Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases ► Methods

Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Volume 34  Number 1  January 8-15, 2015

Methods

Cost-effective pooling of DNA from nasopharyngeal swab samples for large-scale detection of bacteria by real-time PCR
Edouard S, et al. Clin Chem, Dec 31, 2014.

Comment:
Pooling and concentrating DNA from nasopharyngeal swabs prior to RT-PCR saves money
GenomeWeb, Jan 5, 2015. [by free subscription only]

A gene-by-gene population genomics platform: de novo assembly, annotation and genealogical analysis of 108 representative Neisseria meningitidis genomes
Bratcher HB, et al. BMC Genomics. 2014; 15: 1138.

Bacterial phylogenetic reconstruction from whole genomes is robust to recombination but demographic inference is not 
Hedge J, Wilson DJ. mBio 2014; 5(6):e02158-14.

Flexibility and symmetry of prokaryotic genome rearrangement reveal lineage-associated core-gene-defined genome organizational frameworks
Kang Y, et al. mBio 2014; 5(6): e01867-14.

Chromosomal transfers in mycoplasmas: when minimal genomes go mobile
Dordet-Frisoni E, et al. mBio 2014; 5(6): e01958-14.

Global avian influenza surveillance in wild birds: a strategy to capture viral diversity
Machalaba C, et al. Emerg Infect Dis, April 2015.

Recombination in viruses: Mechanisms, methods of study, and evolutionary consequences
Pérez-Losada M, et al. Infect Genet Evol, Dec 23, 2014. 

Isolation and enrichment of Cryptosporidium DNA and verification of DNA purity for whole genome sequencing
Guo Y, et al. J Clin Microbiol, Dec 17,2014.