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Theo Josephs

University of Leicester

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Assay:long-read sequencing· 1

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Andrew D. MillardiD· 2 shared Andrew KinsellaiD· 2 shared Hannah R. SampsoniD· 2 shared Martha R. J. ClokieiD· 2 shared Nzubechukwu I Ugokwe· 2 shared Alexane Roux· 1 shared Amani Alrashidi· 1 shared Anisha M. ThankiiD· 1 shared

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Characterisation of novel bacteriophages against the cattle pathogen Moraxella bovis

Hannah R. Sampson, Małgorzata Węgrzyn, Theo Josephs, Nzubechukwu I Ugokwe, Andrew Kinsella, Anisha M. Thanki, Dinesh Kalra, Alexane Roux, Hannah L Patrick, Benjamin M. C. Swift, Gregory Firth, Rajesh Odedra, Andrew D. Millard, Martha R. J. Clokie

The paper isolates and characterizes four novel bacteriophages against Moraxella bovis, finding high genomic similarity among three and distinct properties in MB43.

bioRxiv · Nov 24, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology

Rolling out plaque-2-sequence: a single plaque sequencing approach enabling rapid, low-cost sequencing of phages directly from plaques

Slawomir Michniewski, Rebecca Glenny, Andrew Kinsella, Kane Porter, Kayne Wright, Sophie Harrison, Nzubechukwu I Ugokwe, Amani Alrashidi, Srwa.J. Rashid, Chisomaga Eke, Jack C. D. Lee, Faizal Patel, Theo Josephs, Arezoo Pedramfar, Max Coleman, , Andrew D. Millard

This paper introduces plaque-2-sequence, a low-cost, high-throughput method for sequencing phage genomes directly from plaques, enabling rapid and scalable genomic analysis of phages.

bioRxiv · Nov 1, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology