A. L. McCartney

Lytic bacteriophage vB_KmiS-Kmi2C disrupts biofilms formed by members of the Klebsiella oxytoca complex, and represents a novel virus family and genus

Extended genomic analyses of the broad-host-range phages vB_KmiM-2Di and vB_KmiM-4Dii reveal slopekviruses have highly conserved genomes

This study characterizes two broad-host-range phages, vB_KmiM-2Di and vB_KmiM-4Dii, showing they belong to the Slopekvirus genus and have highly conserved genomes.

Improved molecular characterization of the Klebsiella oxytoca complex reveals the prevalence of the kleboxymycin biosynthetic gene cluster

The paper reclassifies three Klebsiella strains as K. michiganensis and identifies the kleboxymycin BGC in multiple species of the K. oxytoca complex, highlighting its clinical relevance and need for inclusion in virulence databases.

Succession of Bifidobacterium longum strains in response to the changing early-life nutritional environment reveals specific adaptations to distinct dietary substrates.

The paper investigates how Bifidobacterium longum strains adapt to changing infant diets through genomic and phenotypic analysis of strains from breast- and formula-fed infants.

Metabolic retroconversion of trimethylamine N-oxide and the gut microbiota

The paper demonstrates that gut microbiota can convert trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) back to trimethylamine (TMA), which is then absorbed by the host and reconverted to TMAO, highlighting a metabolic retroconversion process.