Draft genome sequences of four Achromobacter ruhlandii strains isolated from cystic fibrosis patients

Achromobacter species are being increasingly isolated from the respiratory tract of cystic fibrosis patients. Recent reports indicate that Achromobacter ruhlandii is a potential human pathogen in cystic fibrosis-related infections. Here we report the draft genome of four A. ruhlandii strains isolated from cystic fibrosis patients in Brazil. This report describes A. ruhlandii as a potential opportunistic pathogen in cystic fibrosis and provides a framework to for additional enquires into potential virulence factors and resistance mechanisms within this species

Genomic information on multidrug-resistant livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 isolated from a Brazilian patient with cystic fibrosis

Alarmingly, the isolation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been increasing among patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). During a previous molecular characterisation of MRSA isolates obtained from patients with CF from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, one isolate was identified as the ST398 clone, a livestock-associated (LA) MRSA. In this study, we report the draft genome sequence of an LA-MRSA ST398 clone isolated from a patient with CF

Draft genome sequence of Acinetobacter pittii ST643 shared by cystic fibrosis patients

Submitted by Sandra Infurna ([email protected]) on 2017-02-23T17:08:28Z No. of bitstreams: 1 anapaula_assef_etal_IOC_2016.pdf: 198814 bytes, checksum: 385ec48436670499c42fbb702ebfec20 (MD5)Approved for entry into archive by Sandra Infurna ([email protected]) on 2017-02-23T17:17:41Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 anapaula_assef_etal_IOC_2016.pdf: 198814 bytes, checksum: 385ec48436670499c42fbb702ebfec20 (MD5)Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-23T17:17:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 anapaula_assef_etal_IOC_2016.pdf: 198814 bytes, checksum: 385ec48436670499c42fbb702ebfec20 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Pesquisa em Infecção Hospitalar. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional da Saúde da Mulher, da Criança e do Adolescente Fernandes Figueira. Departamento de Pneumologia Pediátrica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes. Departamento de Bioquímica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Acinetobacter pittii has emerged as an important hospital pathogen that is associated with outbreaks and drug resistance. In cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, the detection of Acinetobacter spp. is rare; however, we isolated the A. pittii sequence type ST643 in several Brazilian CF patients treated in the same centre. The current study describes the draft genome of A. pittii ST643

Characterisation of microbial attack on archaeological bone

As part of an EU funded project to investigate the factors influencing bone preservation in the archaeological record, more than 250 bones from 41 archaeological sites in five countries spanning four climatic regions were studied for diagenetic alteration. Sites were selected to cover a range of environmental conditions and archaeological contexts. Microscopic and physical (mercury intrusion porosimetry) analyses of these bones revealed that the majority (68%) had suffered microbial attack. Furthermore, significant differences were found between animal and human bone in both the state of preservation and the type of microbial attack present. These differences in preservation might result from differences in early taphonomy of the bones. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved