Highlights•There is an urgent need for environmental Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
monitoring.•E. coli are part of established human and livestock AMR surveillance …

Highlights•Collaboration and conflict between MGEs can promote and inhibit HGT•Many
genome defences are MGE-encoded, serving MGE interests and changing frequently•The …

Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have accelerated microbial threats to human health in
the last decade. Many genes can confer resistance, but evaluating the relative health risks of …

Highlights•Microorganisms acquires antimicrobial resistance genes via horizontal gene
transfer.•Mobile genetic elements disseminate antimicrobial resistance genes in the food …

Complete, accurate, cost-effective, and high-throughput reconstruction of bacterial genomes
for large-scale genomic epidemiological studies is currently only possible with hybrid …

Motivation The gene content regulates the biology of an organism. It varies between species
and between individuals of the same species. Although tools have been developed to …

The mobile resistance gene bla NDM encodes the NDM enzyme which hydrolyses
carbapenems, a class of antibiotics used to treat some of the most severe bacterial …

As a transdermal drug delivery method, microneedles offer minimal invasiveness,
painlessness, and precise in-situ treatment. However, current microneedles rely on passive …

Escherichia coli ST58 has recently emerged as a globally disseminated uropathogen that
often progresses to sepsis. Unlike most pandemic extra-intestinal pathogenic E. coli …

Recent genomic analyses have revealed that microbial communities are predominantly
composed of persistent, sequence-discrete species and intraspecies units (genomovars) …