Patrick S. G. Chain

TL;DR: In this paper, the genomes of two isolates of the "classical" antiqua biovar, strains Antiqua and Nepal516, were compared with the corresponding features in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, and the results showed that grouping Y. pestis strains based strictly on the classical definition of biovars does not accurately reflect the phylogenetic relationships within this species.

TL;DR: This work proposes five “standard” categories that encompass all stages of viral genome finishing, and they are defined using simple criteria that are agnostic to the technology used for sequencing.

TL;DR: The results presented here clearly demonstrate the differences between the two biovar antiqua lineages and support the notion that grouping Y. pestis strains based strictly on the classical definition of biovars does not accurately reflect the phylogenetic relationships within this species.

TL;DR: A phylogeny using single nucleotide polymorphisms from 13 genomes and rooted the tree using the closely related soil bacterium and opportunistic human pathogen, Ochrobactrum anthropi suggests that most Brucella species diverged from their common B. ovis ancestor in the past 86,000 to 296,000 years, which precedes the domestication of their livestock hosts.

TL;DR: A recent whole-genome analysis of PM1 revealed an approximately 4-Mb circular chromosome and an approximately 600-kb megaplasmid, containing 3,831 and 646 genes, respectively as discussed by the authors.