Experiments

Searchable full-text extractions: founding hypothesis, core claims, experimental setups, key results and statistics — pulled out of each paper as structure. Search a cell line, an assay or an entity (e.g. HUH7) and find every paper that worked with it. This corpus stands on its own: most entries carry no reproduction assessment (yet).

• Population genomics: diversity and virulence in the Neisseria.

  PMID 18822386 · PMC2612085 · Current opinion in microbiology · 2008 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Horizontal genetic exchange (recombination) plays a central role in shaping bacterial speciation and population structure in Neisseria

  neisseria meningitidis meningococcal multi-locus microarray genome

• Comparative genomics of Drosophila and human core promoters.

  PMID 16827941 · PMC1779564 · Genome biology · 2006 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  Drosophila core promoters contain 298 highly significant (p≤1e-16) non-randomly positioned 8-mers within 100 bp of the TSS, grouped into 15 distinct DNA motifs

  drosophila core genome-wide mono gene

• Large-scale structural analysis of the core promoter in mammalian and plant genomes.

  PMID 16049029 · PMC1181242 · Nucleic acids research · 2005 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  DNA encodes at least two independent levels of functional information: protein/TF-binding sequence information and physical/structural properties of the molecule itself.

  core-promoter arabidopsis rice computational adaptive linear

• A role for ColV plasmids in the evolution of pathogenic Escherichia coli ST58.

  PMID 35115531 · PMC8813906 · Nature communications · 2022 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  ST58 contains a major sub-lineage (BAP2, n=363) characterized by near-ubiquitous carriage of ColV plasmids

  coli st58 novo draft whole-genome pan-genome-wide plasmid

• Comparative Genomics of Listeria monocytogenes Isolates from Ruminant Listeriosis Cases in the Midwest United States.

  PMID 36314928 · PMC9769944 · Microbiology spectrum · 2022 · 8 claims · 6 setups

  Has reproduction · 91

  73 ruminant listeriosis isolates classified by WGS/cgMLST fall into three lineages: 31.5% lineage 1, 53.4% lineage 2, 15.1% lineage 3

  monocytogenes isolate whole-genome core minimum

• Identification of genes influencing the evolution of Escherichia coli ST372 in dogs and humans.

  PMID 36752777 · PMC9997745 · Microbial genomics · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Has reproduction · 89

  Dogs are the dominant host of E. coli ST372, and clusters within the ST372 population structure exhibit distinctive O:H types.

  coli st372 core draft whole-genome core population

• Mutational analysis of the preferential binding of human topoisomerase I to supercoiled DNA.

  PMID 19740104 · PMC3107988 · The FEBS journal · 2009 · 8 claims · 4 setups

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  Human topoisomerase I (topo70) does not dimerize either free in solution or when covalently bound to DNA, ruling out dimerization as the source of a second DNA binding site

  gst-topo70 topo70 32p-labeled 3h-labeled gst gel 32p-labeled

• Genomics of Environmental Salmonella: Engaging Students in the Microbiology and Bioinformatics of Foodborne Pathogens.

  PMID 33967968 · PMC8100199 · Frontiers in microbiology · 2021 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  An undergraduate CURE combining field sampling, wet-lab microbiology, and genomic bioinformatics can be used to isolate and characterize environmental S. enterica strains.

  putative enterica selected assembled endpoint genome long-read

• Genomic insights into the diversity, virulence, and antimicrobial resistance of group B Streptococcus clinical isolates from Saudi Arabia.

  PMID 38711928 · PMC11070470 · Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Has reproduction · 69

  Sequenced GBS isolates from Saudi Arabia show high genetic diversity, with 28 sequence types and nine distinct serotypes including uncommon serotypes VII and VIII

  gbs whole-genome multilocus capsular

• Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolated from Surface Waters and Sediments in a Canadian Urban-Agricultural Landscape.

  PMID 27092297 · PMC4820441 · Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2016 · 7 claims · 7 setups

  Has reproduction · 89

  STEC are prevalent in surface waters of four Lower Mainland BC watersheds, recovered from 21.6, 23.2, 19.5, and 9.2% of samples across sites, with seasonal variation (13.3% in fall to 34.3% in winter).

  surface coli presumptive confirmed hydrophobic sandwich monoplex

• Plasmid transmission dynamics and evolution of partner quality in a natural population of Rhizobium leguminosarum.

