Rubber is an essential part of our daily lives with thousands of rubber-based products being
made and used. Natural rubber undergoes chemical processes and structural modifications …

Sneathia is an emerging pathogen implicated in adverse reproductive and perinatal
outcomes. Although scarce, recent data suggest that vaginally residing Sneathia becomes …

Background GC pairs are generally more stable than AT pairs; GC-rich genomes were
proposed to be more adapted to high temperatures than AT-rich genomes. Previous studies …

CRISPR-Cas systems provide bacteria and archaea with an adaptive immune system that
targets foreign DNA. However, the xenogenic nature of immunity provided by CRISPR-Cas …

The impact of microplastics on antibiotic resistance has attracted widespread attention.
However, previous studies primarily focused on the effects of individual microplastics. In …

Microbial organisms inhabit virtually all environments and encompass a vast biological
diversity. The pangenome concept aims to facilitate an understanding of diversity within …

Marine sediments comprise one of the largest environments on the planet, and their
microbial inhabitants are significant players in global carbon and nutrient cycles. Recent …

Homologous recombination is a key evolutionary force that varies considerably across
bacterial species. However, how the landscape of homologous recombination varies across …

Insight into the last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA) is central to any phylogeny-based
reconstruction of early eukaryotic evolution. Increasing amounts of data enable such …

Recombination is essential to microbial evolution, and is involved in the spread of antibiotic
resistance, antigenic variation, and adaptation to the host niche. However, assessing the …