Horizontal gene transfer is an important evolutionary force, facilitating bacterial diversity. It is
thought to be pervasive in host-associated microbiomes, where bacterial densities are high …

Food and feed has been produced from genetically modified (GM) crops for 25 years. It is
timely to review whether this technology has globally delivered the expected benefits and …

The spread of genes encoding antibiotic resistance is often mediated by horizontal gene
transfer (HGT). Many of these genes are associated with transposons, a type of mobile …

The role of genetic exchanges, ie, homologous recombination (HR) and horizontal gene
transfer (HGT), in bacteria cannot be overestimated for it is a pivotal mechanism leading to …

Background Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is an important driver in genome evolution, gain-
of-function, and metabolic adaptation to environmental niches. Genome-wide identification …

The evolutionary pressures that determine the location (chromosomal or plasmid-borne) of
bacterial genes are not fully understood. We investigate these pressures through …

Microbes are constantly evolving. Laboratory studies of bacterial evolution increase our
understanding of evolutionary dynamics, identify adaptive changes, and answer important …

Multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae emerge through the modification of core
genome loci by interspecies homologous recombinations, and acquisition of gene cassettes …

Although wastewater and sewage systems are known to be significant reservoirs of
antibiotic-resistant bacterial populations and periodic outbreaks of drug-resistant infection …

QingFei Yin (QFY), a Chinese traditional medicine recipe, is known for its excellent
therapeutic pharmacological effects for the treatment of bacterial lung infections, although its …