Johanna B Holm, Amaury Maros, Amanda Williams, Michael France, Jacques Ravel
{"title":"VISTA: a classifier for metagenomic subspecies and community state typing of the vaginal microbiome.","authors":"Johanna B Holm, Amaury Maros, Amanda Williams, Michael France, Jacques Ravel","doi":"10.1128/mra.00612-26","DOIUrl":"10.1128/mra.00612-26","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Metagenomic community state types (mgCSTs) capture within-species genetic and functional diversity and community structure of the vaginal microbiome, enabling precise links between microbiome composition, function, and health-related risk. VISTA, the <u>V</u>aginal <u>I</u>nference of <u>S</u>ubspecies and <u>T</u>yping <u>A</u>lgorithm, is a two-step classifier that assigns mgCSTs to vaginal metagenomes, providing standardized, scalable classifications.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0061226"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13689079/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148945239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adrian Turner, Dave J Baker, Sumeet K Tiwari, Sam Haynes, Steve A James, Carmen Nueno Palop
{"title":"Draft genome sequence of <i>Barnettozyma</i> sp. NCYC 4493 from a UK industrial source.","authors":"Adrian Turner, Dave J Baker, Sumeet K Tiwari, Sam Haynes, Steve A James, Carmen Nueno Palop","doi":"10.1128/mra.00270-26","DOIUrl":"10.1128/mra.00270-26","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Barnettozyma</i> species are members of the order <i>Phaffomycetales</i>, which include industrially important fungi. A species having ribosomal DNA similarity to <i>Barnettozyma pratensis</i>, but distinct from it, was isolated during collaborative identification work for a UK industrial source. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of <i>Barnettozyma</i> sp. NCYC 4493.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0027026"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13689409/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148865735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aakrithi Ram, Kurt LaButti, Cody Webb, Markus Göker, Tanja Woyke, Kjiersten Fagnan, Rekha Seshadri
{"title":"Draft genome sequence of <i>Breoghania corrubedonensis</i> DSM 23382<sup>T</sup>.","authors":"Aakrithi Ram, Kurt LaButti, Cody Webb, Markus Göker, Tanja Woyke, Kjiersten Fagnan, Rekha Seshadri","doi":"10.1128/mra.00485-26","DOIUrl":"10.1128/mra.00485-26","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report the genome sequence of <i>Breoghania corrubedonensis</i> DSM 23382<sup>T</sup> isolated from oil-spill contaminated beach sand. The 5,331,589-bp genome with 63.62% G + C encodes 4,746 genes. This reference genome will facilitate experimental studies investigating <i>B. corrubedonensis'</i>s role in oil-contaminated marine environments, particularly oil degradation or resistivity.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0048526"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13689353/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148892118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Abdul Mannan, Rubaya Sharmin Jhilik, S M Abdullah, Md Abdullah Al Farhan, Mustafizur Rahman, Mohammad Jubair, Md Morshedur Rahman, Md Abu Ahsan Gilman, M Nazmul Hoque, Md Rezaul Karim
{"title":"Whole-genome sequencing of a multidrug resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i> RSJ-SAU.Ec.2025 isolated from nasal swab of cat in Bangladesh.","authors":"Muhammad Abdul Mannan, Rubaya Sharmin Jhilik, S M Abdullah, Md Abdullah Al Farhan, Mustafizur Rahman, Mohammad Jubair, Md Morshedur Rahman, Md Abu Ahsan Gilman, M Nazmul Hoque, Md Rezaul Karim","doi":"10.1128/mra.00774-26","DOIUrl":"10.1128/mra.00774-26","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report the whole-genome sequence of multidrug resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i> RSJ-SAU.Ec.2025 isolated from the nasal swab of a cat in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The assembled genome comprises 5,318,660 bp with 50.5% guanine-cystosine (GC) content, together with putative antibiotic-resistant genes.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0077426"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13689040/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148888026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ma'ayan Israeli, Inbar Cohen-Gihon, Ofir Israeli, Ofer Cohen, Adi Bercovich-Kinori
