This article "Genomic diversity and antimicrobial resistance in clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from tertiary hospitals in Southern Ghana" is published in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.

Author: Richael O. Mills

Journal: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Year: 2024

Podcast type: Short

The authors are:

• Richael O. Mills
• Isaac Dadzie
• Thanh Le-Viet
• David J. Baker
• Humphrey P. K. Addy
• Samuel A. Akwetey
• Irene E. Donkoh
• Elvis Quansah
• Prince S. Semanshia
• Jennifer Morgan
• Abraham Mensah
• Nana E. Adade
• Emmanuel O. Ampah
• Emmanuel Owusu
• Philimon Mwintige
• Eric O. Amoako
• Anton Spadar
• Kathryn E. Holt
• Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko

Affiliations:

Richael O. Mills, Humphrey P. K. Addy, Elvis Quansah, Prince S. Semanshia,Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Isaac Dadzie, Irene E. Donkoh, Jennifer Morgan,Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Thanh Le-Viet, David J. Baker,Quadram Institute Biosciences, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ, UK

Samuel A. Akwetey,Department of Clinical Microbiology, University of Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

Elvis Quansah,Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Abraham Mensah,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Nana E. Adade,West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Nana E. Adade,Department of Microbiology, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

Emmanuel O. Ampah, Emmanuel Owusu,Microbiology Department, Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge, Accra, Ghana

Philimon Mwintige,Microbiology Laboratory, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana

Eric O. Amoako,Public Health Laboratory, Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital, Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana

Anton Spadar, Kathryn E. Holt, Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko,Department of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, UK

This article "The predominant lactic acid bacteria and yeasts involved in the spontaneous fermentation of millet during the production of the traditional porridge Hausa koko in Ghana" is published in BMC Microbiology.

Author: Amy Atter

Journal: BMC Microbiology

Year: 2024

Podcast type: Short

The authors are:

• Amy Atter
• Maria Diaz
• Kwaku Tano-Debrah
• Angela Parry-Hanson Kunadu
• Melinda J. Mayer
• Lizbeth Sayavedra
• Collins Misita
• Wisdom Amoa-Awua
• Arjan Narbad

Affiliations:

Amy Atter, Wisdom Amoa-Awua,Food Microbiology and Mushroom Research Division, CSIR-Food Research Institute, Accra, Ghana

Amy Atter, Kwaku Tano-Debrah, Angela Parry-Hanson Kunadu,Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Amy Atter, Maria Diaz, Arjan Narbad,Food and Health Institute Strategic Programme, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK

Melinda J. Mayer, Lizbeth Sayavedra, Arjan Narbad,Gut Microbes and Health Institute Strategic Programme, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK

Collins Misita,Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Wisdom Amoa-Awua,Department of Agro-Processing Technology and Food Bio-Sciences, CSIR College of Science and Technology, Accra, Ghana

his article "In vitro batch fermentation demonstrates variations in the regulation of gut microbiota and metabolic functions by β-glucans of differing structures" is published in Food Research International.

Author:⁠⁠ Yuhang Gao

Journal: Food Research International

Year: 2024

Podcast type: Short

The authors are:

• Yuhang Gao
• Leilei Yu
• Zi Ye
• Chuan Zhang
• Yuhong Gon
• Qingsong Zhang
• Chengcheng Zhang
• Jianxin Zhao
• Arjan Narbad
• Wei Chen
• Qixiao Zhai
• Fengwei Tian

Affiliations:

Yuhang Gao, Leilei Yu, Zi Ye, Chuan Zhang, Qingsong Zhang, Chengcheng Zhang, Jianxin Zhao, Wei Chen, Qixiao Zhai, Fengwei Tian,

State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China

Yuhang Gao, Leilei Yu, Zi Ye, Chuan Zhang, Qingsong Zhang, Chengcheng Zhang, Jianxin Zhao, Wei Chen, Qixiao Zhai, Fengwei Tian,

