Tag: horizontal gene transfer in bacteria

A new study of 14 Microcoleus species finds that CRISPR–Cas systems are widespread but do not follow species phylogeny, pointing ...

A 2026 study in two insect-pathogenic bacterial genera found that selection, genetic drift and biased recombination jointly shaped the evolution ...

A genomic survey of 109 Streptococcus thermophilus strains shows that mobile genomic islands carry many of the traits linked to ...

A new PLOS Biology study shows that recombination, not changing selection pressures, largely explains the declining dN/dS ratios observed in ...

In the ongoing battle against antibiotic resistance, understanding the genetic landscape of microbial communities is paramount. A groundbreaking study published ...

Antibiotic resistance has long been recognized as a paramount global health crisis, threatening to undermine the efficacy of modern medicine. ...

A recent study published in BMC Genomics has brought to light the intricate relationship between genomic islands and plasmid-borne antimicrobial ...

The intricate role of bacteriophages in the spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) within natural ecosystems has long eluded comprehensive ...

In a groundbreaking new study, researchers have uncovered a startling connection between the proliferation of micro- and nanoplastics in the ...

In a world grappling with the ever-increasing threat of antimicrobial resistance, a recent study by de Souza, de Oliveira Almeida, ...