Mutation and horizontal gene transfer (HGT) continually give rise to new bacterial
genotypes. Infrequently, such new bacterial genotypes establish and spread in the larger …

Plasmids can mediate horizontal gene transfer of antibiotic resistance, virulence genes, and
other adaptive factors across bacterial populations. Here, we analyze genomic composition …

Conjugative plasmids are key agents of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) that accelerate
bacterial adaptation by vectoring ecologically important traits between strains and species …

In bacteria, horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is widely recognized as the mechanism
responsible for the widespread distribution of antibiotic resistance genes, gene clusters …

Transformation is one mode of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in bacteria, wherein
extracellular naked DNA is taken up by cells that have developed genetic competence …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) can create tremendous genetic diversity in organisms,
especially those which reproduce asexually. The three classical mechanisms for HGT in …

Bacteria experience recombination in two ways. In the context of the Biological Species
concept, allelic exchange purges genic variability within bacterial populations as gene …

Bacterial genomes are extremely dynamic and mosaic in nature. A substantial amount of
genetic information is inserted into or deleted from such genomes through the process of …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has a crucial role in microbial evolution, in shaping the
structure and function of microbial communities and in controlling a myriad of environmental …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is arguably the most conspicuous feature of bacterial
evolution. Evidence for HGT is found in most bacterial genomes. Although HGT can …