Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a substantial threat to human health. The widespread
prevalence of AMR is, in part, due to the horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes …

During the past 10 years, multidrug-resistant Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae have
become a substantial challenge to infection control. It has been suggested by clinicians that …

The living soil is instrumental to key life support functions (LSF) that safeguard life on Earth.
The soil microbiome has a main role as a driver of these LSF. Current global developments …

Healthy soils are essential for progressive agronomic activities. Organic fertilization
positively affects agro-ecosystems by stimulating plant growth, enhancing crop productivity …

The use of organic amendments in agriculture is a common practice due to their potential to
increase crop productivity and enhance soil health. Indeed, organic amendments of different …

Despite an exceptional number of bacterial cells and species in soils, bacterial diversity
seems to have little effect on soil processes, such as respiration or nitrification, that can be …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) plays an important role in the evolution of life on the Earth.
This view is supported by numerous occasions of HGT that are recorded in the genomes of …

Paddy fields are one of the largest anthropogenic sources of global CH4 emission. A
decrease in paddy CH4 emission can contribute significantly towards the control of global …

Antibiotic resistance is a global problem that is reaching crisis levels. The global collection of
resistance genes in clinical and environmental samples is the antibiotic “resistome,” and is …

Comparisons of closely related microorganisms have shown that individual genomes can be
highly diverse in terms of gene content. In this Review, we discuss several studies showing …