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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi possesses a unique repertoire of fimbrial gene sequencesS M Townsend
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
Infect Immun 69:2894-901. 2001..However, the serotype Typhi genome differed from that of all other Salmonella serotypes investigated in that it contained a unique combination of putative fimbrial operons...
Comparative genomics and proteomics of Helicobacter mustelae, an ulcerogenic and carcinogenic gastric pathogenPaul W O'Toole
Department of Microbiology, and Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
BMC Genomics 11:164. 2010..mustelae pathogenesis, and the ulcerogenic and carcinogenic potential of helicobacters in general, we sequenced the H. mustelae genome, and identified 425 expressed proteins in the envelope and cytosolic proteome...
The genome of Rhizobium leguminosarum has recognizable core and accessory componentsJ Peter W Young
Department of Biology, University of York, York, UK
Genome Biol 7:R34. 2006..We have sequenced the genome of R. leguminosarum biovar viciae strain 3841...
The complete genome, comparative and functional analysis of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia reveals an organism heavily shielded by drug resistance determinantsLisa C Crossman
Pathogen Sequencing Unit, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
Genome Biol 9:R74. 2008..Whilst relatively distant phylogenetically, the closest sequenced relatives of S. maltophilia are the plant pathogenic xanthomonads...
Genomic and genetic analyses of diversity and plant interactions of Pseudomonas fluorescensMark W Silby
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Centre for Adaptation Genetics and Drug Resistance, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Genome Biol 10:R51. 2009..A functional genomic in vivo expression technology (IVET) screen provided insight into genes used by P. fluorescens in its natural environment and an improved understanding of the ecological significance of diversity within this species...
Genetic flux over time in the Salmonella lineageGeorgios S Vernikos
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
Genome Biol 8:R100. 2007..Over time, the composition of those sequences tends to become more similar to the compositional signature of their host (amelioration)...
Comparative genome and phenotypic analysis of Clostridium difficile 027 strains provides insight into the evolution of a hypervirulent bacteriumRichard A Stabler
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
Genome Biol 10:R102. 2009..difficile (CD196), a recent epidemic and hypervirulent 027 (R20291) and a previously sequenced PCR-ribotype 012 strain (630)...
High-throughput clone library analysis of the mucosa-associated microbiota reveals dysbiosis and differences between inflamed and non-inflamed regions of the intestine in inflammatory bowel diseaseAlan W Walker
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
BMC Microbiol 11:7. 2011..We therefore specifically sought to compare the mucosa-associated microbiota from both inflamed and non-inflamed sites of the colon in CD and UC patients to that from non-IBD controls and to detect disease-specific profiles...
High-throughput bacterial SNP typing identifies distinct clusters of Salmonella Typhi causing typhoid in Nepalese childrenKathryn E Holt
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
BMC Infect Dis 10:144. 2010..Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, is an area of high incidence and the pediatric population appears to be at high risk of exposure and infection...
Independent evolution of the core and accessory gene sets in the genus Neisseria: insights gained from the genome of Neisseria lactamica isolate 020-06Julia S Bennett
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK
BMC Genomics 11:652. 2010..Genomic comparisons of these three bacteria will provide insights into the mechanisms and evolution of pathogenesis in this group of organisms, which are applicable to understanding these processes more generally...
Identification, variation and transcription of pneumococcal repeat sequencesNicholas J Croucher
Pathogen Genomics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
BMC Genomics 12:120. 2011..However, little is known about the role they play in pneumococcal genetics...
Comparative genomics of prevaccination and modern Bordetella pertussis strainsMarieke J Bart
Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, Netherlands Centre for Infectious Diseases Control, RIVM, Bilthoven, Netherlands
BMC Genomics 11:627. 2010..To elucidate how B. pertussis has adapted to vaccination, we compared genome sequences of two ptxP3 strains with four strains isolated before and after the introduction vaccination...
Pseudogene accumulation in the evolutionary histories of Salmonella enterica serovars Paratyphi A and TyphiKathryn E Holt
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
BMC Genomics 10:36. 2009..The accumulation of pseudogenes is a key feature of these and other host-adapted pathogens, and overlapping pseudogene complements are evident in Paratyphi A and Typhi...
The genome sequence of the fish pathogen Aliivibrio salmonicida strain LFI1238 shows extensive evidence of gene decayErik Hjerde
Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, N 9037 Tromsø, Norway
BMC Genomics 9:616. 2008..The fish pathogen Aliivibrio salmonicida is the causative agent of cold-water vibriosis in marine aquaculture. The Gram-negative bacterium causes tissue degradation, hemolysis and sepsis in vivo...
Comparative genomics of the emerging human pathogen Photorhabdus asymbiotica with the insect pathogen Photorhabdus luminescensPaul Wilkinson
School of Biosciences, University of Exeter in Cornwall, Penryn TR10 9EZ, UK
BMC Genomics 10:302. 2009..Here we compare the complete genome of Pa ATCC43949 with that of the previously sequenced insect pathogen P. luminescens strain TT01 which was isolated from its entomopathogenic nematode vector collected from soil in Trinidad and Tobago...
Co-evolution of genomes and plasmids within Chlamydia trachomatis and the emergence in Sweden of a new variant strainHelena M B Seth-Smith
Molecular Microbiology Group, University Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK
BMC Genomics 10:239. 2009..This is essential knowledge if the plasmid is to be continued to be relied on as a key diagnostic marker, and for an understanding of the evolution of Chlamydia trachomatis...
Re-annotation and re-analysis of the Campylobacter jejuni NCTC11168 genome sequenceOzan Gundogdu
Pathogen Molecular Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
BMC Genomics 8:162. 2007..We now describe the complete re-annotation and re-analysis of the C. jejuni NCTC11168 genome using current database information, novel tools and annotation techniques not used during the original annotation...
