Pub Date : 2026-02-12Epub Date: 2026-01-26DOI: 10.1128/mra.00727-25
Luis-Daniel Sánchez-Arcos, Alberto Patricio-Hernández, Karen Cortés-Sarabia, Hugo-Alberto Rodríguez-Ruiz, Arturo Ramírez-Peralta
A strain from the Bacillus group isolated from rice that produced excessive biofilm on glass was identified as Bacillus pacificus. This strain has operons related to biofilm production in Bacillus cereus, such as sipW-tasA-calY and eps1, which may explain the biofilm formation.
{"title":"Whole-genome sequencing of <i>Bacillus pacificus</i> B630 isolated from rice that produces biofilms.","authors":"Luis-Daniel Sánchez-Arcos, Alberto Patricio-Hernández, Karen Cortés-Sarabia, Hugo-Alberto Rodríguez-Ruiz, Arturo Ramírez-Peralta","doi":"10.1128/mra.00727-25","DOIUrl":"10.1128/mra.00727-25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A strain from the <i>Bacillus</i> group isolated from rice that produced excessive biofilm on glass was identified as <i>Bacillus pacificus</i>. This strain has operons related to biofilm production in <i>Bacillus cereus</i>, such as sipW-tasA-calY and eps1, which may explain the biofilm formation.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0072725"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12896325/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146053024","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":"Erratum for Vieira et al., \"Complete genome sequence of strain AEG42_29 (DSM 112392), a member of the genus <i>Paraconexibacter</i> isolated from soil\".","authors":"Selma Vieira, Katharina Huber, Alicia Geppert, Jörg Overmann","doi":"10.1128/mra.01465-25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01465-25","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0146525"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146166105","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}
Pub Date : 2026-02-12Epub Date: 2025-12-23DOI: 10.1128/mra.00758-25
Reet Mändar, Hugo Mändar, Tiiu Rööp, Marika Mikelsaar
The Human Microbiota Biobank (HUMB) at University of Tartu, Estonia, was established to support and promote research activities in the field of human microbiota. The collection contains more than 20,000 bacterial strains, both lactic acid bacteria and opportunistic bacteria. The content of the collection is available for scientific collaboration.
{"title":"Collection of human bacteria at University of Tartu, Estonia.","authors":"Reet Mändar, Hugo Mändar, Tiiu Rööp, Marika Mikelsaar","doi":"10.1128/mra.00758-25","DOIUrl":"10.1128/mra.00758-25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Human Microbiota Biobank (HUMB) at University of Tartu, Estonia, was established to support and promote research activities in the field of human microbiota. The collection contains more than 20,000 bacterial strains, both lactic acid bacteria and opportunistic bacteria. The content of the collection is available for scientific collaboration.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0075825"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12896256/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145810339","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}
Pub Date : 2026-02-12Epub Date: 2026-01-13DOI: 10.1128/mra.00985-25
Amanda Mendes Silva Cruz, Edivaldo Costa Sousa, Luana Soares Barbagelata, Wanderley Dias das Chagas, Agatha Monike Silva Nunes, Miriam Teresinha Furlam Prando Livorati, Walquiria Aparecida Ferreira de Almeida, João Farias da Trindade, Andreia Santos Costa, Fernando Neto Tavares, Maísa Silva de Sousa, Mirleide Cordeiro Dos Santos
We report the coding-complete genome sequence of Cytomegalovirus humanbeta5 (BR/2023-012844/IEC/NS/2023), recovered from a nasopharyngeal swab collected from a 5-month-old infant with severe acute respiratory syndrome during a respiratory syncytial virus outbreak in Brazil.
