Tuberculosis (TB) is the number one cause of human death due to an infectious disease.
The causative agents of TB are a group of closely related bacteria known as the …

Abstract The recent Ebola and Zika epidemics demonstrate the need for the continuous
surveillance, rapid diagnosis and real-time tracking of emerging infectious diseases. Fast …

Industrialization has impacted the human gut ecosystem, resulting in altered microbiome
composition and diversity. Whether bacterial genomes may also adapt to the …

Loss of gut microbial diversity,,,,–in industrial populations is associated with chronic
diseases, underscoring the importance of studying our ancestral gut microbiome. However …

Background: The Global Typhoid Genomics Consortium was established to bring together
the typhoid research community to aggregate and analyse Salmonella enterica serovar …

Background. Klebsiella pneumoniae is an opportunistic pathogen and leading cause of
hospital-associated infections. Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are particularly at risk …

Over the past decade, a genomics revolution, made possible through the development of
high-throughput sequencing, has triggered considerable progress in the study of ancient …

Generation time varies widely across organisms and is an important factor in the life cycle,
life history and evolution of organisms. Although the doubling time (DT) has been estimated …

Humans and other primates harbour complex gut bacterial communities that influence
health and disease, but the evolutionary histories of these symbioses remain unclear. This is …

The seventh cholera pandemic has heavily affected Africa, although the origin and
continental spread of the disease remain undefined. We used genomic data from 1070 …