The ampicillin‐resistance transposon Tn3is the archetype (“Tn3” being synonymous with
“Tn1” or “Tn2”;(1)) of a large and widespread family of transposons with representatives in …

Bacteria adapt rapidly to environmental stimuli, such as exposure to xenobiotics. Mobile
genetic elements (MGEs) play a major role in such bacterial adaptation, via the dispersal of …

Background Because of its adaptability to sites polluted with toxic chemicals, the model soil
bacterium Pseudomonas putida is naturally endowed with a number of metabolic and stress …

Background The implementation of novel platform organisms to be used as microbial cell
factories in industrial applications is currently the subject of intense research. Ongoing …

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa plasmid pKLC102 coexists as a plasmid and a genome
island in clone C strains. Whereas the related plasmid pKLK106 reversibly recombines with …

Acetyl-coenzyme A (AcCoA) is a metabolic hub in virtually all living cells, serving as both a
key precursor of essential biomass components and a metabolic sink for catabolic pathways …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been implicated in a wide range of post-operation wound
and lung infections. A wide range of acquired resistance and virulence markers indicate …

This chapter discusses the organization of Tn3‐family transposons and their transposition
(the formation and resolution of the cointegrate intermediate). The bulk of the chapter …

The introduction of foreign organic hydrocarbons into the environment in recent years, as in
the widespread use of antibiotics, has resulted in the evolution of novel adaptive …

Transpositional activity of mobile elements can be induced by different environmental
stresses. Here, we present evidence that transposition of Tn 4652 is elevated in stationary …