Natural bacterial transformation involves the internalization and chromosomal integration of
DNA and has now been documented in∼ 80 species. Recent advances have established …

Type IV pili (T4P) are one of the most common forms of bacterial and archaeal surface
structures, involved in adherence, motility, competence for DNA uptake, and pathogenesis …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) plays an important role in the evolution of life on the Earth.
This view is supported by numerous occasions of HGT that are recorded in the genomes of …

SUMMARY Type IV pili (T4P) are multifunctional protein fibers produced on the surfaces of a
wide variety of bacteria and archaea. The major subunit of T4P is the type IV pilin, and …

Acinetobacter baumannii is a species of nonfermentative gram-negative bacteria commonly
found in water and soil. This organism was susceptible to most antibiotics in the 1970s. It …

Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as an important and problematic human pathogen
as it is the causative agent of several types of infections including pneumonia, meningitis …

Alcanivorax borkumensis is a cosmopolitan marine bacterium that uses oil hydrocarbons as
its exclusive source of carbon and energy. Although barely detectable in unpolluted …

Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1 is a nutritionally versatile soil bacterium closely related to
representatives of the well-characterized Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas …

Bacterial genomics is flourishing, as whole-genome sequencing has become affordable,
readily available and rapid. As a result, it has become clear how frequently horizontal gene …

Acinetobacter baumannii is the source of numerous nosocomial infections in humans and
therefore deserves close attention as multidrug or even pandrug resistant strains are …