The bacterial chromosome must be efficiently compacted to fit inside the small and crowded
cell while remaining accessible for the protein complexes involved in replication …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a major driving force for bacterial evolution. To avoid the
deleterious effects due to the unregulated expression of newly acquired foreign genes …

Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are relevant agents in bacterial adaptation and
evolutionary diversification. Stable appropriation of these DNA elements depends on host …

Genetic mutation, which provides the raw material for evolutionary adaptation, is largely a
stochastic force. However, there is ample evidence showing that mutations can also exhibit …

The ecological and evolutionary mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) emergence
within patients and how these vary across bacterial infections are poorly understood …

This paper presents a deep analysis of the accessory genome of an economically promising
strain of Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) meliloti, L6-AK89, obtained as a result of next-generation …

The chronology and phylogeny of bacterial evolution are difficult to reconstruct due to a
scarce fossil record. The analysis of bacterial genomes remains challenging because of …

Chromids (secondary chromosomes) in bacterial genomes that are present in addition to the
main chromosome appear to be evolutionarily conserved in some specific bacterial groups …

The linear chromosome of Streptomyces exhibits a highly compartmentalized structure with
a conserved central region flanked by variable arms. As double strand break (DSB) repair …

The development of complex phenotypes in industrially relevant bacteria is a major goal of
metabolic engineering, which encompasses the implementation of both rational and random …