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To my loving family and friends for their patience and support. I want to give special note of appreciation to my late mother Madhu Panwar for her sacrifice and hard work which she put in to teach me the importance of hardwork and being good human. She always wanted to see me succeed. She sacrificed a lot of her personal interest and ambitions to provide all the necessary resources needed for my success. Mom, this is for you! My twin brother Anupam motivated me to do research and taught me never give up attitude. My father Dr. HR Panwar always supported my decision. My elder brother Anshuman worked as catalyst for my success. Finally, I am forever indebted to my family for their understanding, endless patience and encouragement when it was most required. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work has been supported and funded by National Science Foundation (NSF). My sincere gratitude to Dr. Sriram Chellappan for his advice and guidance. He always motivated me to work on the problems that matter and affect society. I owe him a lot for having given directions to my thoughts and unlimited encouragement. Without his insight and patient guidance this work would not have been possible. I am very thankful to Department of Civil, Architectural

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Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Enteritidis is an important zoonotic food-borne pathogen causing serious human illnesses frequently linked to poultry products. Here, we report fully assembled genome sequences of 16 S. Enteritidis strains with common pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and phage types (8, 13, 13a, and 14b) that predominate in North America.