Horizontal gene transfer and adaptive evolution in bacteria

BJ Arnold, IT Huang, WP Hanage - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
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 …

Within-host evolution of bacterial pathogens

X Didelot, AS Walker, TE Peto, DW Crook… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Whole-genome sequencing has opened the way for investigating the dynamics and
genomic evolution of bacterial pathogens during the colonization and infection of humans …

Emergence of methicillin resistance predates the clinical use of antibiotics

J Larsen, CL Raisen, X Ba, NJ Sadgrove… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The discovery of antibiotics more than 80 years ago has led to considerable improvements
in human and animal health. Although antibiotic resistance in environmental bacteria is …

SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection

SA Kemp, DA Collier, RP Datir, IATM Ferreira, S Gayed… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The spike protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is
critical for virus infection through the engagement of the human ACE2 protein and is a major …

SARS-CoV-2 within-host diversity and transmission

KA Lythgoe, M Hall, L Ferretti, M de Cesare… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Genome sequencing at an unprecedented scale during the severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is helping to track spread of …

Pandemic-scale phylogenomics reveals the SARS-CoV-2 recombination landscape

Y Turakhia, B Thornlow, A Hinrichs, J McBroome… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Accurate and timely detection of recombinant lineages is crucial for interpreting genetic
variation, reconstructing epidemic spread, identifying selection and variants of interest, and …

[HTML][HTML] Neutralising antibodies in Spike mediated SARS-CoV-2 adaptation

SA Kemp, DA Collier, R Datir, IATM Ferreira, S Gayed… - MedRxiv, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein is critical for virus infection via engagement of ACE2, and amino
acid variation in Spike is increasingly appreciated. Given both vaccines and therapeutics are …

The global distribution and spread of the mobilized colistin resistance gene mcr-1

R Wang, L Van Dorp, LP Shaw, P Bradley… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Colistin represents one of the few available drugs for treating infections caused by
carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. As such, the recent plasmid-mediated spread of …

Evolutionary and structural analyses of SARS-CoV-2 D614G spike protein mutation now documented worldwide

S Isabel, L Graña-Miraglia, JM Gutierrez… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), was declared on March 11, 2020 by the World Health Organization. As of the …

Identification of Klebsiella capsule synthesis loci from whole genome data

KL Wyres, RR Wick, C Gorrie, A Jenney… - Microbial …, 2016 - microbiologyresearch.org
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a growing cause of healthcare-associated infections for which
multi-drug resistance is a concern. Its polysaccharide capsule is a major virulence …