School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China

Yuhang Gao, Leilei Yu, Zi Ye, Chuan Zhang, Qingsong Zhang, Chengcheng Zhang, Jianxin Zhao, Wei Chen, Qixiao Zhai,National Engineering Research Center for Functional Food, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China

Leilei Yu, Jianxin Zhao, Arjan Narbad, Wei Chen, Qixiao Zhai, Fengwei Tian,International Joint Research Laboratory for Probiotics at Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China

Arjan Narbad,Gut Health and Microbiome Institute Strategic Programme, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich NR4 7UQ, UK

Yuhong Gong,Institute of Agri-Food Processing and Nutrition, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences / Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Products of Fruits and Vegetables Preservation and Processing / Key Laboratory of Vegetable Postharvest Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100097, China

This article "Characterization of a Ligilactobacillus salivarius Strain Isolated from a Cheese Seal Which Was Last Used in 1936" is published in Microorganisms.

Author: Claudio Alba

Journal: Microorganisms

Year: 2023

Podcast type: Short

The authors are:

• Claudio Alba
• Rebeca Arroyo
• Leónides Fernández
• Arjan Narbad
• Juan M. Rodríguez

Affiliations:

Claudio Alba, Rebeca Arroyo, Juan M. Rodríguez — Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Leónides Fernández — Department of Animal Production, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Arjan Narbad — Gut Microbes and Health Research Programme, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ, UK

This article "Cross-feeding of bifidobacteria promotes intestinal homeostasis: a lifelong perspective on the host health" is published in Biofilms and Microbiomes.

Author: Meifang Xiao

Journal: Biofilms and Microbiomes

Year: 2024

Podcast type: Short

The authors are:

• Meifang Xiao
• Chuan Zhang
• Hui Duan
• Arjan Narbad
• Jianxin Zhao
• Wei Chen
• Qixiao Zhai
• Leilei Yu
• Fengwei Tian

Affiliations:

Meifang Xiao, Chuan Zhang, Hui Duan, Jianxin Zhao, Wei Chen, Qixiao Zhai, Leilei Yu, Fengwei Tian — State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China

Arjan Narbad — Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park Colney, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7UA, UK

Wei Chen — National Engineering Research Center for Functional Food, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China

This article "Exploring the sequence-function space of microbial fucosidases" is published in Communications Chemistry.

Author: Ana Martínez Gascueña

Journal: Communications Chemistry

Year: 2024

Podcast type: Short

The authors are:

• Ana Martínez Gascueña
• Haiyang Wu
• Rui Wang
• C. David Owen
• Pedro J. Hernando
• Serena Monaco
• Matthew Penner
• Ke Xing
• Gwenaelle Le Gall
• Richard Gardner
• Didier Ndeh
• Paulina A. Urbanowicz
• Daniel I. R. Spencer
• Martin Walsh
• Jesus Angulo
• Nathalie Juge

Affiliations:
Ana Martínez Gascueña, Didier Ndeh, Nathalie Juge — Gut Microbes and Health, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich, UK

Haiyang Wu — GuangDong Engineering Technology Research Center of Enzyme and Biocatalysis, Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Rui Wang, Ke Xing — Beijing Key Lab of Traffic Data Analysis and Mining; Collaborative Innovation Center of Railway Traffic Safety; School of Computer and Information Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China

C. David Owen, Matthew Penner, Martin Walsh — Diamond Light Source Ltd, Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, UK; Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, UK

Pedro J. Hernando — Iceni Glycoscience Ltd., Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK

Serena Monaco, Jesus Angulo — School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK

Gwenaelle Le Gall — Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK

Richard Gardner, Paulina A. Urbanowicz, Daniel I. R. Spencer — Ludger Ltd, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, UK

Jesus Angulo — Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain; Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (CSIC-US), Sevilla, Spain

Didier Ndeh — Present address: University of Dundee, School of Life Sciences, Dundee, UK

Ana Martínez Gascueña, Haiyang Wu, Rui Wang — These authors contributed equally

This article " Development of a food composition database for the estimation of dietary S-methyl cysteine sulfoxide from vegetables " is published in Journal of Food Composition and Analysis.

