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A genomic view of the bacterial family Endozoicomonadaceae in marine symbioses - Communications Biology

Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · 5d

A genomic view of the bacterial family Endozoicomonadaceae in marine symbioses www.nature.com/articles/s42...

This review explores the genomic diversity, ecology, and functional potential of the bacterial family Endozoicomonadaceae in marine symbioses, highlighting their mutualistic to parasitic spectrum and key gaps to be addressed in future research.

Elucidating the role of group A Streptococcus genomics and pharyngeal microbiota in acute paediatric pharyngitis - Scientific Reports

Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · 8d

Elucidating the role of group A Streptococcus genomics and pharyngeal microbiota in acute paediatric pharyngitis www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Scientific Reports - Elucidating the role of group A Streptococcus genomics and pharyngeal microbiota in acute paediatric pharyngitis

Combined genomic and phenomic analyses reveals multifunctionality of Paenibacillus polymyxa K16 for plant’s nutrition, growth and health - Scientific Reports

Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · 8d

Combined genomic and phenomic analyses reveals multifunctionality of Paenibacillus polymyxa K16 for plant’s nutrition, growth and health www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Scientific Reports - Combined genomic and phenomic analyses reveals multifunctionality of Paenibacillus polymyxa K16 for plant’s nutrition, growth and health

Efficient sequence alignment against millions of prokaryotic genomes with LexicMap - Nature Biotechnology

Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · 27d

Efficient sequence alignment against millions of prokaryotic genomes with LexicMap www.nature.com/articles/s41...

LexicMap uses a fixed set of probes to efficiently query gene sequences for fast and low-memory alignment.

Determination of the prevalence of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Northeast Iran, Mashhad - Scientific Reports

Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Aug 27

Determination of the prevalence of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Northeast Iran, Mashhad www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Scientific Reports - Determination of the prevalence of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Northeast Iran, Mashhad

Amycolatopsis cyclosori sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Cyclosorus parasiticus - The Journal of Antibiotics

Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Aug 27

Amycolatopsis cyclosori sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Cyclosorus parasiticus www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Journal of Antibiotics - Amycolatopsis cyclosori sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Cyclosorus parasiticus

Bringing the uncultivated microbial majority of freshwater ecosystems into culture - Nature Communications

Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Aug 27

Bringing the uncultivated microbial majority of freshwater ecosystems into culture www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A large fraction of aquatic bacteria remains uncultured. Here, the authors cultivated 627 strains of abundant freshwater bacteria from 14 European lakes, thus generating a collection that includes man...

Ecophysiology and global dispersal of the freshwater SAR11-IIIb genus Fontibacterium - Nature Microbiology

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Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Aug 15

Ecophysiology and global dispersal of the freshwater SAR11-IIIb genus Fontibacterium www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Isolates and metagenome-assembled genomes from a global survey show quasi-endemic and cosmopolitan lineages of SAR11-IIIb, with patterns driven by temperature and latitude.

Ecological connectivity of genomic markers of antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli in Hong Kong - Nature Communications

Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Aug 9

Ecological connectivity of genomic markers of antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli in Hong Kong www.nature.com/articles/s41...

E. coli is common in humans, animals and the environment but the extent of circulation between ecological niches is unclear. Here, the authors sample ~1,000 E. coli strains from different urban aquati...

Genome-based reclassification of Micromonospora veneta Kaewkla et al. 2022 as a later heterotypic synonym of Micromonospora coerulea Jensen 1932 (Approved lists 1980) - Scientific Reports

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Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Jul 28

Genome-based reclassification of Micromonospora veneta Kaewkla et al. 2022 as a later heterotypic synonym of Micromonospora coerulea Jensen 1932 (Approved lists 1980) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Scientific Reports - Genome-based reclassification of Micromonospora veneta Kaewkla et al. 2022 as a later heterotypic synonym of Micromonospora coerulea Jensen 1932 (Approved lists 1980)

Pan-genus analysis and typing of antimicrobial resistance plasmids in Acinetobacter - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance

Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Jul 22

Pan-genus analysis and typing of antimicrobial resistance plasmids in Acinetobacter www.nature.com/articles/s44...

npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Pan-genus analysis and typing of antimicrobial resistance plasmids in Acinetobacter

Global dissemination of npmA mediated pan-aminoglycoside resistance via a mobile genetic element in Gram-positive bacteria - Nature Communications

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Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Jul 17

Global dissemination of npmA mediated pan-aminoglycoside resistance via a mobile genetic element in Gram-positive bacteria www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The authors investigate the distribution of the aminoglycoside resistance gene npmA in Gram-positive bacteria via a mobile genetic element, highlighting its global presence and cross-species transfer ...