{"title":"Coding-complete genome of human cytomegalovirus extracted from a nasopharyngeal swab in Brazil.","authors":"Amanda Mendes Silva Cruz, Edivaldo Costa Sousa, Luana Soares Barbagelata, Wanderley Dias das Chagas, Agatha Monike Silva Nunes, Miriam Teresinha Furlam Prando Livorati, Walquiria Aparecida Ferreira de Almeida, João Farias da Trindade, Andreia Santos Costa, Fernando Neto Tavares, Maísa Silva de Sousa, Mirleide Cordeiro Dos Santos","doi":"10.1128/mra.00985-25","DOIUrl":"10.1128/mra.00985-25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report the coding-complete genome sequence of <i>Cytomegalovirus humanbeta5</i> (BR/2023-012844/IEC/NS/2023), recovered from a nasopharyngeal swab collected from a 5-month-old infant with severe acute respiratory syndrome during a respiratory syncytial virus outbreak in Brazil.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0098525"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12896294/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145959617","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}
Pub Date : 2026-02-12Epub Date: 2026-01-13DOI: 10.1128/mra.00236-25
Sri Handayani Irianingsih, Lestari Lestari, Patrick Mileto, Yuli Miswati, Dilasdita Kartika Pradana, Suryo Purnomo Edi, Gemma Clark, Hendra Wibawa
The near complete genome sequences of African swine fever virus were reported from four samples originating from domestic pigs in Indonesia (Sumatera, Java, and Bali) from 2019 to 2020. Near complete genome sequence and phylogenetic analyses revealed that the genomes had an average length of 189,000 bp and belonged to genotype II.
{"title":"Near complete genome sequences of African swine fever virus genotype II from domestic pigs in Indonesia, 2019-2020.","authors":"Sri Handayani Irianingsih, Lestari Lestari, Patrick Mileto, Yuli Miswati, Dilasdita Kartika Pradana, Suryo Purnomo Edi, Gemma Clark, Hendra Wibawa","doi":"10.1128/mra.00236-25","DOIUrl":"10.1128/mra.00236-25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The near complete genome sequences of African swine fever virus were reported from four samples originating from domestic pigs in Indonesia (Sumatera, Java, and Bali) from 2019 to 2020. Near complete genome sequence and phylogenetic analyses revealed that the genomes had an average length of 189,000 bp and belonged to genotype II.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0023625"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12896200/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145959713","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}
Pub Date : 2026-02-12Epub Date: 2025-12-29DOI: 10.1128/mra.01108-25
Mohammed Suleiman, Anju Sharma, Humna Shafaq, Thabisile Xaba, Clement K M Tsui, Andres Perez-Lopez
Multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli is considered an urgent public threat, causing sepsis and urinary tract infections. We report the draft genome of a carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli strain, MB2513103, harboring a blaOXA-1207 gene isolated in Qatar. The genome statistics, along with the sequence type and resistance mechanisms, are predicted.
{"title":"Draft genome sequence of a carbapenemase-producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> strain MB2513103 bearing OXA-1207 from Qatar.","authors":"Mohammed Suleiman, Anju Sharma, Humna Shafaq, Thabisile Xaba, Clement K M Tsui, Andres Perez-Lopez","doi":"10.1128/mra.01108-25","DOIUrl":"10.1128/mra.01108-25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Multidrug-resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i> is considered an urgent public threat, causing sepsis and urinary tract infections. We report the draft genome of a carbapenemase-producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> strain, MB2513103, harboring a <i>bla</i><sub>OXA-1207</sub> gene isolated in Qatar. The genome statistics, along with the sequence type and resistance mechanisms, are predicted.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0110825"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12896258/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145850254","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}
Pub Date : 2026-02-12Epub Date: 2025-12-29DOI: 10.1128/mra.00279-25
Jacob M C Shaffer, Abigail Jarratt, Bruce W Boles, Jill A Mikucki
Calcium chloride-rich brines are extremely rare; thus, microbes inhabiting these systems can provide insight into bacterial adaptation to hypersalinity, low water activity, and chaotropicity. We present the genomes of three bacterial isolates from the sediments of Don Juan Pond, Antarctica, including members of the phyla Bacillota and Pseudomonadota.
{"title":"Draft genomes of three abundant bacterial isolates from hypersaline Don Juan Pond, Antarctica.","authors":"Jacob M C Shaffer, Abigail Jarratt, Bruce W Boles, Jill A Mikucki","doi":"10.1128/mra.00279-25","DOIUrl":"10.1128/mra.00279-25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Calcium chloride-rich brines are extremely rare; thus, microbes inhabiting these systems can provide insight into bacterial adaptation to hypersalinity, low water activity, and chaotropicity. We present the genomes of three bacterial isolates from the sediments of Don Juan Pond, Antarctica, including members of the phyla Bacillota and Pseudomonadota.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0027925"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12896170/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145850246","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}
We report on the complete genome sequence of Azospira sp. strain I13, a class of Betaproteobacteria. We identified two distinct nitrous oxide (N2O) reductase (nosZ) genes in the retrieved genome. Elucidating the genetic repertoire may clarify the high N2O-reduction activity and guide novel mitigation technologies.
