The phylogenetic position and prophage DNA content of the genomes of 142 S. agalactiae (group-B streptococcus, GBS) isolates responsible for bacteremia and meningitis in adults and neonates were studied and compared. The distribution of the invasive isolates between the various serotypes, sequence

. The importance of DNA methylation in cell fate and biology calls for in depth studing of putative methylation-related genes. We present a molecular and phylogenetic analysis of a putative DNA adenine methyltransferase encoded by a prophage in the Wolbachia genome. Two slightly different copies of the gene,met1

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We have carried out an exhaustive search of the lit-erature and databases on DNA sequences of verotoxin genes, most of which are carried by prophages and only two described as chromosomal: one is from Shigella dysenteriae,1 and the other from Escherichia coli.2 A common feature of these cases

ishing the genome of double the amount of prophage DNA compared to C. autoethanogenum. Other differences include important

In Lactobacillus johnsonii strain NCC533, two prophages were integrated into tRNA genes and one was dis-rupted by integration. In a survey, the prophages were restricted to strains sharing an essentially identical restriction pattern. Microarray analysis showed that the prophage DNA represents

approach could be useful. Methodology. Earlier dinucleotide relative abundance (DRA) have been used to identify regions, which deviate from the neighborhood areas, in genomes. We have used the difference in the dinucleotide relative abundance (DRAD) between the bacterial and prophage DNA to aid location

Invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) disease reemerged in The Netherlands in the late 1980s. To seek an explanation for this resurgence, the genetic compositions of 22 M1 and 19 M28 GAS strains isolated in The Netherlands between 1960s and the mid-1990s were analyzed by using a mixed-genome DNA

Campylobacter jejuni carry temperate bacteriophages that can affect the biology or virulence of the host bacterium. Known effects include genomic rearrangements and resistance to DNA transformation. C. jejuni prophage CJIE1 shows sequence variability and variability in the content of morons

Accumulating evidence suggests that C. jejuni prophages CJIE1, CJIE2, and CJIE4, like the prophages of other enteric survival in the environment include a putative secreted phospholipase A2 (CJE0229 homolog), a DNA adenine Clark et al. BMC Microbiology 2014, 14:70