Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases ► Evolution, Ecology, Pathogenicity, Populations

Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Volume 34  Number 1  January 8-15, 2015

Evolution, Ecology, Pathogenicity, Populations

Bacterial evolution. The type VI secretion system of Vibrio cholerae fosters horizontal gene transfer.
Borgeaud S, et al. Science 2015; 347: 63-67.

Comment:
RNA-seq study of cholera pathogen connects bacteria-killing mechanism to horizontal gene transfer
Han AP. GenomeWeb, Jan 2, 2015. [by free subscription only]

Phylodynamic analysis of clinical and environmental Vibrio cholerae isolates from Haiti reveals diversification driven by positive selection
Azarian T, et al. mBio  2014; 5(6): e01824-14.

Draft whole-genome sequences of 10 serogroup O6 enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains
Pattabiraman V, Bopp CA. Genome Announc 2014;2(6): pii: e01274-14.

Evolution of invasion in a diverse set of Fusobacterium species
McGuire AM, et al. mBio 2014; 5(6): e01864-14.

Development of a multilocus sequence typing scheme for the study of Anaplasma marginale population structure over space and time
Guillemi EC, et al. Infect Genet Evol, Dec 27, 2014.

The use of genome wide association methods to investigate pathogenicity, population structure and serovar in Haemophilus parasuis
Howell KJ, et al. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:1179.

Comparative analyses of nonpathogenic, opportunistic, and totally pathogenic mycobacteria reveal genomic and biochemical variabilities and   highlight the survival attributes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Rahman SA, et al. mBio 2014; 5(6): e02020-14.

Multiple sampling and discriminatory fingerprinting reveals clonally complex and compartmentalized infections by M. bovis in cattle 
Navarro Y, et al. Vet Microbiol 2015; 175(1): 99–104.

Within-host nucleotide diversity of virus populations: Insights from next-generation sequencing
Nelson CW, Hughes AL. Infect Genet Evol 2015; 30: 1–7.

Evolution of the H9N2 influenza genotype that facilitated the genesis of the novel H7N9 virus
Pu J, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, Dec 29, 2014.

Identification of the source of A (H10N8) virus causing human infection
Xu Y, et al. Infect Genet Evol, Dec 27, 2014.

Contemporary avian influenza A virus subtype H1, H6, H7, H10, and H15 hemagglutinin genes encode a mammalian virulence factor similar to the 1918 pandemic virus H1 hemagglutinin
Qi L, et al. mBio 2014; 5(6): e02116-14.

Multilocus sequence typing approach for a broader range of species of Leishmania genus: describing parasite diversity in Argentina
Marco JD. Infect Genet Evol, Dec 31, 2014.

Mosquito genomics. Highly evolvable malaria vectors: the genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquitoes.
Neafsey DE, et al. Science 2015; 347: 1258522.

Comment:
Evolutionary genomics. Conundrum of jumbled mosquito genomes.
Clark AG, Messer PW. Science 2015; 347: 27-28. 

Mosquito genomics. Extensive introgression in a malaria vector species complex revealed by phylogenomics.
Fontaine MC, et al. Science 2015; 347: 1258524.