PhageHost-GNN predicts strain-level Klebsiella-phage interactions using a novelty-aware framework, achieving high AUPRC scores in in silico evaluations and showing advantages in handling novel data.

bioRxiv · Oct 11, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics

Silent dissemination of plasmid-borne tigecycline resistance gene tet(X6) in livestock-associated Acinetobacter towneri

Yingying Cheng, Yong Chen, Yang Liu, Jingjie Song, Yuqi Guo, Yanzi Zhou, Tingting Xiao, Shuntian Zhang, Hao Xu, Yunbo Chen, Tongling Shan, Yonghong Xiao, Kai Zhou

The paper reports the first detection of the tigecycline resistance gene tet(X6) on a plasmid in a livestock-associated Acinetobacter towneri isolate.

bioRxiv · May 8, 2020 · PreprintGenetics

The global phylogenetic landscape and nosocomial spread of the multidrug-resistant opportunist Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Matthias I. Gröschel, Conor Joseph Meehan, Ivan Barilar, Margo Diricks, Aitor Gonzaga, Matthias Steglich, Oscar Conchillo‐Solé, Isabell-Christin Scherer, Uwe Mamat, Christian F. Luz, Katrien De Bruyne, Christian Utpatel, Daniel Yero, Isidre Gibert, Xavier Daura, , Thomas Andreas Kohl

The paper analyzes global S. maltophilia strains to show genetic diversity and intra-hospital transmission.

Nature Communications · Apr 27, 2020Peer-reviewedGenomics

Identification of novel tetracycline resistance gene tet(X14) and its co-occurrence with tet(X2) in a tigecycline-resistant and colistin-resistant Empedobacter stercoris

Yingying Cheng, Yong Chen, Yang Liu, Yuqi Guo, Yanzi Zhou, Tingting Xiao, Shuntian Zhang, Hao Xu, Yunbo Chen, Tongling Shan, Yonghong Xiao, Kai Zhou

This study identifies a novel tigecycline resistance gene tet(X14) in Empedobacter stercoris and shows its co-occurrence with tet(X2) on a genome island.

Emerging Microbes & Infections · Jan 1, 2020Peer-reviewedGenetics