Vieira, Diego Henrique Mirandola Dias Rangel, Luís Filipe Tagliavini, Vinicius Panciera Abdallah, Vanessa Doro Santos, Maria João de Azevedo, Rodney Kozlowiski
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Parasitology research
The present study describes Henneguya lacustris n. sp. parasitizing Astyanax lacustris (Lütken 1875), from the Tietê River, State of São Paulo, Brazil, through morphological and molecular analysis. Myxospores of the parasites were found in the gills of A. lacustris with 13% prevalence of infection. The myxospores were oval and presented as measures...
Mignotte, Antoine Garros, Claire Gardès, Laetitia Balenghien, Thomas Duhayon, Maxime Rakotoarivony, Ignace Tabourin, Laura Poujol, Léa Mathieu, Bruno Ibañez-Justicia, Adolfo
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Parasites & Vectors
BackgroundCulicoides obsoletus is an abundant and widely distributed Holarctic biting midge species, involved in the transmission of bluetongue virus (BTV) and Schmallenberg virus (SBV) to wild and domestic ruminants. Females of this vector species are often reported jointly with two morphologically very close species, C. scoticus and C. montanus, ...
Chan, Abigail Hui En Chaisiri, Kittipong Morand, Serge Saralamba, Naowarat Thaenkham, Urusa
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Parasites & Vectors
BackgroundMolecular advances have accelerated our understanding of nematode systematics and taxonomy. However, comparative analyzes between various genetic markers have led to discrepancies in nematode phylogenies. This study aimed to evaluate the suitability of using mitochondrial 12S and 16S ribosomal RNA genes for nematode molecular systematics....
Shen, Xing-Xing Li, Yuanning Hittinger, Chris Todd Chen, Xue-xin Rokas, Antonis
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Nature Communications
Replicate runs of maximum likelihood phylogenetic analyses can generate different tree topologies due to differences in parameters, such as random seeds. Here, Shen et al. demonstrate that replicate runs can generate substantially different tree topologies even with identical data and parameters.
Motayo, Babatunde Olarenwaju Oluwasemowo, Olukunle Oluwapamilerin Olusola, Babatunde Adebiyi Akinduti, Paul Akiniyi Arege, Olamide T Obafemi, Yemisi Dorcas Faneye, Adedayo Omotayo Isibor, Patrick Omoregbe Aworunse, Oluwadurotimi Samuel Oranusi, Solomon Uche
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International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
The ongoing SARSCoV-2 pandemic was introduced into Africa on 14th February 2020 and has rapidly spread across the continent causing severe public health crisis and mortality. We investigated the genetic diversity and evolution of this virus during the early outbreak months between 14th February to 24th April 2020, using whole genome sequences. We p...
Hennart, Melanie Panunzi, Leonardo G. Rodrigues, Carla Gaday, Quentin Baines, Sarah L. Barros-Pinkelnig, Marina Carmi-Leroy, Annick Dazas, Melody Wehenkel, Anne Marie Didelot, Xavier
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Genome Medicine
BackgroundCorynebacterium diphtheriae, the agent of diphtheria, is a genetically diverse bacterial species. Although antimicrobial resistance has emerged against several drugs including first-line penicillin, the genomic determinants and population dynamics of resistance are largely unknown for this neglected human pathogen.MethodsHere, we analyzed...
Torres-Huerta, Brenda Segura-León, Obdulia L. Aragón-Magadan, Marco A. González-Hernández, Héctor
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Scientific Reports
The round-headed pine beetle Dendroctonus adjunctus, whose dispersion and colonization behaviors are linked to a communication system mediated by semiochemicals, is one of the five most critical primary pests in forest ecosystems in Mexico. This study provides the first head transcriptome analysis of D. adjunctus and the identification of the nonre...
Runthala, Ashish Sai, Tavakala Harsha Kamjula, Vandana Phulara, Suresh C. Rajput, Vikrant Singh Sangapillai, Karthikeyan
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Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
BackgroundTo achieve a high yield of terpenoid-based therapeutics, 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate (DXP) pathway has been significantly exploited for the production of downstream enzymes. The DXP synthase (DXS) enzyme, the initiator of this pathway, is pivotal for the convergence of carbon flux, and is computationally studied well for the industrial...
Guerra Maldonado, Juan F. Vincent, Antony T. Chenal, Martin Veyrier, Frederic J.
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BMC Genomics
BackgroundThe evolution of bacteria is shaped by different mechanisms such as mutation, gene deletion, duplication, or insertion of foreign DNA among others. These genetic changes can accumulate in the descendants as a result of natural selection. Using phylogeny and genome comparisons, evolutionary paths can be somehow retraced, with recent events...
Siu, Gilman Kit-Hang Lee, Lam-Kwong Leung, Kenneth Siu-Sing Leung, Jake Siu-Lun Ng, Timothy Ting-Leung Chan, Chloe Toi-Mei Tam, Kingsley King-Gee Lao, Hiu-Yin Wu, Alan Ka-Lun Yau, Miranda Chong-Yee
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Emerging Microbes & Infections
