Adaptation to various stresses during infection is important for
Salmonella
Typhimurium virulence, while the fitness determinants under infection-relevant stress conditions remain unknown. Here, we simulated conditions
Salmonella
encountered within the host or in the environment by 15 individual stresses as well as two model cell lines (epithelium and macrophage) to decipher the genes and pathways required for fitness. By high-resolution Tn-seq analysis, a total of 1242 genes were identified as essential for fitness under at least one stress condition. The comparative analysis of fitness determinants in 17 stress conditions indicated the essentiality of genes varied in different mimicking host niches. A total of 12 genes were identified as fitness determinants in all stress conditions, including
recB
,
recC
, and
xseA
(encode three exonuclease subunits necessary for DNA recombination repair) and a novel essential fitness gene
yheM
. YheM is a putative sulfurtransferase subunit that is responsible for tRNA modification, and our results showed that
Salmonella
lacking
yheM
accumulated more aggregates of endogenous protein than wild-type. Moreover, we established a scoring scheme for sRNA essentiality analysis and found STnc2080 of unknown function was essential for resistance to LL-37. In summary, we systematically dissected
Salmonella
gene essentiality profiling and demonstrated the general and specific adaptive requirements in infection-relevant niches. Our data not only provide valuable insights on how
Salmonella
responds to environmental stresses during infections but also highlight the potential clinical application of fitness determinants in vaccine development.