Natural bacterial transformation involves the internalization and chromosomal integration of
DNA and has now been documented in∼ 80 species. Recent advances have established …

Naturally occurring modification of the canonical A, G, C, and T bases can be found in the
DNA of cellular organisms and viruses from all domains of life. Bacterial viruses …

The wide spread of gene exchange and loss in the prokaryotic world has prompted the
concept of 'lateral genomics' to the point of an outright denial of the relevance of …

While N6‐methyladenosine (m6A) is a well‐known epigenetic modification in bacterial DNA,
it remained largely unstudied in eukaryotes. Recent studies have brought to fore its potential …

Being the principal causative agent of bacterial pneumonia, otitis media, meningitis and
septicemia, the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major global health problem. To …

DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mechanism for phenotypic diversification in all
forms of life. We previously described remarkable cell-to-cell heterogeneity in epigenetic …

Natural DNA transformation is a lateral gene transfer mechanism during which bacteria take
up naked DNA from their environment and stably integrate it in their genome. The proteins …

Epigenetic modifications in bacteria, such as DNA methylation, have been shown to affect
gene regulation, thereby generating cells that are isogenic but with distinctly different …

The accessory genes of prokaryote and eukaryote pangenomes accumulate by horizontal
gene transfer, differential gene loss, and the effects of selection and drift. We have …

The six Veillonella species found in the human oral cavity are among the most abundant
members of the oral flora, occurring in both supra-and subgingival dental plaque as well as …