  PMID 41212030 · PMC12691615 · mBio · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Of the four most frequent plasmid types, types II and III have more stable size, larger core genomes, and track the chromosomal phylogeny (more vertical transmission), while types I and IV (pSym) vary in size and gene content with phylogenies consistent with frequent horizontal transmission.

  clover-associated plasmids plasmidome replicons long-read k-mer genome

• Population structure analysis of Salmonella serovar Muenchen to redefine geno-serotyping using genome indexing approaches.

  PMID 41743541 · PMC12929376 · Frontiers in microbiology · 2025 · 6 claims · 6 setups

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  Integrating genome-indexing (bettercallsal, DNA sketching + genome proximity) with SeqSero2 yields complementary serovar calls that improve discrimination of genomically distinct but antigenically similar serovars while retaining historical nomenclature

  salmonella megahit-assembled genome genome-indexing in-silico cgmlst

• Adapting to a changing world: RAG genomics and evolution.

  PMID 16004728 · PMC3525258 · Human genomics · 2005 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  RAG-1/RAG-2 origin is a foundational hallmark of adaptive immunity, enabling V(D)J recombination of antigen receptor genes.

  rag-1 patients zebrafish vertebrate comparative site-directed clinical

• Viruses take center stage in cellular evolution.

  PMID 16787527 · PMC1779534 · Genome biology · 2006 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  A large poxvirus-like dsDNA virus may have become the eukaryotic nucleus after being taken in by an ancestral cell (viral eukaryogenesis)

  acanthamoeba coccolithovirus nucleocytoplasmic dsdna whole-genome phylogenetic comparative

• Four genomic islands that mark post-1995 pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates.

  PMID 16672049 · PMC1464126 · BMC genomics · 2006 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Seven genomic islands (VPaI-1 to VPaI-7, 10-81 kb) were identified in V. parahaemolyticus RIMD2210633 by aberrant GC content, presence of integrases/transposases, flanking direct repeats, and absence from related Vibrionaceae genomes.

  parahaemolyticus vulnificus clinical ecori-digested bioinformatic comparative pcr

• Acquisition and loss of CTX-M plasmids in Shigella species associated with MSM transmission in the UK.

  PMID 34427554 · PMC8549364 · Microbial genomics · 2021 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  bla_CTX-M-27 is located on IncFII pKSR100-like plasmids, flanked by IS26 and IS903B

  sonnei same shigella assembled illumina oxford novo

• Horizontal transmission enables flexible associations with locally adapted symbiont strains in deep-sea hydrothermal vent symbioses.

  PMID 35349333 · PMC9168483 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  Host populations of Alviniconcha and Ifremeria are not genetically differentiated across an ~800-km geographic gradient

  gill chemosynthetic host epsilon rna-seq-based metagenomic phylogenomic

• Cellular proteins in influenza virus particles.

  PMID 18535660 · PMC2390764 · PLoS pathogens · 2008 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  Purified influenza virions contain 36 host-encoded cellular proteins in addition to the 9 previously known viral proteins.

  influenza deglycosylated sucrose lc-ms mudpit electron

• Large-Scale Phylogenomics of the Lactobacillus casei Group Highlights Taxonomic Inconsistencies and Reveals Novel Clade-Associated Features.

  PMID 28845461 · PMC5566788 · mSystems · 2017 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Has reproduction · 94

  The L. casei group resolves into three distinct clades (A, B, C) supported by phylogeny, GC content, ANI, and TETRA, and many strains are misclassified relative to their nearest type strain.

  casei orthogroups unclassified selected whole-genome comparative pairwise

• Whole genome sequencing reveals possible host species adaptation of Streptococcus dysgalactiae.

  PMID 34462475 · PMC8405622 · Scientific reports · 2021 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  SDSD constitutes a distinct taxonomic entity within S. dysgalactiae, with a mean intra-subspecies average nucleotide identity of 99%.

  dysgalactiae sdse sdsd isolates genome multilocus pangenome