Prokaryote genomics started in earnest in 1995, with the complete sequences of two small
bacterial genomes, those of Haemophilus influenzae and Mycoplasma genitalium. During …

Background Actinobacteria is as a group of advanced filamentous bacteria. Rare
Actinobacteria are of special interest as they are rarely isolated from the environments. They …

Background Clostridium autoethanogenum strain JA1-1 (DSM 10061) is an acetogen
capable of fermenting CO, CO 2 and H 2 (eg from syngas or waste gases) into biofuel …

Interest in using bacteriophages to control the growth and spread of bacterial pathogens is
being revived in the wake of widespread antibiotic resistance. However, little is known about …

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are responsible for gastrointestinal diseases
reported in numerous outbreaks around the world. Given the public health importance of …

The rates of foodborne disease caused by gastrointestinal pathogens continue to be a
concern in both the developed and developing worlds. The growing world population, the …

We have developed an easy-to-use and memory-efficient method called PhenotypeSeeker
that (a) identifies phenotype-specific k-mers,(b) generates ak-mer-based statistical model for …

Background Enterococcus faecium though commensal in the human gut, few strains provide
a beneficial effect to humans as probiotics while few are responsible for the nosocomial …

The legislations on the usage of antibiotics as growth promoters and prophylactic agents
have compelled to develop alternative tools to upsurge the animal protection and contain …

Food animals act as a reservoir for many foodborne pathogens. Salmonella enterica is one
of the leading pathogens that cause food borne illness in a broad host range including …