Adam Blanchard
@addyblanch.bsky.social
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Associate Professor in Computational Biology | University of Nottingham | School of Veterinary Medicine and Science | Deputy Head of Division
Microbial genomics | Antimicrobial Resistance | Metagenomics | Production Animal Health and Disease
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Adam Blanchard
@addyblanch.bsky.social
· Jun 18
In vitro determination of essential genes required by Streptococcus uberis to grow in a complex biological media relating to intramammary infection
Streptococcus uberis is a leading cause of bovine mastitis, a disease of significant economic impact to the dairy industry. Understanding the genetic factors essential for bacterial survival in milk a...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
Adam Blanchard
@addyblanch.bsky.social
· May 30
Life-Stage Transitions Drive Distinct Gut Viral Communities in Dairy Cattle
Ruminant gut microbial communities profoundly influence host health and environmental impacts, yet their viral components remain poorly characterised across developmental transitions. Here, we analyse...
www.biorxiv.org
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Tadashi Fukami
@fukamit.bsky.social
· May 22
Bacteria in Honeybee Crops Are Decoupled from Those in Floral Nectar and Bee Mouths - Microbial Ecology
Bacteria in the honeybee gut are a well-recognized factor affecting bee health. However, the primary focus of this research has been the hindgut, while the crop, or honey stomach, is assumed to be dom...
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Adam Blanchard
@addyblanch.bsky.social
· May 21
Adam Blanchard
@addyblanch.bsky.social
· May 20
Genomic insights into novel extremotolerant bacteria isolated from the NASA Phoenix mission spacecraft assembly cleanrooms - Microbiome
Background Human-designed oligotrophic environments, such as cleanrooms, harbor unique microbial communities shaped by selective pressures like temperature, humidity, nutrient availability, cleaning r...
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com
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Rob Patro
@robp.bsky.social
· Apr 9
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Hayley Wilson
@thehjbrod.bsky.social
· Mar 31
Progressive evolution of Streptococcus equi from Streptococcus equi subsp.… | Hayley Wilson
I'm really excited to share this work with the world! As we know, academic research work will follow you even after you've left. So this is my post-doc project…
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Adam Blanchard
@addyblanch.bsky.social
· Mar 27
A Broad Spectrum Lasso Peptide Antibiotic Targeting the Bacterial Ribosome - PubMed
Lasso peptides, biologically active molecules with a distinct structurally constrained knotted fold, are natural products belonging to the class of ribosomally-synthesized and posttranslationally modi...
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@nizet.bsky.social
· Mar 23
Emergence and global spread of a dominant multidrug-resistant clade within Acinetobacter baumannii - Nature Communications
In this study, authors conduct a genomic analysis of 15,000 Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, revealing a dominant multidrug-resistant super-lineage (accounting for approximately 70% global isolates),...
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Craig MacLean
@craigmaclean.bsky.social
· Jan 30
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João Botelho
@joaoftsbotelho.bsky.social
· Jan 30
Escherichia coli phage-inducible chromosomal island aids helper phage replication and represses the locus of enterocyte effacement pathogenicity island
Abstract. In this study, we identify and characterize a novel phage-inducible chromosomal island (PICI) found in commensal Escherichia coli MP1. This novel
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Adam Blanchard
@addyblanch.bsky.social
· Jan 24
Understanding the Molecular Interactions Between Influenza A Virus and Streptococcus Proteins in Co-Infection: A Scoping Review
Influenza A virus infections are known to predispose infected individuals to bacterial infections of the respiratory tract that result in co-infection with severe disease outcomes. Co-infections invol...
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Cameron Thrash
@jcamthrash.bsky.social
· Jan 16
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Cameron Thrash
@jcamthrash.bsky.social
· Jan 16
CompàreGenome: a command-line tool for genomic diversity estimation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes - BMC Bioinformatics
Background The increasing availability of sequenced genomes has enabled comparative analyses of various organisms. Numerous tools and online platforms have been developed for this purpose, facilitatin...
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