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Kisha Watkins
Researcher at J. Craig Venter Institute
Publications - 9
Citations - 5494
Kisha Watkins is an academic researcher from J. Craig Venter Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome & Gene. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 9 publications receiving 4911 citations.
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Genome analysis of multiple pathogenic isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae: Implications for the microbial “pan-genome”
Hervé Tettelin,Vega Masignani,Michael J. Cieslewicz,Claudio Donati,Duccio Medini,Naomi L. Ward,Samuel V. Angiuoli,Jonathan Crabtree,Amanda L. Jones,A. Scott Durkin,Robert T. DeBoy,Tanja M. Davidsen,Marirosa Mora,Maria Scarselli,Immaculada Margarit Y Ros,Jeremy Peterson,Christopher R. Hauser,Jaideep P. Sundaram,William C. Nelson,Ramana Madupu,Lauren M. Brinkac,Robert J. Dodson,M. J. Rosovitz,Steven A. Sullivan,Sean C. Daugherty,Daniel H. Haft,Jeremy D. Selengut,Michelle L. Gwinn,Liwei Zhou,Nikhat Zafar,Hoda Khouri,Diana Radune,George Dimitrov,Kisha Watkins,Kevin J. B. O'Connor,Shannon Smith,Teresa Utterback,Owen White,Craig E. Rubens,Guido Grandi,Lawrence C. Madoff,Dennis L. Kasper,John L. Telford,Michael R. Wessels,Rino Rappuoli,Claire M. Fraser +45 more
TL;DR: The genomic sequence of six strains representing the five major disease-causing serotypes of Streptococcus agalactiae, the main cause of neonatal infection in humans, was generated and Mathematical extrapolation of the data suggests that the gene reservoir available for inclusion in the S. agalactic pan-genome is vast and that unique genes will continue to be identified even after sequencing hundreds of genomes.
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The genome sequence of Bacillus anthracis Ames and comparison to closely related bacteria
Timothy D. Read,Timothy D. Read,Scott N. Peterson,Scott N. Peterson,Nicolas J. Tourasse,Les Baillie,Les Baillie,Ian T. Paulsen,Ian T. Paulsen,Karen E. Nelson,Hervé Tettelin,Derrick E. Fouts,Jonathan A. Eisen,Jonathan A. Eisen,Steven R. Gill,Erik Holtzapple,Ole Andreas Økstad,Erlendur Helgason,Jennifer Rilstone,Martin Wu,James F. Kolonay,Maureen J. Beanan,Robert J. Dodson,Lauren M. Brinkac,Michelle L. Gwinn,Robert T. DeBoy,Ramana Madpu,Sean C. Daugherty,A. Scott Durkin,Daniel H. Haft,William C. Nelson,Jeremy Peterson,Mihai Pop,Hoda Khouri,Diana Radune,Jonathan L. Benton,Yasmin Mahamoud,Lingxia Jiang,Ioana R. Hance,Janice Weidman,Kristi Berry,Roger D. Plaut,Alex M. Wolf,Kisha Watkins,William C. Nierman,Alyson Hazen,Robin T. Cline,Caroline Redmond,Joanne Elizabeth Thwaite,Owen White,Steven L. Salzberg,Steven L. Salzberg,Brendan Thomason,Arthur M. Friedlander,Theresa M. Koehler,Philip C. Hanna,Anne-Brit Kolstø,Claire M. Fraser,Claire M. Fraser +58 more
TL;DR: Several chromosomally encoded proteins that may contribute to pathogenicity—including haemolysins, phospholipases and iron acquisition functions—and numerous surface proteins that might be important targets for vaccines and drugs are found.
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Three Genomes from the Phylum Acidobacteria Provide Insight into the Lifestyles of These Microorganisms in Soils
Naomi L. Ward,Jean F. Challacombe,Jean F. Challacombe,Peter H. Janssen,Peter H. Janssen,Bernard Henrissat,Pedro M. Coutinho,Martin Wu,Gary Xie,Gary Xie,Daniel H. Haft,Michelle Sait,Jonathan H. Badger,Ravi D. Barabote,Ravi D. Barabote,Brent Bradley,Thomas Brettin,Thomas Brettin,Lauren M. Brinkac,David Bruce,David Bruce,Todd Creasy,Sean C. Daugherty,Tanja M. Davidsen,Robert T. DeBoy,J. Chris Detter,J. Chris Detter,Robert J. Dodson,A. Scott Durkin,Anuradha Ganapathy,Michelle Gwinn-Giglio,Cliff Han,Cliff Han,Hoda Khouri,Hajnalka Kiss,Hajnalka Kiss,Sagar Kothari,Ramana Madupu,Karen E. Nelson,William C. Nelson,Ian T. Paulsen,Kevin Penn,Qinghu Ren,M. J. Rosovitz,Jeremy D. Selengut,Susmita Shrivastava,Steven A. Sullivan,Roxanne Tapia,Roxanne Tapia,L. Sue Thompson,L. Sue Thompson,Kisha Watkins,Qi Yang,Chunhui Yu,Nikhat Zafar,Liwei Zhou,Cheryl R. Kuske +56 more
TL;DR: Combining the genomic evidence with available culture traits, it is postulate that cells of these isolates are long-lived, divide slowly, exhibit slow metabolic rates under low-nutrient conditions, and are well equipped to tolerate fluctuations in soil hydration.
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Complete genome sequence of the plant commensal Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5
Ian T. Paulsen,Caroline M. Press,Jacques Ravel,Donald Y. Kobayashi,Garry S. A. Myers,Dmitri V. Mavrodi,Robert T. DeBoy,Rekha Seshadri,Qinghu Ren,Ramana Madupu,Robert J. Dodson,A. Scott Durkin,Lauren M. Brinkac,Sean C. Daugherty,Stephen A Sullivan,M. J. Rosovitz,Michelle L. Gwinn,Liwei Zhou,Davd J Schneider,Samuel W. Cartinhour,William C. Nelson,Janice Weidman,Kisha Watkins,Kevin Tran,Hoda Khouri,Elizabeth A. Pierson,Leland S. Pierson,Linda S. Thomashow,Joyce E. Loper +28 more
TL;DR: Various features that contribute to its commensal lifestyle on plants, including broad catabolic and transport capabilities for utilizing plant-derived compounds, the apparent ability to use a diversity of iron siderophores, detoxification systems to protect from oxidative stress, and the lack of a type III secretion system and toxins found in related pathogens are identified.
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Metabolic complementarity and genomics of the dual bacterial symbiosis of sharpshooters
Dongying Wu,Sean C. Daugherty,Susan Van Aken,Grace Pai,Kisha Watkins,Hoda Khouri,Luke J. Tallon,Jennifer Zaborsky,Helen E. Dunbar,Phat L. Tran,Nancy A. Moran,Jonathan A. Eisen +11 more
TL;DR: This study, which to the authors' knowledge is the first genomic analysis of an obligate symbiosis involving multiple partners, suggests striking complementarity in the biosynthetic capabilities of the two symbionts: B. cicadellinicola and S. muelleri, both isolated from H. coagulata.