing of Salmonella Species: A Mini-Review

Abstract

Nontyphoidal salmonellae are among the foremost bacterial pathogens implicated in food-borne gastroenteritis worldwide. Salmonella subtyping is one of the most common methods infer potential sources of human and animal Salmonella infection. Various typing methods for the analysis of Salmonella have been developed during the last decade. Because of their high discriminatory power, these methods have been increasingly used even in routine diagnostics. The description of several independent genotypic characteristics in addition to that of the phenotypic properties enables a complex and exact identification of Salmonella strains. This review summarizes the available Salmonella subtyping technique and discusses the use of conventional phenotypic and molecular typing methods for epidemiological study of Salmonella.