Introduction The emergence of multidrug resistance in Bacteroides fragilis, especially the
phylogenetic lineage carrying the carbapenemase gene cfiA, represents an increasing …

Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.) is a legume crop resilient to climate change due to its
tolerance to drought. It is grown by millions of resource-poor farmers in semiarid and tropical …

The bacterial genus Sodalis is represented by insect endosymbionts as well as free-living
species. While the former have been studied frequently, the distribution of the latter is not yet …

Enterococcus cecorum is an emerging pathogen responsible for osteomyelitis, spondylitis,
and femoral head necrosis causing animal suffering and mortality and requiring …

Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale is one of the most important bacterial agents of respiratory
diseases in poultry. For correct identification and characterization of this fastidious …

DNA barcoding through the use of amplified regions of the ribosomal operon, such as the
16S gene, is a routine method to gain an overview of the microbial taxonomic diversity within …

The number of draft genomes deposited in Genbank from the National Center for
Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is higher than the complete ones. Draft genomes are …

The lack of consensus concerning the biological meaning of entropy and complexity of
genomes and the different ways to assess these data hamper conclusions concerning what …

Precise identification of species is fundamental in microbial genomics, crucial for
understanding the microbial communities. While the 16S rRNA gene, particularly its V3-V4 …

Current approaches to interpreting 16S rDNA amplicon data are hampered by several
factors. Among these are database inaccuracy or incompleteness, sequencing error, and …