To replicate within host cells, bacterial pathogens must acquire host-derived nutrients while
avoiding degradative antimicrobial pathways. Fundamental insights into bacterial …

Because it can grow in buildings with complex hot water distribution systems (HWDS),
healthcare facilities recognize the waterborne bacterium Legionella pneumophila as a major …

Transposases are mobile genetic elements that move within and between genomes,
promoting genomic plasticity in microorganisms. In marine microbial communities, the …

Critical to microbial versatility is the capacity to express the cohort of genes that increase
fitness in different environments. Legionella pneumophila occupies extensive ecological …

Bacterial evolution is accelerated by mobile genetic elements. To spread horizontally and to
benefit the recipient bacteria, genes encoded on these elements must be properly regulated …