[HTML][HTML] Global spread of Salmonella Enteritidis via centralized sourcing and international trade of poultry breeding stocks

S Li, Y He, DA Mann, X Deng - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
A pandemic of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis emerged in the 1980s due to
contaminated poultry products. How Salmonella Enteritidis rapidly swept through continents …

Variability of plasmid fitness effects contributes to plasmid persistence in bacterial communities

A Alonso-del Valle, R León-Sampedro… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Plasmid persistence in bacterial populations is strongly influenced by the fitness effects
associated with plasmid carriage. However, plasmid fitness effects in wild-type bacterial …

Pervasive transmission of a carbapenem resistance plasmid in the gut microbiota of hospitalized patients

R León-Sampedro, J DelaFuente, C Díaz-Agero… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Infections caused by carbapenemase-producing enterobacteria (CPE) are a major concern
in clinical settings worldwide. Two fundamentally different processes shape the …

Recent paradigm shifts in the perception of the role of Bacillus thuringiensis in foodborne disease

M Biggel, N Jessberger, J Kovac, S Johler - Food microbiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Plant protection products based on Bacillus thuringiensis have been used to fight
agricultural pests for decades and are the world's most frequently applied biopesticide …

Apparent nosocomial adaptation of Enterococcus faecalis predates the modern hospital era

AK Pöntinen, J Top, S Arredondo-Alonso… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Enterococcus faecalis is a commensal and nosocomial pathogen, which is also ubiquitous
in animals and insects, representing a classical generalist microorganism. Here, we study E …

Genomic dissection of endemic carbapenem resistance reveals metallo-beta-lactamase dissemination through clonal, plasmid and integron transfer

N Macesic, J Hawkey, B Vezina, JA Wisniewski… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Infections caused by metallo-beta-lactamase-producing organisms (MBLs) are a global
health threat. Our understanding of transmission dynamics and how MBLs establish …

Klebsiella pneumoniae induces host metabolic stress that promotes tolerance to pulmonary infection

TWF Lung, D Charytonowicz, KG Beaumont, SS Shah… - Cell metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
K. pneumoniae sequence type 258 (Kp ST258) is a major cause of healthcare-associated
pneumonia. However, it remains unclear how it causes protracted courses of infection in …

Multidrug-resistant E. coli encoding high genetic diversity in carbohydrate metabolism genes displace commensal E. coli from the intestinal tract

CH Connor, AZ Zucoloto, JT Munnoch, IL Yu… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) can cause a variety of infections
outside of the intestine and are a major causative agent of urinary tract infections. Treatment …

The conserved iol gene cluster in Pseudomonas is involved in rhizosphere competence

JJ Sánchez-Gil, SWM Poppeliers, J Vacheron, H Zhang… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
The Pseudomonas genus has shown great potential as a sustainable solution to support
agriculture through its plant-growth-promoting and biocontrol activities. However, their …

Bactopia: a flexible pipeline for complete analysis of bacterial genomes

RA Petit III, TD Read - Msystems, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Sequencing of bacterial genomes using Illumina technology has become such a standard
procedure that often data are generated faster than can be conveniently analyzed. We …