Temporal increase in D614G mutation of SARS-CoV-2 in the Middle East and North Africa
Published in Heliyon
Phylogeny; Trend; COVID-19; MENA; Jordan; Oman; Egypt; Iran; Saudi Arabia; Morocco.
MERS-CoV: epidemiology, molecular dynamics, therapeutics, and future challenges
...Published in Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
The Severe Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has gained research attention worldwide, given the current pandemic. Nevertheless, a previous zoonotic and highly pathogenic coronavirus, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), is still causing concern, especially in Saudi Arabia and neighbour countries. The MERS-CoV h...
Virulence and resistance genes profiles and clonal relationships of non-typhoidal food-borne Salmonella strains isolated...
Published in International journal of food microbiology
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) has made impressive progress in the field of molecular biology. Its most common application for public health is in the area of surveillance of food-borne diseases. WGS has the potential for providing a large amount of information, such as the identification of the strain type, the characterization of antibiotic resist...
Characterization of alphabaculovirus: HearNPV-IIPR05 isolate infecting Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) larvae
Published in Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
BackgroundThe alphabaculoviruses are lethal pathogens of lepidopteran caterpillars including a polyphagous and globally recognized pest, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) infesting economically important agriculture crops worldwide. The biological and molecular characterizations of indigenous nucleopolyhedrovirus of the genus Alphabaculovirus isolated ...
Comparative mitogenome analyses uncover mitogenome features and phylogenetic implications of the subfamily Cobitinae
Published in BMC Genomics
BackgroundLoaches of Cobitinae, widely distributed in Eurasian continent, have high economic, ornamental and scientific value. However, the phylogeny of Cobitinae fishes within genera or family level remains complex and controversial. Up to now, about 60 Cobitinae mitogenomes had been deposited in GenBank, but their integrated characteristics were ...
Two new species of Physisporinus (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) from Yunnan, Southwest China
Published in Mycological Progress
Based on morphological characteristics and molecular phylogenetic analysis using nuc rDNA ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 and 28S rDNA sequences, two new species of Physisporinus, Physisporinus castanopsidis sp. nov. and Physisporinus roseus sp. nov. are described from Yunnan Province, Southwest China. Physisporinus castanopsidis is characterised by resupinate, sno...
Two new species of Panellus (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) from China
Published in Mycological Progress
Based on morphological characteristics and molecular evidence, two new species of Panellus, P. bambusicola and P. yunnanensis, are described and illustrated from Yunnan Province, southwestern China. Both species are characterized by white and gelatinous basidiocarps, poroid hymenophore which is concolorous with the pileal surface, a monomitic hypha...
Felsenstein Phylogenetic Likelihood
Published in Journal of Molecular Evolution
In 1981, the Journal of Molecular Evolution (JME) published an article entitled “ Evolutionary trees from DNA sequences: A maximum likelihood approach ” by Joseph (Joe) Felsenstein (J Mol Evol 17:368–376, 1981). This groundbreaking work laid the foundation for the emerging field of statistical phylogenetics, providing a tractable way of finding max...
The complete chloroplast genome sequence of American elm (Ulmus americana) and comparative genomics of related species
Published in Tree Genetics & Genomes
American elm, Ulmus americana L., was widely cultivated in the USA and Canada as a landscape tree. Despite its importance in landscaping and horticulture, its genome is poorly characterized. We assembled the chloroplast genomes of two American elm genotypes (RV16 and Am. 57845); to our knowledge, this is the first description of sequencing and asse...
Combined whole cell wall analysis and streamlined in silico carbohydrate-active enzyme discovery to improve biocatalytic...
Published in Biotechnology for Biofuels
The production of biofuels as an efficient source of renewable energy has received considerable attention due to increasing energy demands and regulatory incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Second-generation biofuel feedstocks, including agricultural crop residues generated on-farm during annual harvests, are abundant, inexpensive, and s...
