A global medical crisis is unfolding as antibiotics lose effectiveness against a growing
number of bacterial pathogens. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) contributes significantly to …

Genomes 5 has been completely revised and updated. It is a thoroughly modern textbook
about genomes and how they are investigated. As with previous Genomes editions …

The use of the edible photosynthetic cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis (spirulina) as a
biomanufacturing platform has been limited by a lack of genetic tools. Here we report …

Unlike proteins, glycan chains are not directly encoded by DNA, but by the specificity of the
enzymes that assemble them. Theoretical calculations have proposed an astronomical …

Viruses that infect bacteria (phages) can influence bacterial community dynamics, bacterial
genome evolution and ecosystem biogeochemistry. These influences differ depending on …

Non-model microorganisms often possess complex phenotypes that could be important for
the future of biofuel and chemical production. They have received significant interest the last …

Bacterial genomes are highly plastic allowing the generation of variants through mutations
and acquisition of genetic information. The fittest variants are then selected by the econiche …

The human pathogens Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus mutans have both
evolved complex quorum sensing (QS) systems that regulate the production of bacteriocins …

There is a growing need to mitigate the discharge of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes
(ARGs) from municipal wastewater treatment systems. Here, molecularly-imprinted graphitic …

The increasing spread of multidrug-resistant pathogenic bacteria is one of the major threats
to public health worldwide. Bacteria can acquire antibiotic resistance and virulence genes …