Bacterial infections are becoming increasingly difficult to treat due to widespread antibiotic
resistance among pathogens. This review aims to give an overview of the major horizontal …

Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a highly troublesome pathogen for many
institutions globally. As a consequence of its immense ability to acquire or upregulate …

Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are continually released from a range of bacterial species.
Numerous functions of OMVs, including the facilitation of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) …

We have investigated to what extent natural transformation acting on free DNA substrates
can facilitate transfer of mobile elements including transposons, integrons and/or gene …

Microbial terephthalic acid (TPA) catabolic pathways are conserved among the few bacteria
known to turnover this xenobiotic aromatic compound. However, to date there are few …

Vibrio natriegens regulates natural competence through the TfoX and QstR transcription
factors, which are involved in external DNA capture and transport. However, the extensive …

Bacterial recombination is believed to be a major factor explaining the prevalence of multi-
drug-resistance (MDR) among pathogenic bacteria. Despite extensive evidence for …

Gene exchange between individuals can lead to profound evolutionary effects at both the
genomic and population levels. These effects have sparked widespread interest in …

In bacteria, recombination is a rare event, not a part of the reproductive process.
Nevertheless, recombination—broadly defined to include the acquisition of genes from …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is important for microbial evolution, but how evolutionary
forces shape the frequencies of horizontally transferred genetic variants in the absence of …