Genomes of 211 Actinomycete Strains from Diverse Environments - Scientific Data

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Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Jul 15

Genomes of 211 Actinomycete Strains from Diverse Environments www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Scientific Data - Genomes of 211 Actinomycete Strains from Diverse Environments

Molecular and genomic insights into multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing burn wound infections in Bangladesh - Scientific Reports

Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Jul 15

Molecular and genomic insights into multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing burn wound infections in Bangladesh www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Scientific Reports - Molecular and genomic insights into multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing burn wound infections in Bangladesh

Streptomyces maremycinicus sp. nov. and its secondary metabolite-biosynthetic gene clusters - The Journal of Antibiotics

Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Jul 9

Streptomyces maremycinicus sp. nov. and its secondary metabolite-biosynthetic gene clusters www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Journal of Antibiotics - Streptomyces maremycinicus sp. nov. and its secondary metabolite-biosynthetic gene clusters

Global pneumococcal sequence cluster lineage for invasive pneumococcal isolates in Denmark from summer 2019 to 2023 - Scientific Reports

Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Jul 9

Global pneumococcal sequence cluster lineage for invasive pneumococcal isolates in Denmark from summer 2019 to 2023 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Scientific Reports - Global pneumococcal sequence cluster lineage for invasive pneumococcal isolates in Denmark from summer 2019 to 2023

Halomonas sp. MC140, a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) producer isolated from the Arctic environment - Scientific Reports

Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Jul 3

Halomonas sp. MC140, a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) producer isolated from the Arctic environment www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Scientific Reports - Halomonas sp. MC140, a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) producer isolated from the Arctic environment

Universal rules govern plasmid copy number - Nature Communications

Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Jul 2

Universal rules govern plasmid copy number www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Plasmids exhibit a broad range of sizes and copies per cell, and these two parameters appear to be negatively correlated. Here, Ramiro-Martínez et al. analyse the copy number of thousands of diverse b...

Scaling laws of bacterial and archaeal plasmids - Nature Communications

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Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Jul 2

Scaling laws of bacterial and archaeal plasmids www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The capacity of a plasmid to express genes is constrained by parameters such as its length and copy number. Here, Maddamsetti et al. present a computational method that enables rapid and accurate dete...

Complete genome analysis of the cellulose producing strain Komagataeibacter sucrofermentans SMEG01 - Scientific Reports

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Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Jul 2

Complete genome analysis of the cellulose producing strain Komagataeibacter sucrofermentans SMEG01 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Scientific Reports - Complete genome analysis of the cellulose producing strain Komagataeibacter sucrofermentans SMEG01

The identification Mycobacterium tuberculosis genes that modulate long term survival in the presence of rifampicin and streptomycin - Scientific Reports

Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Jul 2

The identification Mycobacterium tuberculosis genes that modulate long term survival in the presence of rifampicin and streptomycin www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Scientific Reports - The identification Mycobacterium tuberculosis genes that modulate long term survival in the presence of rifampicin and streptomycin

Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST70 harboring blaNDM in a migratory Penguin - Scientific Reports

Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Jul 1

Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST70 harboring blaNDM in a migratory Penguin www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Scientific Reports - Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST70 harboring blaNDM in a migratory Penguin

Tracking international and regional dissemination of the KPC/NDM co-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae - Nature Communications

Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · Jul 1

Tracking international and regional dissemination of the KPC/NDM co-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This study is an analysis of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from 2005 to 2024, which showed significant differences across countries, and Clone Group 1 emerged as the principal disseminati...

A multi-hospital, clinician-initiated bacterial genomics programme to investigate treatment failure in severe Staphylococcus aureus infections - Nature Communications

Bacterial Genomics @bactgenrss.bsky.social · May 26

A multi-hospital, clinician-initiated bacterial genomics programme to investigate treatment failure in severe Staphylococcus aureus infections www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bacteria can undergo adaptive evolution during severe infections, leading to treatment failure. The authors use within-host evolution genomic analysis to investigate persistent Staphylococcus aureus i...