Tolerance of biofilms to disinfectants commonly used in endoscope reprocessing?

Reprocessing failure of endoscopes may result in outbreaks of serious infections in vulnerable patients caused by Gram-negative bacteria. (PSOL) was detected in 6 automated endoscope washer-disinfectors (AEWDs) in two reprocessing units during routine check and probing for quality control. Ten endoscopes were probed yielding the growth of PSOL.

Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the white root rot pathogen (Xylariaceae: Xylariales).

The mitochondrial genome of is 121,350 base pairs in length with a G + C content of 30.19%. Phylogenetic analysis showed that grouped with other members of the Xylariaceae, with which its mitogenome also shares a broadly similar architecture and gene content.

Identification of Signatures of Positive Selection That Have Shaped the Genomic Landscape of South African Pig Populations.

South Africa boasts a diverse range of pig populations, encompassing intensively raised commercial breeds, as well as indigenous and village pigs reared under low-input production systems. The aim of this study was to investigate how natural and artificial selection have shaped the genomic landscape of South African pig populations sampled from different genetic backgrounds and production systems. For this purpose, the integrated haplotype score (iHS), as well as cross population extended haplotype homozygosity (XP-EHH) and Lewontin and Krakauer's extension of the statistic based on haplotype information (HapFLK) were utilised.

Chromosome-Level Assemblies for the Pine Pitch Canker Pathogen .

The pine pitch canker pathogen, , is globally regarded as one of the most important threats to commercial pine-based forestry. Although genome sequences of this fungus are available, these remain highly fragmented or structurally ill-defined. Our overall goal was to provide high-quality assemblies for two notable strains of , and to characterize these in terms of coding content, repetitiveness and the position of telomeres and centromeres.

Copy Number Variation Discovery in South African Nguni-Sired and Bonsmara-Sired Crossbred Cattle.

Crossbreeding forms part of Climate-Smart beef production and is one of the strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change. Two Nguni-sired and three Bonsmara-sired crossbred animals underwent whole genome sequencing. Following quality control and file preparation, the sequence data were investigated for genome-wide copy number variation (CNV) using the panelcn.