Publications by authors named "Chad Albert"

Here, we present a complete genome of KR-87, a biofilm-producing mesophile from the Arizonan Sonoran Desert. The sequence, assembled using Oxford Nanopore Technologies' long-read sequencing platform, predicts a genome size of 4.78 Mbp, with 6 replicons, 4,361 protein-coding genes, and a G+C content of 69.

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Here, we present the complete genome of Deinococcus aquaticus PB314, an aquatic mesophilic bacterium, assembled using Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) long-read and Illumina short-read sequencing platforms. The hybrid assembly predicts 3,658 genes, located across 5 replicons with an overall G+C content of 68.82%.

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Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectroscopy (MALDI-TOF MS) has been used routinely over the past decade in clinical microbiology laboratories to rapidly characterize diverse microorganisms of medical importance both at the genus and species levels. Currently, there is keen interest in applying MALDI-TOF MS at taxonomic levels beyond species and to characterize environmental isolates. We constructed a model system consisting of 19 isolates of obtained from biofilm communities indigenous to diverse substrates (concrete, leaf tissue, metal, and wood) in the Fox River - Lake Winnebago system of Wisconsin to: (1) develop rapid sample preparation methods that produce high quality, reproducible MALDI-TOF spectra and (2) compare the performance of MALDI-TOF MS-based profiling to common DNA-based approaches including 16S rRNA sequencing and genomic diversity by BOX-A1R fingerprinting.

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