Zahra Abdellah

TL;DR: The genome of the M strain of M. marinum comprises a 6,636,827-bp circular chromosome with 5424 CDS, 10 prophages, and a 23-kb mercury-resistance plasmid as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: Genome comparisons between these and other Salmonella isolates indicate that S. Gallinarum 287/91 is a recently evolved descendent of S. Enteritidis, and it is proposed that experimental analysis in chickens and mice could provide an experimentally tractable route toward unraveling the genetic basis of host adaptation in S. enterica.

TL;DR: The complete genome sequence of P. mirabilis HI4320 is reported, a representative strain cultured in the laboratory from the urine of a nursing home patient with a long-term (> or =30 days) indwelling urinary catheter.

TL;DR: The analysis reveals that the genome of Y. enterocolitica strain 8081 is a patchwork of horizontally acquired genetic loci, including a plasticity zone of 199 kb containing an extraordinarily high density of virulence genes, indicating major differences in niche and nutrients used within the mammalian gut.

TL;DR: New sequencing technology is applied to measure directly one mutation rate, that of base substitutions on the human Y chromosome, which is important for many aspects of medical genetics and human evolution.