Young Min Kwon

IntroductionSalmonella, a gram-negative, rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic bacterium in the Enterobacteriaceae family, is a zoonotic pathogen responsible for human gastrointestinal disease. Contaminated poultry products, particularly meat and eggs, are the primary source of Salmonella infection in humans (1). Nontyphoidal S. enterica serovars, such as Typhimurium and Enteritidis, can infect mult ...

INTRODUCTIONDuring the last decade, the decrease in sequencing costs coupled with innovations in computational technologies (1) has remarkably advanced our understanding of the composition and function of microbial communities residing in diverse environments (2). Accordingly, the roles of microbiota in health and diseases have been well-documented in wide range of animals, yet limited microbiota ...