Microbial evolution through horizontal gene transfer by mobile genetic elements

M Tokuda, M Shintani - Microbial Biotechnology, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are crucial for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in bacteria
and facilitate their rapid evolution and adaptation. MGEs include plasmids, integrative and …

Genomic islands: tools of bacterial horizontal gene transfer and evolution

M Juhas, JR Van Der Meer, M Gaillard… - FEMS microbiology …, 2009‏ - academic.oup.com
Bacterial genomes evolve through mutations, rearrangements or horizontal gene transfer.
Besides the core genes encoding essential metabolic functions, bacterial genomes also …

progressiveMauve: multiple genome alignment with gene gain, loss and rearrangement

AE Darling, B Mau, NT Perna - PloS one, 2010‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Multiple genome alignment remains a challenging problem. Effects of
recombination including rearrangement, segmental duplication, gain, and loss can create a …

Organised Genome Dynamics in the Escherichia coli Species Results in Highly Diverse Adaptive Paths

M Touchon, C Hoede, O Tenaillon, V Barbe… - PLoS …, 2009‏ - journals.plos.org
The Escherichia coli species represents one of the best-studied model organisms, but also
encompasses a variety of commensal and pathogenic strains that diversify by high rates of …

Horizontal transfer, not duplication, drives the expansion of protein families in prokaryotes

TJ Treangen, EPC Rocha - PLoS genetics, 2011‏ - journals.plos.org
Gene duplication followed by neo-or sub-functionalization deeply impacts the evolution of
protein families and is regarded as the main source of adaptive functional novelty in …

Inferring horizontal gene transfer

M Ravenhall, N Škunca, F Lassalle… - PLoS computational …, 2015‏ - journals.plos.org
Horizontal or Lateral Gene Transfer (HGT or LGT) is the transmission of portions of genomic
DNA between organisms through a process decoupled from vertical inheritance. In the …

The dynamics of gut‐associated microbial communities during inflammation

SE Winter, CA Lopez, AJ Bäumler - EMBO reports, 2013‏ - embopress.org
Our intestine is host to a large microbial community (microbiota) that educates the immune
system and confers niche protection. Profiling of the gut‐associated microbial community …

So similar, yet so different: uncovering distinctive features in the genomes of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhimurium and Typhi

SC Sabbagh, CG Forest, C Lepage… - FEMS microbiology …, 2010‏ - academic.oup.com
Salmonella enterica represents a major human and animal pathogen. Many S. enterica
genomes have been completed and many more genome sequencing projects are …

The adaptation of temperate bacteriophages to their host genomes

LM Bobay, EPC Rocha… - Molecular biology and …, 2013‏ - academic.oup.com
Rapid turnover of mobile elements drives the plasticity of bacterial genomes. Integrated
bacteriophages (prophages) encode host-adaptive traits and represent a sizable fraction of …

Evaluation of genomic island predictors using a comparative genomics approach

MGI Langille, WWL Hsiao, FSL Brinkman - BMC bioinformatics, 2008‏ - Springer
Abstract Background Genomic islands (GIs) are clusters of genes in prokaryotic genomes of
probable horizontal origin. GIs are disproportionately associated with microbial adaptations …