The genus Elizabethkingia has recently emerged as a cause of life-threatening infections in
humans, particularly in immunocompromised patients. Several new species in the genus …

Although considerable progress has been made in recent years regarding the classification
of bacteria assigned to the phylum Bacteroidetes, there remains a need to further clarify …

ABSTRACT A number of factors, including microbiome analyses and the increased
utilization of whole-genome sequencing in the clinical microbiology laboratory, has …

The genus Chryseobacterium in the family Weeksellaceae is known to be polyphyletic.
Amino acid identity (AAI) values were calculated from whole-genome sequences of species …

An atypically large outbreak of Elizabethkingia anophelis infections occurred in Wisconsin.
Here we show that it was caused by a single strain with thirteen characteristic genomic …

The genus Elizabethkingia is genetically heterogeneous, and the phenotypic similarities
between recognized species pose challenges in correct identification of clinically derived …

Background Vector-borne pathogens must survive and replicate in the hostile environment
of an insect's midgut before successful dissemination. Midgut microbiota interfere with …

Elizabethkingia meningoseptica and Elizabethkingia anophelis are two major pathogens in
the genus Elizabethkingia. Studies have revealed that Elizabethkingia anophelis is …

Multiregional outbreaks of meningitis-like disease caused by Elizabethkingia miricola were
confirmed in black-spotted frog farms in China in 2016. Whole-genome sequencing …

Chryseobacterium and Elizabethkingia species have recently emerged as causative agents
in life-threatening infections in humans. We aimed to evaluate the rates at which four …