Klebsiella oxytoca complex: update on taxonomy, antimicrobial resistance, and virulence

J Yang, H Long, Y Hu, Y Feng… - Clinical microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Klebsiella oxytoca is actually a complex of nine species—Klebsiella grimontii, Klebsiella
huaxiensis, Klebsiella michiganensis, K. oxytoca, Klebsiella pasteurii, Klebsiella …

A roadmap for genome-based phage taxonomy

D Turner, AM Kropinski, EM Adriaenssens - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bacteriophage (phage) taxonomy has been in flux since its inception over four decades ago.
Genome sequencing has put pressure on the classification system and recent years have …

Producing polished prokaryotic pangenomes with the Panaroo pipeline

G Tonkin-Hill, N MacAlasdair, C Ruis, A Weimann… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Population-level comparisons of prokaryotic genomes must take into account the substantial
differences in gene content resulting from horizontal gene transfer, gene duplication and …

Histamine production by the gut microbiota induces visceral hyperalgesia through histamine 4 receptor signaling in mice

G De Palma, C Shimbori, DE Reed, Y Yu… - Science Translational …, 2022 - science.org
The gut microbiota has been implicated in chronic pain disorders, including irritable bowel
syndrome (IBS), yet specific pathophysiological mechanisms remain unclear. We showed …

Genome evolution and the emergence of pathogenicity in avian Escherichia coli

L Mageiros, G Méric, SC Bayliss, J Pensar… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Chickens are the most common birds on Earth and colibacillosis is among the most common
diseases affecting them. This major threat to animal welfare and safe sustainable food …

Multiclonal human origin and global expansion of an endemic bacterial pathogen of livestock

G Yebra, JD Harling-Lee, S Lycett… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Most new pathogens of humans and animals arise via switching events from distinct host
species. However, our understanding of the evolutionary and ecological drivers of …

The pan-genome of Aspergillus fumigatus provides a high-resolution view of its population structure revealing high levels of lineage-specific diversity driven by …

LA Lofgren, BS Ross, RA Cramer, JE Stajich - PLoS Biology, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Aspergillus fumigatus is a deadly agent of human fungal disease where virulence
heterogeneity is thought to be at least partially structured by genetic variation between …

Challenges in prokaryote pangenomics

G Tonkin-Hill, J Corander, J Parkhill - Microbial Genomics, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) and the resulting patterns of gene gain and loss are a
fundamental part of bacterial evolution. Investigating these patterns can help us to …

Skin dysbiosis and Cutibacterium acnes biofilm in inflammatory acne lesions of adolescents

I Cavallo, F Sivori, M Truglio, F De Maio, F Lucantoni… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Acne vulgaris is a common inflammatory disorder affecting more than 80% of young
adolescents. Cutibacterium acnes plays a role in the pathogenesis of acne lesions, although …

Meta-analysis of the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RSSC) based on comparative evolutionary genomics and reverse ecology

P Sharma, MA Johnson, R Mazloom… - Microbial …, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RSSC) strains are bacteria that colonize plant
xylem tissue and cause vascular wilt diseases. However, individual strains vary in host …