Type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) are versatile multiprotein nanomachines spanning the
entire cell envelope in Gram‐negative and Gram‐positive bacteria. They play important …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global problem hindering treatment of bacterial
infections, rendering many aspects of modern medicine less effective. AMR genes (ARGs) …

Staphylococcus aureus is a serious human pathogen with remarkable adaptive powers.
Antibiotic-resistant clones rapidly emerge mainly by acquisition of antibiotic-resistance …

Relaxase-based plasmid classification has become popular in the past 10 years.
Nevertheless, it is not obvious how to assign a query protein to a relaxase MOB family …

Bacteriophages (or phages) represent one of the most persistent threats to food
fermentations, particularly large-scale commercial dairy fermentations. Phages infecting …

Antimicrobial-resistance (AMR) genes in bacteria are often carried on plasmids and these
plasmids can transfer AMR genes between bacteria. For molecular epidemiology purposes …

Phages exert profound evolutionary pressure on bacteria by interacting with receptors on
the cell surface to initiate infection. While the majority of phages use chromosomally …

The horizontal gene transfer facilitated by mobile genetic elements impacts almost all areas
of bacterial evolution, including the accretion and dissemination of antimicrobial-resistance …

Horizontal gene transfer has been recognized as one of the principal contributors to
bacterial evolution and diversification. One of the mechanisms involved in this process is …

Abstract Mobile Genetic Elements (MGEs) are integrated in bacterial genomes and key
elements that drive prokaryote genome evolution. Among them are Integrative and …