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FRONTIERS IN GENETICS
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
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ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY
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Peter Kaempfer, Hans-Juergen Busse, Dominique Clermont, Alexis Criscuolo, Stefanie P. Glaeser
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Yina Cifuentes, Andreas Vilcinskas, Peter Kampfer, Stefanie P. Glaeser
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ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
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Peter Kaempfer, Stefanie P. Glaeser, Hans-Juergen Busse, John A. McInroy, Dominique Clermont, Alexis Criscuolo
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Hans-Juergen Busse, Peter Kaempfer, Michael P. Szostak, Joachim Spergser
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James E. F. Barnett, Ladislav Novotny, Kelly Astley, Rob Deaville, Richard I. Fox, Cally Ham, Shinto K. John, Shaheed K. MacGregor, Peter J. Perkins, Gurkan Tut, Adrian M. Whatmore, Mark E. Wessels
Summary: The Greenland shark, the longest living vertebrate, was found in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. Little is known about its biology, abundance, health, or diseases. In March 2022, the third reported UK stranding of this species occurred, and it was the first to undergo post-mortem examination. The examination revealed haemorrhages, silt in the stomach, corneal opacity, congested brain, and various pathological conditions including meningitis.
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY
(2023)
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Microbiology
Bedaso Mammo Edao, Gobena Ameni, Stefan Berg, Muluken Tekle, Adrian M. M. Whatmore, James L. N. Wood, Andries J. J. van Tonder, Roland T. T. Ashford
Summary: This study reports the first molecular characterization of Brucella species from Ethiopia. The isolates from Ethiopia belong to lineage A, which has only been represented by strains from sub-Saharan Africa. This research expands the known diversity of Brucella species and provides a basis for further studies on the global population structure and evolutionary history of this major zoonotic pathogen.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Microbiology
Edgardo Moreno, Earl A. Middlebrook, Pamela Altamirano-Silva, Sascha Al Dahouk, George F. Araj, Vilma Arce-Gorvel, Angela Arenas-Gamboa, Javier Ariza, Elias Barquero-Calvo, Giorgio Battelli, Wilson J. Bertu, Jose Maria Blasco, Mile Bosilkovski, Simeon Cadmus, Clayton C. Caswell, Jean Celli, Carlos Chacon-Diaz, Esteban Chaves-Olarte, Diego J. Comerci, Raquel Conde-Alvarez, Elizabeth Cook, Silvio Cravero, Maryam Dadar, Xavier De Boelle, Fabrizio De Massis, Ramon Diaz, Gabriela I. Escobar, Luis Fernandez-Lago, Thomas A. Ficht, Jeffrey T. Foster, Bruno Garin-Bastuji, Jacques Godfroid, Jean-Pierre Gorvel, Leyla Gueler, Sevil Erdenlig-Guerbilek, Amayel M. Gusi, Caterina Guzman-Verri, Jiang Hai, Gabriela Hernandez-Mora, Maite Iriarte, Nestor R. Jacob, Anne Keriel, Maamar Khames, Stephan Kohler, Jean-Jacques Letesson, Maite Loperena-Barber, Ignacio Lopez-Goni, John McGiven, Falk Melzer, Ricardo Mora-Cartin, Jacob Moran-Gilad, Pilar M. Munoz, Heinrich Neubauer, David O'Callaghan, Reuben Ocholi, Angel Onate, Piyush Pandey, Georgios Pappas, J. Tony Pembroke, Martin Roop, Nazaret Ruiz-Villalonos, Michael P. Ryan, Miriam Salvador-Bescos, Felix J. Sangari, Renato de Lima Santos, Aristarchos Seimenis, Gary Splitter, Marcela Suarez-Esquivel, Darem Tabbaa, Marcos David Trangoni, Renee M. Tsolis, Nieves Vizcaino, Gamal Wareth, Susan C. Welburn, Adrian Whatmore, Amaia Zuniga-Ripa, Ignacio Moriyon
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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
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Microbiology
Vitalii Timofeev, Irina Bakhteeva, Kseniya Khlopova, Raisa Mironova, Galina Titareva, Yulia Goncharova, Viktor Solomentsev, Tatiana Kravchenko, Ivan Dyatlov, Gilles Vergnaud
Summary: This article presents a phylogenetic analysis of anthrax strains based on whole-genome sequence data, revealing the wide distribution of the strains in the Russian Arctic and Siberian steppe zone. Additionally, new branches within the major lineage A.Br.001/002 were identified, including one in the Arctic.
Correction
Microbiology
Alison E. Murray, John Freudenstein, Simonetta Gribaldo, Roland Hatzenpichler, Philip Hugenholtz, Peter Kampfer, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Christopher E. Lane, R. Thane Papke, Donovan H. Parks, Ramon Rossello-Mora, Matthew B. Stott, Iain C. Sutcliffe, J. Cameron Thrash, Stephanus N. Venter, William B. Whitman, Silvia G. Acinas, Rudolf I. Amann, Karthik Anantharaman, Jean Armengaud, Brett J. Baker, Roman A. Barco, Helge B. Bode, Eric S. Boyd, Carrie L. Brady, Paul Carini, Patrick S. G. Chain, Daniel R. Colman, Kristen M. DeAngelis, Maria Asuncion de los Rios, Paulina de los Santos, Christopher A. Dunlap, Jonathan A. Eisen, David Emerson, Thijs J. G. Ettema, Damien Eveillard, Peter R. Girguis, Ute Hentschel, James T. Hollibaugh, Laura A. Hug, William P. Inskeep, Elena P. Ivanova, Hans-Peter Klenk, Wen-Jun Li, Karen G. Lloyd, Frank E. Loffler, Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Duane P. Moser, Takuro Nunoura, Marike Palmer, Victor Parro, Carlos Pedros-Alio, Alexander J. Probst, Theo H. M. Smits, Andrew D. Steen, Emma T. Steenkamp, Anja Spang, Frank J. Stewart, James M. Tiedje, Peter Vandamme, Michael Wagner, Feng-Ping Wang, Pablo Yarza, Brian P. Hedlund, Anna-Louise Reysenbach
Summary: An amended version of this paper has been published and is accessible via a link at the top of the page.
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