Monica R Mascarenas, Blake Hovde, Thomas Biondi, Yuliya A Kunde, Phillip Lee, Alina A Corcoran, Shawn R Starkenburg
{"title":"The draft genome sequence of a predatory <i>Oligoflexus</i> bacterium infecting a eukaryotic alga.","authors":"Monica R Mascarenas, Blake Hovde, Thomas Biondi, Yuliya A Kunde, Phillip Lee, Alina A Corcoran, Shawn R Starkenburg","doi":"10.1128/mra.01214-24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01214-24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous work identified a novel bacterium, FD111, as a likely agent of a <i>Nannochloropsis salina</i> pond infection, demonstrating predatory attributes. Here, we generated a draft genome and identified the bacterium as belonging to the genus <i>Oligoflexus</i>, within the <i>Oligoflexia</i> class.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0121424"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144708158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tracey L Peters, Matthew T Koert, Caitlin D Urick, Olga A Kirillina, Kevin A Burke, Nino Mzhavia, Mikeljon P Nikolich, Andrey A Filippov
{"title":"Genome sequence of staphylococcal phage ESa4 of the genus <i>Rosenblumvirus</i>.","authors":"Tracey L Peters, Matthew T Koert, Caitlin D Urick, Olga A Kirillina, Kevin A Burke, Nino Mzhavia, Mikeljon P Nikolich, Andrey A Filippov","doi":"10.1128/mra.00280-25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00280-25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Here we describe the genome of lytic staphylococcal phage ESa4. ESa4 is classified as a <i>Rosenblumvirus</i> phage. Its genome is 18,250 bp, with a GC content of 29.41%, and 22 predicted protein-coding genes. ESa4 appears to be a lytic phage suitable for therapeutic use.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0028025"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144708157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alejandro De Santiago, Shelby J Barnes, Tiago J Pereira, Mirayana Marcelino-Barros, Holly M Bik, J Cameron Thrash
{"title":"Complete genome sequences of two <i>Pseudoalteromonas undina</i> strains isolated from a marine nematode (Oncholaimidae) collected at Tybee Island.","authors":"Alejandro De Santiago, Shelby J Barnes, Tiago J Pereira, Mirayana Marcelino-Barros, Holly M Bik, J Cameron Thrash","doi":"10.1128/mra.00419-25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00419-25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Pseudoalteromonas</i> is known to form symbiotic relationships with various marine invertebrates, but association with nematodes has not been well-explored. Here, we report the genome sequences of two <i>Pseudoalteromonas</i> strains isolated from a predatory marine nematode (Oncholaimidae) collected from Tybee Island, GA, that will facilitate the study of nematode-bacterial interactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0041925"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144708156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liya Zhu, Céline Lopez-Roques, Marine Sallaberry, Kory Jason, Laurent Ouerdane, Sylvie Mazurier, Philippe Lemanceau, Barbara Pivato
{"title":"Whole-genome sequences of 38 siderophore-producing isolates from root systems of two pea and one wheat varieties.","authors":"Liya Zhu, Céline Lopez-Roques, Marine Sallaberry, Kory Jason, Laurent Ouerdane, Sylvie Mazurier, Philippe Lemanceau, Barbara Pivato","doi":"10.1128/mra.00570-25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00570-25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Here, we report the whole-genome sequencing of 38 siderophore-producing bacterial strains isolated from the root systems of two pea and one wheat varieties. High-quality genomic data for each isolate was generated using PacBio HiFi sequencing, producing 6.1 Gb of HiFi reads and achieving an average assembly completeness of 98.85%.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0057025"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144690900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David J Niknejad, Robbie M Martin, Emily E Chase, Randall H Morse, Gary M Lucas, Jennifer M DeBruyn, Forbes R Walker, Eric A Webb, Steven W Wilhelm
{"title":"Metagenome-assembled genome of <i>Synechococcus</i> sp. \"Tanasi\" from the Tellico Reservoir, Tennessee, USA.","authors":"David J Niknejad, Robbie M Martin, Emily E Chase, Randall H Morse, Gary M Lucas, Jennifer M DeBruyn, Forbes R Walker, Eric A Webb, Steven W Wilhelm","doi":"10.1128/mra.00417-25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00417-25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Synechococcus</i>-like cyanobacteria are vital to aquatic ecosystems. Taxonomists have begun to reassign genomic clades within this group to new taxa. This process depends on genomic data from diverse habitats. Here, we present a metagenome-assembled genome of a <i>Synechococcus</i> sp. strain from the Tennessee River Basin, an ecosystem under-represented in databases.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0041725"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144690896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shule M Aggabao, Rebecca Hassell, Bryson S Leary, Sheena I Bautista, Hayzen H Chamberlain, Kyla Radke, Harry M Peless, Payson C Danielson, Matthew N Jackson, Hyunbi Hwang, Jacob D Scott, Elisa A Correa Lazaro, Atalie B Bogh, Jayden S Longhurst, Spencer T Payne, Parker Danielson, Natalie A Olsen, Christopher C Harrell, Austin M Johnson, Thomas Wilhite, Jeffrey K Schachterle, Staci Avery, Donald P Breakwell, Brett E Pickett
