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Sergio Arredondo-Alonso

Postdoctoral researcher, University of Oslo
Verified email at medisin.uio.no
Cited by 1151

Plasmids shaped the recent emergence of the major nosocomial pathogen Enterococcus faecium

S Arredondo-Alonso, J Top, A McNally, S Puranen… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Enterococcus faecium is a gut commensal of humans and animals but is also listed on the
WHO global priority list of multidrug-resistant pathogens. Many of its antibiotic resistance traits …

[HTML][HTML] Mode and dynamics of vanA-type vancomycin resistance dissemination in Dutch hospitals

S Arredondo-Alonso, J Top, J Corander, RJL Willems… - Genome medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Enterococcus faecium is a commensal of the gastrointestinal tract of animals
and humans but also a causative agent of hospital-acquired infections. Resistance against …

[HTML][HTML] Conditionally essential genes for survival during starvation in Enterococcus faecium E745

V de Maat, S Arredondo-Alonso, RJL Willems… - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background The nosocomial pathogen Enterococcus faecium can survive for prolonged
periods of time on surfaces in the absence of nutrients. This trait is thought to contribute to the …

On the (im) possibility of reconstructing plasmids from whole-genome short-read sequencing data

S Arredondo-Alonso, RJ Willems… - Microbial …, 2017 - microbiologyresearch.org
To benchmark algorithms for automated plasmid sequence reconstruction from short-read
sequencing data, we selected 42 publicly available complete bacterial genome sequences …

[HTML][HTML] Apparent nosocomial adaptation of Enterococcus faecalis predates the modern hospital era

AK Pöntinen, J Top, S Arredondo-Alonso… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Enterococcus faecalis is a commensal and nosocomial pathogen, which is also ubiquitous
in animals and insects, representing a classical generalist microorganism. Here, we study E. …

mlplasmids: A user-friendly tool to predict plasmid-and chromosome-derived sequences for single species

S Arredondo-Alonso, MRC Rogers… - Microbial …, 2018 - microbiologyresearch.org
Assembly of bacterial short-read whole-genome sequencing data frequently results in hundreds
of contigs for which the origin, plasmid or chromosome, is unclear. Complete genomes …

Robust analysis of prokaryotic pangenome gene gain and loss rates with Panstripe

…, AK Pöntinen, S Arredondo-Alonso… - Genome …, 2023 - genome.cshlp.org
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) plays a critical role in the evolution and diversification of
many microbial species. The resulting dynamics of gene gain and loss can have important …

[PDF][PDF] Mge-cluster: a reference-free approach for typing bacterial plasmids

S Arredondo-Alonso, RA Gladstone… - NAR Genomics and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Extrachromosomal elements of bacterial cells such as plasmids are notorious for their importance
in evolution and adaptation to changing ecology. However, high-resolution population-…

A high-throughput multiplexing and selection strategy to complete bacterial genomes

S Arredondo-Alonso, AK Pöntinen, F Cléon… - …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Bacterial whole-genome sequencing based on short-read technologies often
results in a draft assembly formed by contiguous sequences. The introduction of long-read …

gplas: a comprehensive tool for plasmid analysis using short-read graphs

S Arredondo-Alonso, M Bootsma, Y Hein… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Plasmids can horizontally transmit genetic traits, enabling rapid bacterial adaptation to new
environments and hosts. Short-read whole-genome sequencing data are often applied to …