Tag: Horizontal gene transfer

Researchers at the University of Tokyo created hybrid mammalian cells that stably retain nearly an entire algal genome for over ...

Researchers have identified a small RNA in Acinetobacter baumannii that represses pilin translation to control DNA uptake and twitching motility.

A comparative genomic analysis of 31 lactic acid bacteria strains identified distinct genetic clusters responsible for fermenting fructans and ribose ...

A comprehensive bioinformatics study reveals that severe active site constriction and low binding affinity in penicillin-binding protein 2a explain why ...

Non-negative matrix factorization successfully decomposed 1,398 Staphylococcus aureus genomes into 24 additive modules that distinguish lineage backgrounds from mobile genetic ...

A scientific review outlines how the three-dimensional architecture of microbial biofilms coordinates physical, chemical, and genetic defenses to drive antimicrobial ...

Genomic profiling of equine lactic acid bacteria revealed that strains with beneficial probiotic traits harbor mobile genetic elements carrying virulence ...

A study in Caenorhabditis elegans reveals that a guanine deaminase gene acquired from bacteria via horizontal gene transfer plays a ...

Genomic analysis of 273 Riemerella anatipestifer genomes and metagenomic profiling of infected laying hens provide evidence of host expansion into ...

A narrative review argues that widespread antibiotic resistance genes in the oral microbiome demand precision prescribing and routine resistome mapping ...

A genomic survey of Escherichia coli in Sichuan Province reveals that mobile genetic elements rather than bacterial clones drive the ...

A new review argues that cheap, high-quality genome sequencing is revealing how gene gains, losses, duplications and horizontal transfers drive ...

Researchers have sequenced the complete organelle genomes of Thismia angustimitra, uncovering a reduced plastome and evidence suggesting horizontal gene transfer ...

A narrative review finds that desert soils, wastewater reuse, desalination brine, dust storms and wildlife interfaces form interconnected reservoirs sustaining ...

Applied Microbiology International members have urged the European Commission to make microbial communities and microbiome interactions central to environmental risk ...

Metagenomic sequencing shows long-lived high-yielding dairy cows carry more enriched antibiotic resistance, biocide and metal resistance, and virulence genes in ...

A new review reports that bacteria in biofilms can resist antibiotics up to 1,000 times more than planktonic cells, driving ...

A new review synthesizes evidence that plant-associated microbes directly and indirectly reshape the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, with implications for ...

A new review argues that only metatranscriptomics can distinguish which gut antibiotic resistance genes are actively transcribed from the larger ...

A new study identifies 486 small cysteine-rich antifungal proteins found exclusively in fungi and proposes they form a single superfamily ...