Deciphering pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance islands in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus genomes (open access)

Deciphering pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance islands in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus genomes

This article explores the use of an information-entropy-based gene clustering method for genomic island detection in MRSA.
Date: November 16, 2017
Creator: Jani, Mehul; Sengupta, Soham; Hu, Kelsey & Azad, Rajeev K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental vibrios represent a source of antagonistic compounds that inhibit pathogenic Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains (open access)

Environmental vibrios represent a source of antagonistic compounds that inhibit pathogenic Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains

This article predicts that marine-derived bacteria should inhibit Vibrio pathogens and may be a source of unique antibiotic compounds.
Date: March 10, 2017
Creator: Burks, David J.; Norris, Stephen; Kauffman, Kathryn M.; Joy, Abigail; Arevalo, Philip; Azad, Rajeev K. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library