Melinda M. Ashcroft

A curated Kaptive-compatible database of 88 capsule (K) loci types 97.6% of dereplicated Klebsiella oxytoca species complex genomes, versus 50.3% typed with the existing K. pneumoniae database.

The paper analyzes DNA methylation patterns in seven Escherichia coli ST101 strains to identify methylome diversity linked to mobile genetic elements and their impact on functional differences between nearly identical isolates.

The paper evaluates targeted sampling strategies for detecting novel antibiotic resistance variants in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, finding that pathogen-based approaches are more efficient than patient-based ones.

This study characterizes the genomic context of blaNDM-1 in E. coli ST101 isolates using long-read sequencing, revealing two clades with distinct resistance profiles and plasmid-mediated blaNDM-1 carriage mechanisms.