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

Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Volume 34  Number 6  February 12-19, 2015

Evolution, Ecology, Pathogenicity, Populations

Geospatial resolution of human and bacterial diversity with city-scale metagenomics  [PDF 5.56 MB]
Afshinnekoo E, et al. Cell Systems 2015; 1:1-15.

Comment:
Metagenomic study offers glimpse of NYC subway system microbes 
GenomeWeb, Feb 5, 2015.

Geographically distinct Escherichia coli O157 isolates differ by lineage, shiga toxin genotype, and total shiga toxin production.
Mellor GE, et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Feb;53(2):579-86.

Comparative analysis of super-shedder strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 reveals distinctive genomic features and a strongly aggregative adherent phenotype on bovine rectoanal junction squamous epithelial cells
Cote R, et al. PLoS One 2015 Feb 9;10(2):e0116743.

Genomic sequences of six botulinum neurotoxin-producing strains representing three clostridial species illustrate the mobility and diversity of botulinum neurotoxin genes.
Smith TJ, et al. Infect Genet Evol. 2015 Mar;30:102-13.

Identification and characterization of regions of difference between the Salmonella Gallinarum biovar Gallinarum and the Salmonella Gallinarum biovar Pullorum genomes.
Batista DF, et al. Infect Genet Evol. 2015 Mar;30:74-81.

Phylogenetic analysis of environmental Legionella pneumophila isolates from an endemic area (Alcoy, Spain).
Sánchez-Busó L, et al. Infect Genet Evol. 2015 Mar;30:45-54.

Finer characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using spoligotyping and 15-loci MIRU-VNTRs reveals phylogeographical specificities of isolates circulating in Guyana and Suriname.
Streit E, et al. Infect Genet Evol. 2015 Mar;30:114-9

Genome sequence of enterovirus D68 and clinical disease, Thailand.
Vongpunsawad S, et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Feb;21(2):384.

Genome characterization of a GII.6 norovirus strain identified in China.
Xue L, et al. Infect Genet Evol. 2015 Feb 4.

Molecular epidemiology of echoviruses 11 and 30 in Russia: Different properties of genotypes within an enterovirus serotype.
Yarmolskaya MS, et al. Infect Genet Evol. 2015 Mar;30:244-8.

Genetic and antigenic analysis of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype O responsible for outbreaks in India during 2013.
Subramaniam S, et al. Infect Genet Evol. 2015 Mar;30:59-64.

Homologous recombination in pestiviruses: Identification of three putative novel events between different subtypes/genogroups.
Weber MN, et al.  Infect Genet Evol. 2015 Mar;30:219-24.

Molecular characterization of a new mosaic simian immunodeficiency virus in a naturally infected tantalus monkey (Chlorocebus tantalus) from Cameroon: A challenge to the virus-host co-evolution of SIVagm in African green monkeys.
Ayouba A, et al. Infect Genet Evol. 2015 Mar;30:65-73.

A new member of the pteropine orthoreovirus species isolated from fruit bats imported to Italy.
Lorusso A, et al. Infect Genet Evol. 2015 Mar;30:55-8.

Plasmodium falciparum field isolates from areas of repeated emergence of drug resistant malaria show no evidence of hypermutator phenotype.
Brown TS, et al. Infect Genet Evol. 2015 Mar;30:318-22.

Multilocus typing and population structure of Cryptosporidium from children in Zaragoza, Spain.
Ramo A, et al. Infect Genet Evol. 2015 Feb 6.

Multilocus sequence typing approach for a broader range of species of Leishmania genus: Describing parasite diversity in Argentina.
Marco JD, et al. Infect Genet Evol. 2015 Mar;30:308-17.

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. 2015 Mar;30:186-94.

Genetic blueprint of the zoonotic pathogen Toxocara canis.
Zhu XQ, et al. Nat Commun, Feb 4, 2015.