Author: Caroline R. Hill

Journal: Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Year: 2025

Podcast type: Short

The authors are:

• Caroline R. Hill

• Emma L. Connolly

• Armaghan Shafaei

• Lois Balmer

• Liezhou Zhong

• Taulant Muka

• Antonietta Hayhoe

• Shikha Saha

• Richard J. Woodman

• Joshua R. Lewis

• Jonathan M. Hodgson

• Lauren C. Blekkenhorst

Affiliations:

Caroline R. Hill, Emma L. Connolly, Liezhou Zhong, Jonathan M. Hodgson, Lauren C. Blekkenhorst, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Armaghan Shafaei, Curtin Medical School, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Lois Balmer, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
Lois Balmer, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Taulant Muka, Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
Taulant Muka, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
Antonietta Hayhoe, Shikha Saha, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Richard J. Woodman, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Joshua R. Lewis, Caroline R. Hill, Jonathan M. Hodgson, School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Australia

Joshua R. Lewis, Centre for Kidney Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia

This article "Driving through stop signs: predicting stop codon reassignment improves functional annotation of bacteriophages" is published in ISME Communications.

Author: Ryan Cook

Journal: ISME Communications

Year: 2024

Podcast type: Short

The authors are:

⦁ Ryan Cook

⦁ Andrea Telatin

⦁ George Bouras

⦁ Antonio Pedro Camargo

⦁ Martin Larralde

⦁ Robert A. Edwards

⦁ Evelien M. Adriaenssens

Affiliations:

Ryan Cook, Andrea Telatin, Evelien M. Adriaenssens, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich, United Kingdom

George Bouras, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

George Bouras, Department of Surgery—Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Adelaide and the Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, Australia

Antonio Pedro Camargo, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States

Martin Larralde, Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany

Robert A. Edwards, Flinders Accelerator for Microbiome Exploration, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, Australia

This article "Epidemiological Characterization and Genetic Variation of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant in Palestine" is published in Pathogens.

Author: Suheir Ereqat

Journal: Pathogens

Year: 2024

Podcast type: Short

The authors are:

⦁ Suheir Ereqat

⦁ Nabil-Fareed Alikhan

⦁ Amer Al-Jawabreh

⦁ Michaela Matthews

⦁ Ahmed Al-Jawabreh

⦁ Leonardo de Oliveira Martins

⦁ Alexander J. Trotter

⦁ Mai Al-Kaila

⦁ Andrew J. Page

⦁ Mark J. Pallen

⦁ Abedelmajeed Nasereddin

Affiliations:

Suheir Ereqat, Ahmed Al-Jawabreh, Abedelmajeed Nasereddin, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Abu Dis, Jerusalem, Palestine

Abedelmajeed Nasereddin, Al-Quds Bard College, Al-Quds University, East Jerusalem, Palestine

Nabil-Fareed Alikhan, Michaela Matthews, Leonardo de Oliveira Martins, Alexander J. Trotter, Andrew J. Page, Mark J. Pallen, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK

Amer Al-Jawabreh, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Arab American University, Jenin, Palestine

Amer Al-Jawabreh, Leishmaniases Research Unit, Jericho, Palestine

Mai Al-Kaila, Ministry of Health of the State of Palestine, Ramallah, Palestine

Mark J. Pallen, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK

Mark J. Pallen, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

This article "Dual transposon sequencing profiles the genetic interaction landscape in bacteria" is published in Science.

Author:⁠⁠ Justin J. Zik

Journal: Science

Year: 2025

Podcast type: Expert Long

The authors are:

Justin J. Zik, Morgan N. Price, Keisha Hanifa Alma Mayra, Audrey A. Santoso, Adam P. Arkin,

Adam M. Deutschbauer, Lok-­ To Sham

Affiliations:

Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.

Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.