{"title":"Complete genome sequences of <i>Mycobacterium smegmatis</i> mc<sup>2</sup>155 cluster E bacteriophages Policronamos and Palpatine.","authors":"Shule M Aggabao, Rebecca Hassell, Bryson S Leary, Sheena I Bautista, Hayzen H Chamberlain, Kyla Radke, Harry M Peless, Payson C Danielson, Matthew N Jackson, Hyunbi Hwang, Jacob D Scott, Elisa A Correa Lazaro, Atalie B Bogh, Jayden S Longhurst, Spencer T Payne, Parker Danielson, Natalie A Olsen, Christopher C Harrell, Austin M Johnson, Thomas Wilhite, Jeffrey K Schachterle, Staci Avery, Donald P Breakwell, Brett E Pickett","doi":"10.1128/mra.00392-25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00392-25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mycobacteriophages Policronamos and Palpatine are tailed phages infecting the <i>Mycobacterium smegmatis</i> mc<sup>2</sup>155 strain. The genome for Policronamos is 75,894 bp long with 146 open reading frames (ORFs), while the Palpatine genome is 75,809 bp long with 140 ORFs. The gene synteny of both mycobacteriophages closely matches other phage genomes in subcluster E.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0039225"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144690956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Taya Tang, Søren Valsøe, Axel Soto-Serrano, Derek V Byrne, Lukasz Krych, Jørgen J Leisner
{"title":"Complete genome sequence of <i>Weissella soli</i> strain 3-88 isolated from Kaldá river in Iceland.","authors":"Taya Tang, Søren Valsøe, Axel Soto-Serrano, Derek V Byrne, Lukasz Krych, Jørgen J Leisner","doi":"10.1128/mra.00438-25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00438-25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Here, we report the genome sequence of <i>Weissella soli</i> 3-88 isolated from Kaldá river in Iceland, using Oxford Nanopore sequencing. We classified the strain within <i>W. soli</i> by calculating and reporting its average nucleotide identity values compared to other <i>W. soli</i> strains.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0043825"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144690955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brian Lovett, Jason E Stajich, Hana Barrett, Lindsay R Kasson, Daniel G Panaccione, Cecilia A Reiter, Jessica L Fuss, Gregory Biddle, Matt T Kasson
{"title":"Draft genome of <i>Conoideocrella luteorostrata</i> ARSEF 14590 (Clavicipitaceae), an entomopathogenic fungus with a wealth of biosynthetic and biocontrol potential.","authors":"Brian Lovett, Jason E Stajich, Hana Barrett, Lindsay R Kasson, Daniel G Panaccione, Cecilia A Reiter, Jessica L Fuss, Gregory Biddle, Matt T Kasson","doi":"10.1128/mra.01273-24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01273-24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The fungus <i>Conoideocrella luteorostrata</i> is a recently discovered pathogen of invasive elongate hemlock scale insects (EHS; <i>Fiorinia externa</i>) in Christmas tree farms in the eastern U.S. Here, we report a scaffold-level genome and assembly along with an initial survey of biosynthetic gene clusters for strain ARSEF 14590 from EHS.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0127324"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144690957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eaftekhar Ahmed Rana, Sifatun Nur, Md Abul Fazal, Mahabub Alam, A S M Lutful Ahasan, Md Jahedul Hasan Rocky, Tofazzal Md Rakib
{"title":"Genome sequences of three methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> strains isolated from subclinical mastitic cows.","authors":"Eaftekhar Ahmed Rana, Sifatun Nur, Md Abul Fazal, Mahabub Alam, A S M Lutful Ahasan, Md Jahedul Hasan Rocky, Tofazzal Md Rakib","doi":"10.1128/mra.00397-25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00397-25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (MRSA) in bovine milk poses a significant zoonotic and antimicrobial resistance threat. This study identifies three MRSA strains from subclinical mastitic (SCM) cow milk, carrying resistance genes to β-lactams, lincosamides, macrolides, streptogramin B, and aminoglycosides, underscoring the urgent need for improved hygiene and surveillance in dairy production.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0039725"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144690893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}