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Evolution, Ecology, Pathogenicity, Populations

16S rRNA gene sequencing, multilocus sequence analysis, and mass spectrometry identification of the proposed new species “Clostridium neonatale”
Bouvet P, et al. J Clin Microbiol 2014; 52(12): 4129-4136.

Comparative analyses of Legionella species identifies genetic features of strains causing Legionnaires' disease 
Valero LG, et al. Genome Biology 2014, 15:505.

Ecological succession and viability of human-associated microbiota on restroom surfaces 
Gibbons SM, et al. Appl Environ Microbiol, 14 November 2014.

Comment:
Toilet ecology
Gibbons S. microBEnet, Nov 17, 2014.

Elucidating variations in the nucleotide sequence of Ebola virus associated with increasing pathogenicity.
Stuart D Dowall et al. Genome Biology, November 22, 2014

Multilocus sequence typing of Corynebacterium ulcerans provides evidence for zoonotic transmission and for increased prevalence of certain sequence types among toxigenic strains
Konig C, et al. J Clin Microbiol 2014; 52(12): 4318-4324.

Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of Clostridium difficile isolates: a single-center study
Zhou Y, et al. J Clin Microbiol 2014; 52(12): 4260-4266.

Whole genome sequencing confirms that Burkholderia pseudomallei multilocus sequence types common to both Cambodia and Australia are due to homoplasy
De Smet B, et al. J Clin Microbiol 2014 Nov 12.

Whole-genome comparison of Aspergillus fumigatus strains serially isolated from patients with aspergillosis
Hagiwara D, et al. J Clin Microbiol 2014; 52(12): 4202-4209.