Abstract Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene epochs 3.6 to 0.8 million years ago had
climates resembling those forecasted under future warming. Palaeoclimatic records show …

Motivation Modern molecular methods have increased our ability to describe microbial
communities. Along with the advances brought by new sequencing technologies, we now …

The cross-species transmission of viruses from one host species to another is responsible
for the majority of emerging infections. However, it is unclear whether some virus families …

Schistosomiasis, urogenital and intestinal, afflicts 251 million people worldwide with
approximately two-thirds of the patients suffering from the urogenital form of the disease …

Recently, two genetically distinct influenza viruses were detected in bats in Guatemala and
Peru. We conducted influenza A virus surveillance among four bat species in Egypt. Out of …

Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive spore-former bacterium and the leading cause of
nosocomial antibiotic-associated diarrhea that can culminate in fatal colitis. During the …

We obtained the complete genome sequence of the psychrotolerant extremophile
Pseudomonas sp. MPC6, a natural Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) producing bacterium …

Background Wild birds are the major reservoir hosts for influenza A viruses (AIVs) and have
been implicated in the emergence of pandemic events in livestock and human populations …

The bioleaching process is carried out by aerobic acidophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria that are
mainly mesophilic or moderately thermophilic. However, many mining sites are located in …

Background Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the leading causes of
respiratory infections, especially in infants and young children. Previous RSV sequencing …