Mobile genetic elements are key to the evolution of bacteria and traits that affect host and
ecosystem health. Here, we use a framework of a hierarchical and modular system that …

Campylobacter remains the most prevalent foodborne pathogen bacterium responsible for
causing gastroenteritis worldwide. Specifically, this pathogen colonises a ubiquitous range …

Phages and plasmids are regarded as distinct types of mobile genetic elements that drive
bacterial evolution by horizontal gene transfer. However, the distinction between both types …

Anaerobic methane oxidation exerts a key control on greenhouse gas emissions, yet factors
that modulate the activity of microorganisms performing this function remain poorly …

Plasmids are small DNA molecules that enable bacteria to share beneficial traits, influencing
microbial communities. However, their role within the human gut microbiome remains …

Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are key promoters of microbial evolution. These elements
can be located extrachromosomally or integrated into the chromosome. Well-known …

Plasmids, extrachromosomal DNA molecules commonly found in bacterial and archaeal
cells, play an important role in bacterial genetics and evolution. Our understanding of …

Halophilic archaea (haloarchaea) are known to exhibit multiple chromosomes, with one
main chromosome and one or several smaller secondary chromosomes or megaplasmids …

It is generally assumed that all bacteria must have at least one rRNA operon (rrn operon) on
the chromosome, but some strains of the genera Aureimonas and Oecophyllibacter carry …

Early microscopists, training their lenses on samples, observed individual microbes,
separated from one another by membranes and cell walls and dividing by binary fission …