A reference genome for the long-term kleptoplast-retaining sea slug Elysia crispata morphotype clarki.

Several species of sacoglossan sea slugs possess the incredible ability to sequester chloroplasts from the algae they consume. These "photosynthetic animals" incorporate stolen chloroplasts, called kleptoplasts, into the epithelial cells of tubules that extend from their digestive tracts throughout their bodies. The mechanism by which these slugs maintain functioning kleptoplasts in the absence of an algal nuclear genome is unknown.

Comparative Analyses of Complete Peronosporaceae (Oomycota) Mitogenome Sequences-Insights into Structural Evolution and Phylogeny.

Members of the Peronosporaceae (Oomycota, Chromista), which currently consists of 25 genera and approximately 1,000 recognized species, are responsible for disease on a wide range of plant hosts. Molecular phylogenetic analyses over the last two decades have improved our understanding of evolutionary relationships within Peronosporaceae. To date, 16 numbered and three named clades have been recognized; it is clear from these studies that the current taxonomy does not reflect evolutionary relationships.

Lytic Capacity Survey of Commercial Phage Against spp. with Varied Genotypic and Phenotypic Characteristics.

is regularly isolated from food processing environments and is endemic in some facilities. Bacteriophage have potential as biocontrol strategies for . In this study, the lytic capacity of a commercial phage cocktail was evaluated against a library of 475 spp.

Salmonella enterica subsp. Serovar Heidelberg Food Isolates Associated with a Salmonellosis Outbreak Have Enhanced Stress Tolerance Capabilities.

serovar Heidelberg is currently the 12th most common serovar of causing salmonellosis in the United States and results in twice the average incidence of blood infections caused by nontyphoidal salmonellae. Multiple outbreaks of salmonellosis caused by Heidelberg resulted from the same poultry processor, which infected 634 people during 2013 and 2014. The hospitalization and invasive illness rates were 38% and 15%, respectively.