Bacteriophages (phages) are often described as obligate predators of their bacterial hosts,
and phage predation is one of the leading forces controlling the density and distribution of …

Microorganisms colonizing the surfaces of microplastics form a plastisphere in the
environment, which captures miscellaneous substances. The plastisphere, owning to its …

Bacteria encode sophisticated anti-phage systems that are diverse and versatile and display
high genetic mobility. How this variability and mobility occurs remains largely unknown …

Highlights•Collaboration and conflict between MGEs can promote and inhibit HGT•Many
genome defences are MGE-encoded, serving MGE interests and changing frequently•The …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) drives microbial adaptation but is often under the control of
mobile genetic elements (MGEs) whose interests are not necessarily aligned with those of …

Most bacteria in nature exist in aggregated communities known as biofilms, and cells within
a biofilm demonstrate major physiological changes compared to their planktonic …

Bacteriophages, viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria, impact bacterial responses
to antibiotics in complex ways. Recent studies using lytic bacteriophages to treat bacterial …

The growth of antibiotic resistance has stimulated interest in understanding the mechanisms
by which antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) are mobilized. Among them, studies analyzing …

Lysogenic induction ends the stable association between a bacteriophage and its host, and
the transition to the lytic cycle begins with early prophage e xcision followed by DNA r …

Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are one of the main vectors for the spread of antimicrobial
resistance (AMR) across bacteria, due to their ability to move horizontally between bacterial …