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This study reports, to the best of our knowledge, the first detection of the\n                      <jats:italic>mcr-9.1<\/jats:italic>\n                      gene in the UAE, identified during a baseline survey of\n                      <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>\n                      in retail table eggs.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 380 consumer egg packs were collected from supermarkets in the emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai between November 2024 and January 2025.\n                      <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>\n                      isolation followed ISO 6579-1:2017 protocols, with confirmed isolates underwent antimicrobial susceptibility testing and whole-genome sequencing using Illumina and Oxford Nanopore platforms. Hybrid assemblies were generated and analyzed using genomics workflow for antimicrobial resistance (AMRFinderPlus), plasmid typing (MOB-suite), virulence profiling (VirulenceFinder), and phylogenetic placement (kSNP4, FastTree 2.1.10).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results and discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Out of 380 egg samples tested, 37 (9.7%; 95% CI 7.2%\u221213.1%) were\n                      <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>\n                      -positive. Of which, two (5.4%)\n                      <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>\n                      . Indiana isolates (F-9 and F-32), both sequence type ST17, were identified to carry\n                      <jats:italic>mcr-9.1<\/jats:italic>\n                      yet remained phenotypically susceptible to colistin (MIC \u2264 1 mg\/L). These isolates displayed multidrug resistance, harboring aminoglycoside, tetracycline, sulfonamide, and quinolone resistance genes alongside\n                      <jats:italic>mcr-9.1<\/jats:italic>\n                      . Hybrid genome assembly localized\n                      <jats:italic>mcr-9.1<\/jats:italic>\n                      on a non-replicon-bearing large contig likely associated with the chromosome, with an adjacent\n                      <jats:italic>IS3<\/jats:italic>\n                      -family element (\n                      <jats:italic>ISSen1<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) suggesting potential mobility. Phylogenetic analysis positioned both isolates within a clade of Asian poultry- and food-origin\n                      <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>\n                      . Indiana ST17, differing by only six SNPs from each other. To the best of our knowledge, this study documents the first detection of\n                      <jats:italic>mcr-9.1<\/jats:italic>\n                      -positive\n                      <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>\n                      in the UAE, highlighting its putative chromosomal integration in multidrug-resistant\n                      <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>\n                      . Indiana ST17 isolates from retail eggs. These findings support targeted AMR surveillance of retail egg products and food-associated\n                      <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>\n                      in the UAE, including routine screening for\n                      <jats:italic>mcr<\/jats:italic>\n                      genes and WGS of multidrug-resistant isolates. Linking genomic data with product origin and distribution metadata would improve the ability to monitor the emergence, persistence, and possible dissemination routes of colistin resistance determinants in the food chain.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fvets.2026.1825641","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,9]],"date-time":"2026-06-09T05:44:19Z","timestamp":1780983859000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Genomic characterization and comparative analysis of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Indiana sequence type 17 carrying mcr-9.1 in retail eggs from the United Arab Emirates"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Ihab","family":"Habib","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Veterinary Public Health Research Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, United Arab 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