{"title":"Transcriptomic profiling of murine macrophages during <i>Francisella tularensis</i> infection.","authors":"Ma'ayan Israeli, Inbar Cohen-Gihon, Ofir Israeli, Ofer Cohen, Adi Bercovich-Kinori","doi":"10.1128/mra.00856-26","DOIUrl":"10.1128/mra.00856-26","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Francisella tularensis</i>, a virulent bioterrorism threat, subverts host immune responses within macrophages, its primary replication niche. To elucidate the temporal dynamics of the host response, we announce comprehensive time-course RNA-seq data sets capturing the global transcriptional profile of murine RAW 264.7 macrophages across early and late stages of <i>F. tularensis</i> infection.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0085626"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13688870/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149012662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samantha Marroquin, Tanmay Rohatgi, Stefan Spring, Markus Göker, Chris Daum, Marcel Huntemann, Rekha Seshadri, Matthew A Escobar
{"title":"Draft genome sequences of two bovine-associated <i>Lachnospiraceae</i>: <i>Pseudobutyrivibrio xylanivorans</i> DSM 14809<sup>T</sup> and [<i>Clostridium</i>] <i>fimetarium</i> DSM 9179<sup>T</sup>.","authors":"Samantha Marroquin, Tanmay Rohatgi, Stefan Spring, Markus Göker, Chris Daum, Marcel Huntemann, Rekha Seshadri, Matthew A Escobar","doi":"10.1128/mra.00875-26","DOIUrl":"10.1128/mra.00875-26","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Here, we report draft genome sequences of two bacterial type strains isolated from cows, <i>Pseudobutyrivibrio xylanivorans</i> DSM 14809<sup>T</sup> and [<i>Clostridium</i>] <i>fimetarium</i> DSM 9179<sup>T</sup>. The <i>P. xylanivorans</i> DSM 14809<sup>T</sup> genome is 3.4 Mbp with 3,147 predicted genes, while the <i>C. fimetarium</i> DSM 9179<sup>T</sup> genome is 4.6 Mbp with 4,215 predicted genes.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0087526"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13689216/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148865722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Draft genome sequences of two <i>Enterococcus faecium</i> strains recovered from blood cultures.","authors":"Wenjing Wen, Ning Sun, Yongchao Ma","doi":"10.1128/mra.00683-26","DOIUrl":"10.1128/mra.00683-26","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report the draft genomes of two <i>Enterococcus faecium</i> blood isolates: one vancomycin-susceptible and one vancomycin-resistant. The assemblies comprised 2,991,512 bp (7 contigs) for the susceptible strain and 3,305,414 bp (7 contigs) for the resistant strain.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0068326"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13689424/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148906748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Camila M Martínez-Llaurador, Isabel Aguirre-Ortiz, Francisco J Román-Soto, Peter A Camacho-Nazario, Naomy M Chaparro-Mata, Tesia Lin, Josué Rodríguez-Ramos, Ángel M Nieves-Rivera, Miguel J Martínez-González, Miguel Canals-Mora, Carlos Rios-Velazquez
{"title":"Characterization of prokaryotic communities in Guánica State dry forest caves using 16S ribosomal RNA gene amplicon sequencing.","authors":"Camila M Martínez-Llaurador, Isabel Aguirre-Ortiz, Francisco J Román-Soto, Peter A Camacho-Nazario, Naomy M Chaparro-Mata, Tesia Lin, Josué Rodríguez-Ramos, Ángel M Nieves-Rivera, Miguel J Martínez-González, Miguel Canals-Mora, Carlos Rios-Velazquez","doi":"10.1128/mra.00646-26","DOIUrl":"10.1128/mra.00646-26","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prokaryotic diversity across four caves and a guano-enriched pond (mud) in Guánica State Dry Forest was characterized using 16S ribosomal RNA gene amplicon sequencing. Microbial profiling varies across the limestone rock formations and dry cave environment, revealing distinct subterranean prokaryotic composition.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0064626"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13688992/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148963732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shu-Chia Hu, Chao-Lung Hsu, Chao-Chin Chang, Fan Lee
{"title":"Complete coding sequence of Taiwan bat lyssavirus 2 from Chinese noctule (<i>Nyctalus plancyi velutinus</i>) at New Taipei City, Taiwan.","authors":"Shu-Chia Hu, Chao-Lung Hsu, Chao-Chin Chang, Fan Lee","doi":"10.1128/mra.00723-26","DOIUrl":"10.1128/mra.00723-26","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The complete coding sequence of Taiwan bat lyssavirus 2 was obtained from Chinese noctule (<i>Nyctalus plancyi velutinus</i>) at Zhonghe District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, in 2024. Sequence comparison and phylogenetic analysis revealed that the genome was closely related to those lyssaviruses within Phylogroup I.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0072326"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13689470/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148977151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}