To contend with the diversity and ubiquity of bacteriophages and other mobile genetic
elements, bacteria have developed an arsenal of immune defence mechanisms. Bacterial …

Antibiotic resistance is a problem for human health, and consequently, its study had been
traditionally focused toward its impact for the success of treating human infections in …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae have remained, for many years, the
primary species of the genus Mycobacterium of clinical and microbiological interest. The …

Developments in high-throughput next generation sequencing (NGS) technology have
rapidly advanced the understanding of overall microbial ecology as well as occurrence and …

Phytoremediation is a promising technology to clean-up contaminated soils based on the
synergistic actions of plants and microorganisms. However, to become a widely accepted …

The free-floating extracellular DNA (exDNA) fraction of microbial ecosystems harbors
antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and mobile genetic elements (MGEs). Natural …

Plasmids are extra-chromosomal genetic elements ubiquitous in bacteria, and commonly
transmissible between host cells. Their genomes include variable repertoires of 'accessory …

Although bacteria within the Verrucomicrobia phylum are pervasive in soils around the
world, they are under-represented in both isolate collections and genomic databases. Here …

Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of foodborne pathogens has become an effective
method for investigating the information contained in the genome sequence of bacterial …

The gut microbiome can vary across differences in host lifestyle, geography, and host
species. By comparing closely related host species across varying lifestyles and geography …