Whole genome sequencing (WGS) offers the potential to predict antimicrobial susceptibility
from a single assay. The European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing …

As an increasing number of genome sequences become available for a wide range of
species, there is a growing understanding that the genome of a single individual is …

Acinetobacter occupies an important position in nature because of its ubiquitous presence in
diverse environments such as soils, fresh water, oceans, sediments, and contaminated sites …

Maize has for many decades been both one of the most important crops worldwide and one
of the primary genetic model organisms. More recently, maize breeding has been impacted …

Horizontal DNA transfer (HDT) is a pervasive mechanism of diversification in many microbial
species, but its primary evolutionary role remains controversial. Much recent research has …

Background With the exponential growth of publicly available genome sequences,
pangenome analyses have provided increasingly complete pictures of genetic diversity for …

Increasing evidence suggests that a single individual is insufficient to capture the genetic
diversity within a species due to gene presence absence variation. In order to understand …

For more than a decade, pan-genome analysis has been applied as an effective method for
explaining the genetic contents variation of prokaryotic species. However, genomic …

Acinetobacter baumannii is a globally distributed nosocomial pathogen that has gained
interest due to its resistance to most currently used antimicrobials. Whole genome …

The nosocomial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii acquired clinical significance due to the
rapid development of its multi-drug resistant (MDR) phenotype. A. baumannii strains have …