A positive correlation between GC content and growth temperature in prokaryotes

EZ Hu, XR Lan, ZL Liu, J Gao, DK Niu - BMC genomics, 2022 - Springer
Background GC pairs are generally more stable than AT pairs; GC-rich genomes were
proposed to be more adapted to high temperatures than AT-rich genomes. Previous studies …

Profiling lateral gene transfer events in the human microbiome using WAAFLE

TY Hsu, E Nzabarushimana, D Wong, C Luo… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Lateral gene transfer (LGT), also known as horizontal gene transfer, facilitates genomic
diversification in microbial populations. While previous work has surveyed LGT in human …

[HTML][HTML] Profiling novel lateral gene transfer events in the human microbiome

TY Hsu, E Nzabarushimana, D Wong, C Luo, RG Beiko… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Lateral gene transfer (LGT) is an important mechanism for genome diversification in
microbial populations, including the human microbiome. While prior work has surveyed LGT …

High-throughput transcriptional characterization of regulatory sequences from bacterial biosynthetic gene clusters

J Park, SS Yim, HH Wang - ACS Synthetic Biology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Recent efforts to sequence, survey, and functionally characterize the diverse biosynthetic
capabilities of bacteria have identified numerous Biosynthetic Gene Clusters (BGCs). Genes …

Exploring the host range for genetic transfer of magnetic organelle biosynthesis

MV Dziuba, FD Müller, M Pósfai, D Schüler - Nature Nanotechnology, 2024 - nature.com
Magnetosomes produced by magnetotactic bacteria have great potential for application in
biotechnology and medicine due to their unique physicochemical properties and high …

Comprehensive Genomic Characterization of Marine Bacteria Thalassospira spp. Provides Insights into Their Ecological Roles in Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Exposed …

G Kayama, RA Kanaly, JF Mori - Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The marine bacterial genus Thalassospira has often been identified as an abundant
member of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-exposed microbial communities …

DPProm: a two-layer predictor for identifying promoters and their types on phage genome using deep learning

C Wang, J Zhang, L Cheng, J Wu… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the number of phage genomes increasing, it is urgent to develop new bioinformatics
methods for phage genome annotation. Promoter, a DNA region, is important for gene …

Comprehensive essentiality analysis of the Mycobacterium kansasii genome by saturation transposon mutagenesis and deep sequencing

K Levendosky, N Janisch, LEN Quadri - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mycobacterium kansasii (Mk) is an opportunistic pathogen that is frequently isolated from
urban water systems, posing a health risk to susceptible individuals. Despite its ability to …

Genomic, Phylogenetic and Physiological Characterization of the PAH-Degrading Strain Gordonia polyisoprenivorans 135

E Frantsuzova, A Bogun, O Kopylova, A Vetrova… - Biology, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are dangerous environmental pollutants
and can be harmful to human health due to their carcinogenicity. The strain Gordonia …

[HTML][HTML] The presence of genes encoding carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase and lack of carbapenem resistance in non-baumannii Acinetobacter misidentified as …

J Zheng, J Ji, W Chen, D Wang, C Liu, Y Zhang… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective This study aims to analyze the genomic and clinical characteristics of Non-
baumannii Acinetobacter strains misidentified as A. baumannii, causing bloodstream …