BIGSdb v1.51.4 has been released. This adds a new #Kaptive plugin for surface polysaccharide typing of Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella. github.com/kjolley/BIGS... for details. Kaptive is developed by @tomstantonmicro.bsky.social, @kelwyres.bsky.social , @katholt.bsky.social and colleagues.

Our new #klebsiella O type nomenclature, codesigned with Chris Whitfield, is now live in @pathogenwatch.bsky.social! Need a quick explainer on the new names? Check out my blog post: tinyurl.com/y8yb3rbb (+link to full review article) #MicroSky @klebnet.bsky.social @tomstantonmicro.bsky.social

We are pleased to launch the KlebNET Genomic Epidemiology Consortium! We aim to build a public metadata repository; systematic risk framework for global genomic surveillance; and genomic epi reviews for high-impact #Klebsiella clones. Join us here: klebnet.org/klebnet-gsp-... #ABPHM25

Always a pleasure to organize this with @caityholmes.bsky.social @lauraamike.bsky.social Jay Vornhagen, Wen wen low, & this year joining us @tomstantonmicro.bsky.social & Juan Valencia.

K. variicola can be misID as K. pneumoniae. Our #OpenAccess paper reports an NICU #Outbreak 📌The rapid detection of a neonatal unit outbreak of a wild-type Klebsiella variicola using decentralized Oxford Nanopore sequencing doi.org/10.1186/s137... @nanoporetech.com 🖥️🧬💻 #AcademicSky #Microsky 🧪🧫🦠

New pre print! We establish an ex vivo blood vessel model to investigate the effect of infection on vascular physiology in real time. We show Klebsiella inhibits vasodilation in a T6SS-dependent manner by targeting eNOs. Superb work by @safimicro.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Super excited to finally present the preprint to accompany Kaptive 3 which we released last year! Big thanks to coauthors @kelwyres.bsky.social, @katholt.bsky.social, @genomarit.bsky.social and Iren Löhr. Here's what we did to improve in silico antigen typing 👇🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The PopPIPE (github.com/bacpop/PopPIPE) analysis pipeline can be used to subcluster data, create visualisations and run transmission analyses. Preprint now here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Including a case study on nosocomial transmission of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium

whimsy driven development ✨

Great talk by @bugsinyourguts.bsky.social: Raoultella is definitely Klebsiella + identified novel beta-lactamase variants in K. ornithinolytica/terrigena/planticola #Klebsiella2024

Don't forget to join the #KlebClub Slack workspace! #Klebsiella #KLEBS2024 join.slack.com/t/klebclub/s...

Lots of people are missing, let us know if you want to be included by replying! You can also share to help us gain visibility #MicroSky go.bsky.app/EdereoU

If you are interested in how we make use of all of the data clinicians and scientists collect around the globe, come to poster 131 at this evening’s poster session! #klebs2024 #klebsiella2024

A small history lesson in #Klebsiella genomics in honour of #KLEBS24… 2009 was a big year for Klebs! - First genome published - First description of ST258 KPC-producing clone pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19218573/ - First description of NDM-1 beta-lactamase pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19770275/

Kaptive v3 is out! It’s much faster than the old version, with improved typeability of K and O loci from low quality draft genomes. Go see Tom’s poster at #KLEBS24!

(1/6) Our new short paper on incidental bacterial domestication between patient isolation and creation of frozen stock. Geno/phenotype changes are obscured by rich media and more prevalent than we previously thought. #MicroSky