{"title":"Complete genome sequence of <i>Azospira</i> sp. strain I13 harboring two distinct nitrous oxide reductase (<i>nosZ</i>) genes.","authors":"Younha Ok, Shohei Yasuda, Takahiro Ogawa, Aoi Hosaka, Masafumi Yohda, Akihiko Terada","doi":"10.1128/mra.00925-25","DOIUrl":"10.1128/mra.00925-25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report on the complete genome sequence of <i>Azospira</i> sp. strain I13, a class of <i>Betaproteobacteria</i>. We identified two distinct nitrous oxide (N<sub>2</sub>O) reductase (<i>nosZ</i>) genes in the retrieved genome. Elucidating the genetic repertoire may clarify the high N<sub>2</sub>O-reduction activity and guide novel mitigation technologies.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0092525"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12896239/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146010933","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}
Pub Date : 2026-02-12Epub Date: 2026-01-20DOI: 10.1128/mra.00981-25
Ayana Shinomiya, Kota Oshibuchi, Jiayue Yang, Shinji Fukuda, Kazuharu Arakawa
We report the complete circular genome sequence (2,316,546 bp; 37.0% G + C) of Solobacterium moorei 10714-02, a gram-positive obligate anaerobe isolated from stool samples of a human colorectal cancer patient, differing from the typically linear chromosome of this species.
我们报道了从人类结直肠癌患者粪便样本中分离出的革兰氏阳性专性厌氧菌moorei 10714-02的完整环状基因组序列(2,316,546 bp; 37.0% G + C),不同于该物种的典型线性染色体。
{"title":"Complete genome sequence of <i>Solobacterium moorei</i> 10714-02 isolated from the stool of a human colorectal cancer patient.","authors":"Ayana Shinomiya, Kota Oshibuchi, Jiayue Yang, Shinji Fukuda, Kazuharu Arakawa","doi":"10.1128/mra.00981-25","DOIUrl":"10.1128/mra.00981-25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report the complete circular genome sequence (2,316,546 bp; 37.0% G + C) of <i>Solobacterium moorei</i> 10714-02, a gram-positive obligate anaerobe isolated from stool samples of a human colorectal cancer patient, differing from the typically linear chromosome of this species.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0098125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12896311/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146010940","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}
Pub Date : 2026-02-12Epub Date: 2026-01-22DOI: 10.1128/mra.00886-25
Anna Baborski, Oliver Rohland, Tia Wuenschmann, Michael Bauer, Rosalind J Allen, Anne Busch
We present draft genomes of Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae), Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis), and Enterococcus faecium (E. faecium) isolated from a bilioenteric catheter after liver transplantation. Genome sizes were 5.58 Mb, 2.95 Mb, and 2.78 Mb, with G+C contents of 57.25%, 37.6%, and 37.99%, respectively, highlighting biofilm-associated bile duct colonizers.
{"title":"Biofilm-derived bile duct microbiota in liver transplantation: high-quality genomes of <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>, <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i>, and <i>Enterococcus faecium</i>.","authors":"Anna Baborski, Oliver Rohland, Tia Wuenschmann, Michael Bauer, Rosalind J Allen, Anne Busch","doi":"10.1128/mra.00886-25","DOIUrl":"10.1128/mra.00886-25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present draft genomes of <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae</i>), <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> (<i>E. faecalis</i>), and <i>Enterococcus faecium</i> (<i>E. faecium</i>) isolated from a bilioenteric catheter after liver transplantation. Genome sizes were 5.58 Mb, 2.95 Mb, and 2.78 Mb, with G+C contents of 57.25%, 37.6%, and 37.99%, respectively, highlighting biofilm-associated bile duct colonizers.</p>","PeriodicalId":18654,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Resource Announcements","volume":" ","pages":"e0088625"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12896312/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146018845","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}