Evolutionary diversification of an ancient gene family (rhs) through C-terminal displacementAndrew P Jackson
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
BMC Genomics 10:584. 2009..coli. By comparing rhs repertoires across the Enterobacteriaceae, this study provides a robust explanation of rhs diversification and evolution, and a mechanistic model of how rhs diversity is gained and lost...
Evidence for niche adaptation in the genome of the bovine pathogen Streptococcus uberisPhilip N Ward
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
BMC Genomics 10:54. 2009..Comparative analysis of the complete genome sequence of S. uberis strain 0140J was undertaken to help elucidate the biology of this effective bovine pathogen...
Ankyrin repeat domain-encoding genes in the wPip strain of Wolbachia from the Culex pipiens groupThomas Walker
Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research and Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
BMC Biol 5:39. 2007..Species in the Culex pipiens complex display an unusually high number of Wolbachia-induced crossing types, and based on present data, only the wPip strain is present...
Complete DNA sequence of a serogroup A strain of Neisseria meningitidis Z2491J Parkhill
The Sanger Centre, The Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
Nature 404:502-6. 2000..Many of these repeats appear to be involved in genome fluidity and antigenic variation in this important human pathogen...
Genome sequence of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plagueJ Parkhill
The Sanger Centre, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
Nature 413:523-7. 2001..The evidence of ongoing genome fluidity, expansion and decay suggests Y. pestis is a pathogen that has undergone large-scale genetic flux and provides a unique insight into the ways in which new and highly virulent pathogens evolve...
Complete genome sequence of a multiple drug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi CT18J Parkhill
The Sanger Centre, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
Nature 413:848-52. 2001..typhi. CT18 harbours a 218,150-bp multiple-drug-resistance incH1 plasmid (pHCM1), and a 106,516-bp cryptic plasmid (pHCM2), which shows recent common ancestry with a virulence plasmid of Yersinia pestis...
Comparative analysis of the genome sequences of Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis and Bordetella bronchisepticaJulian Parkhill
The Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
Nat Genet 35:32-40. 2003....
The complete genome sequence and analysis of Corynebacterium diphtheriae NCTC13129A M Cerdeño-Tárraga
The Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
Nucleic Acids Res 31:6516-23. 2003..The genome itself shows an unusually extreme large-scale compositional bias, being noticeably higher in G+C near the origin than at the terminus...
Complete genome sequence of the plant pathogen Erwinia amylovora strain ATCC 49946M Sebaihia
The Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
J Bacteriol 192:2020-1. 2010..The analysis of the sequence and its comparison with sequenced genomes of closely related enterobacteria revealed signs of pathoadaptation to rosaceous hosts...
Evolutionary strategies of human pathogensJ Parkhill
The Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 68:151-8. 2003
SCP1, a 356,023 bp linear plasmid adapted to the ecology and developmental biology of its host, Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)S D Bentley
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
Mol Microbiol 51:1615-28. 2004..This may be related to atypical features of its end sequences...
Complete genome sequence of the model actinomycete Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)S D Bentley
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
Nature 417:141-7. 2002..The genome sequence will greatly increase our understanding of microbial life in the soil as well as aiding the generation of new drug candidates by genetic engineering...
Deciphering the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the complete genome sequenceS T Cole
Sanger Centre, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK
Nature 393:537-44. 1998....
Genome sequence of the enterobacterial phytopathogen Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica and characterization of virulence factorsK S Bell
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:11105-10. 2004....
Artemis: sequence visualization and annotationK Rutherford
The Sanger Centre, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
Bioinformatics 16:944-5. 2000..Sequences and annotation can be read and written directly in EMBL, GenBank and GFF format. AVAILABITLTY: Artemis is available under the GNU General Public License from http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Software/Artemis..
Whole genome comparison of Campylobacter jejuni human isolates using a low-cost microarray reveals extensive genetic diversityN Dorrell
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Genome Res 11:1706-15. 2001..These studies reveal extensive genetic diversity among C. jejuni strains and pave the way toward identifying correlates of pathogenicity and developing improved epidemiological tools for this problematic pathogen...
Yersinia pestis pFra shows biovar-specific differences and recent common ancestry with a Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi plasmidM B Prentice
Department of Medical Microbiology, St Bartholomew s and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom
J Bacteriol 183:2586-94. 2001..pestis strains which distinguish Y. pestis bv. Orientalis strains from other biovars. We also present evidence for plasmid-associated DNA exchange between Y. pestis and the exclusively human pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi...
Genetic basis for lipopolysaccharide O-antigen biosynthesis in bordetellaeA Preston
Centre for Veterinary Science, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0ES, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
Infect Immun 67:3763-7. 1999..Mutations in the locus in B. bronchiseptica and B. parapertussis prevent O-antigen biosynthesis and provide tools for the study of the role of O antigen in infections caused by these bacteria...
The decaying genome of Mycobacterium lepraeK Eiglmeier
, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris, France
Lepr Rev 72:387-98. 2001..This may explain the unusually long generation time and account for our inability to culture the leprosy bacillus...
Homology between a human apoptosis specific protein and the product of APG5, a gene involved in autophagy in yeastE M Hammond
CRC Institute for Cancer Studies, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK
FEBS Lett 425:391-5. 1998..These data indicate a possible relationship between apoptosis and autophagy and suggest evolutionary conservation in mammalian apoptosis of a degradative process present in yeast...
Mutations revealed by sequencing the 5' half of the gene for ataxia telangiectasiaP J Byrd
Institute for Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK
Hum Mol Genet 5:145-9. 1996....
