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Rachael C. Wilkinson

University of LeicesterORCID 0000-0002-0749-108XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1

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Andrew D. MillardiD· 2 shared Martha R. J. ClokieiD· 2 shared Adriano M. GiganteiD· 1 shared Alexander PerfilyeviD· 1 shared Anastasiya GædeiD· 1 shared Anisha M. ThankiiD· 1 shared Bent PeterseniD· 1 shared Caroline S Winther-HaveiD· 1 shared

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Isolation and characterisation of Lytic Jumbo Klebsiella phage BMPCR_005026

Isla Lloyd-Evans, Matthew Ford, Jed Hazzard, Casey Bartis, Faizal Patel, Navodya S. Roemer, Kayne Wright, Kane Porter, Max Coleman, Edouard E. Galyov, Spyridon Megremis, Martha R. J. Clokie, Andrew D. Millard, Slawomir Michniewski, Rachael C. Wilkinson

The paper isolates and characterizes a new jumbo Klebsiella phage, BMCPR_005026, identifying it as a new species within the Alcyoneusvirus genus with limited host range.

bioRxiv · Oct 1, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Hidden in plain sight: Bacterial genomes reveal thousands of lytic phages with therapeutic potential

Alexander Perfilyev, Anastasiya Gæde, Steve Hooton, Sara Ahmed Zahran, Caroline S Winther-Have, Panos G. Kalatzis, Rodrigo Ibarra Chavez, Rachael C. Wilkinson, Anisha M. Thanki, Bent Petersen, Zhengjie Liu, Qing Zhang, Qianghua Lv, Yuqing Liu, Adriano M. Gigante, , Thomas Sicheritz‐Pontén

The paper identifies thousands of lytic phage genomes within bacterial assemblies, expanding known phage diversity and suggesting clinical isolates may contain therapeutic phage candidates.

bioRxiv · May 6, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology