Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is arguably the most conspicuous feature of bacterial
evolution. Evidence for HGT is found in most bacterial genomes. Although HGT can …

Methodological advances over the past two decades have propelled plant microbiome
research, allowing the field to comprehensively test ideas proposed over a century ago and …

Pangenomes offer detailed characterizations of core and accessory genes found in a set of
closely related microbial genomes, generally by clustering genes based on sequence …

Conventional methods used to remediate toxic substances from the environment have failed
drastically, and thereby, advancement in newer remediation techniques can be one of the …

Heavy metals (HMs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have become a major
concern to human health and the environment due to rapid industrialization and …

Bacteria have highly flexible pangenomes, which are thought to facilitate evolutionary
responses to environmental change, but the impacts of environmental stress on pangenome …

Plants adapted to special soil types are ideal for investigating evolutionary processes,
including maintenance of intraspecific variation, adaptation, reproductive isolation, ecotypic …

The environment is being polluted in different many with metal and metalloid pollution,
mostly due to anthropogenic activity, which is directly affecting human and environmental …

Rhizobia are bacteria that can form symbiotic associations with plants of the Fabaceae
family, during which they reduce atmospheric di-nitrogen to ammonia. The symbiosis …

Steroid estrogens have been detected in oceans, rivers, lakes, groundwaters, soils, and
even urban water supply systems, thereby inevitably imposing serious impacts on human …