SELECTED WORK · 2025 · Research Article
Pangenome analysis of Tanzanian clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae reveals pandemic clones with high genome plasticity and versatile mobilome, virulome, and resistome profiles
Bahati Samweli Y., Maghembe Reuben S.
Microbiology Spectrum 0:e01947-25
Klebsiella pneumoniae Pangenome AMR Mobilome Virulome Resistome
SELECTED WORK · 2025 · Research Article
Regional genomic and phylogenomic insights into multidrug and colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia
Bahati SY, Moto E, Makaranga A, Massawe JI, Maghembe RS
Current Microbiology 82:577
Klebsiella pneumoniae Phylogenomics Colistin resistance East Africa AMR
SELECTED WORK · 2020 · Review Article
Omics for bioprospecting and drug discovery from bacteria and microalgae
Maghembe R, Damian D, Makaranga A, Nyandoro SS, Lyantagaye SL, Kusari S, Hatti-Kaul R
Antibiotics 9
Omics Bioprospecting Drug discovery Bacteria Microalgae
SELECTED WORK · 2025 · Research Article
Genomic insight into the high-risk hypervirulent multidrug-resistant enteroaggregative-hemorrhagic Escherichia coli ST648/*a194 (serotype O8:H4) isolated from a 3-year-old patient with bloodstream infection in Uganda, sub-Saharan Africa
Maghembe RS, Magulye MAK, Makaranga A, Bahati S, Katagirya E, Wabwire-Mangen F
Gene Reports 39:102198
Escherichia coli ST648 Bloodstream infection Uganda Genomics AMR
SELECTED WORK · 2025 · Research Article
Potential of omics workflows for harnessing molecular-grade DNA polymerase and DNA-binding protein isoforms from African thermophilic microbiomes
Maghembe RS, Makaranga A, Ndunguru J, Bahati SY, Mark D, Kidulile C
Scientific African 29:e02854
Omics workflows Thermophilic microbiomes DNA polymerase DNA-binding proteins
SELECTED WORK · 2024 · Research Article
A sophisticated virulence repertoire and colistin resistance of Citrobacter freundii ST150 from a patient with sepsis admitted to ICU in a tertiary care hospital in Uganda, East Africa: insight from genomic and molecular docking analyses
Maghembe RS, Magulye MAK, Eilu E, Sekyanzi S, Makaranga A, Mwesigwa S, Katagirya E
Infection, Genetics and Evolution 105591
Citrobacter freundii ST150 Sepsis Colistin resistance Molecular docking
SELECTED WORK · 2024 · Research Article
Comprehensive genomics reveals novel sequence types of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella oxytoca with uncharacterized capsular polysaccharide K- and lipopolysaccharide O-antigen loci from the National Hospital of Uganda
Maghembe RS, Magulye MAK, Makaranga A, Moto E, Sekyanzi S, Mwesigwa S, Katagirya E
Infection, Genetics and Evolution 123:105640
Klebsiella oxytoca Multidrug resistance Capsular loci O-antigen Genomics
SELECTED WORK · 2024 · Book Chapter
Chapter 13 - Biosynthesis of endocannabinoids and phytocannabinoids
Maghembe RS, Makaranga A, Nyandoro SS
In Cannabis and Khat in Drug Discovery. Elsevier Science, pp. 277-297
Endocannabinoids Phytocannabinoids Biosynthesis Drug discovery
SELECTED WORK · 2024 · Research Article
Metagenome mining divulges virulent and multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST242 and Klebsiella michiganensis ST*1b23 coinfecting an 8-month-old meningitis infant under ICU in Kampala, Uganda, East Africa
Maghembe RS, Magulye MAK, Makaranga A, Nsubuga G, Sekyanzi S, Moto EA, Mwesigwa S, Katagirya E
Heliyon 10
Metagenome mining Pseudomonas aeruginosa Klebsiella michiganensis Meningitis AMR
SELECTED WORK · 2023 · Data Article
Complete genome sequence data of Priestia megaterium strain MARUCO02 isolated from marine mangrove-inhabited sediments of the Indian Ocean in the Bagamoyo Coast
Maghembe RS, Mdoe FP, Makaranga A, Mpemba JA, Mark D, Mlay C, Moto EA, Mtewa AG
Data in Brief 48:109119
Priestia megaterium Genome sequence Marine mangrove Bagamoyo
SELECTED WORK · 2021 · Research Article
Ligand-protein interactions of plant-isolated (9Z,12Z)-octadeca-9,12-dienoic acid with beta-ketoacyl-Acp synthase (KasA) in potential anti-tubercular drug designing
Mtewa AG, Bvunzawabaya JT, Ngwira KJ, Lampiao F, Maghembe R, Okella H, Weisheit A, Tolo CU, Ogwang PE, Sesaazi DC
Scientific African 12:e00824
KasA Anti-tubercular design Ligand-protein interaction Molecular docking
SELECTED WORK · 2021 · Research Article
Metabolic potential of the moderate halophile Yangia sp. ND199 for co-production of polyhydroxyalkanoates and exopolysaccharides
Romero Soto L, Thabet H, Maghembe R, Gameiro D, Van-Thuoc D, Dishisha T, Hatti-Kaul R
MicrobiologyOpen 10:e1160
Yangia Halophile Polyhydroxyalkanoates Exopolysaccharides
SELECTED WORK · 2024 · Research Article
Impact of drug dispersion on tumor-effector dynamics during combined chemo-immunotherapy with sensitivity analysis
Mashiku LR, Ndenda JP, Maghembe R, Shaw S
Applied Mathematical Modelling 134:148-174
Mathematical modelling Chemo-immunotherapy Tumor-effector dynamics
SELECTED WORK · 2025 · Data Article
Whole genome sequence of a virulent and multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain MD02 isolated from a diabetic foot ulcer in Uganda
Makeri D, Eilu E, Odoki M, Adebayo IA, Maghembe R, Abubakar M, Muhwezi R, Pius T, Dilli PP, Akinola SA, Agwu E
BMC Genomic Data 26:50
Staphylococcus aureus Diabetic foot ulcer Whole genome sequence Uganda AMR
SELECTED WORK · 2024 · Research Article
Assessing the effect of sample storage time on viral detection using a rapid and cost-effective CTAB-based extraction method
Mark D, Tairo F, Ndunguru J, Kweka E, Saggaf M, Bachwenkizi H, Chiunga E, Lusana JL, Sikazwe G, Maghembe R
Plant Methods 20:64
CTAB extraction Viral detection Sample storage Plant Methods