Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica is traditionally subdivided into serovars by
serological and nutritional characteristics. We used Multilocus Sequence Ty** (MLST) to …

Horizontal genetic transfer (HGT) has played an important role in bacterial evolution at least
since the origins of the bacterial divisions, and HGT still facilitates the origins of bacterial …

The species is a fundamental unit of biological organization, but its relevance for Bacteria
and Archaea is still hotly debated. Even more controversial is whether the deeper branches …

The remarkable diversity of genes within the pool of prokaryotic genomes belonging to the
same species or pan-genome is difficult to reconcile with the widely accepted paradigm …

Microbiota provide their hosts with a range of beneficial services, including defense from
external pathogens. However, host-associated microbial communities themselves can act as …