Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is arguably the most conspicuous feature of bacterial
evolution. Evidence for HGT is found in most bacterial genomes. Although HGT can …

Bacteria acquire novel DNA through horizontal gene transfer (HGT), a process that enables
an organism to rapidly adapt to changing environmental conditions, provides a competitive …

Escherichia coli is a versatile bacterial species that includes both harmless commensal
strains and pathogenic strains found in the gastrointestinal tract in humans and warm …

Metagenomic methods enable the simultaneous characterization of microbial communities
without time-consuming and bias-inducing culturing. Metagenome-assembled genome …

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

Outbreaks of virulent and/or drug-resistant bacteria have a significant impact on human
health and major economic consequences. Genomic islands (GIs; defined as clusters of …

Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative pathogen responsible for a variety of
community-and hospital-acquired infections. It is recognized as a life-threatening pathogen …

The nitroaromatic explosive 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) is a highly toxic and persistent
environmental pollutant. Since physicochemical methods for remediation are poorly …

Throughout the entirety of human history, bacterial pathogens have played an important role
and even shaped the fate of civilizations. The application of genomics within the last 27 …

A significant challenge in bacterial genomics is to catalogue genes acquired through the
evolutionary process of horizontal gene transfer (HGT). Both comparative genomics and …