Horizontal gene transfer (also called lateral gene transfer) is a major mechanism for
microbial genome evolution, enabling rapid adaptation and survival in specific niches …

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 …

Viral infections dynamically alter the composition and metabolic potential of marine
microbial communities and the evolutionary trajectories of host populations with resulting …

Background Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic pathogen responsible
for many infections in hospitalized and immunocompromised patients. Previous reports …

Pathogenicity is a complex multifactorial process confounded by the concerted activity of
genetic regions associated with virulence and/or resistance determinants. Pathogenicity …

Bacteria are highly diverse organisms that are able to adapt to a broad range of
environments and hosts due to their high genomic plasticity. Horizontal gene transfer plays a …

Corynebacterium diphtheriae is one of the most prominent human pathogens and the
causative agent of the communicable disease diphtheria. The genomes of 12 strains …

The number of genomes that have been deposited in databases has increased
exponentially after the advent of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS), which produces high …

Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is a facultative intracellular pathogen and the
causative agent of several infectious and contagious chronic diseases, including caseous …

Background The emergence and rapid spreading of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter
baumannii strains has become a major health threat worldwide. To better understand the …