Highlights•ARGs and MGEs are vertically trasferred from mothers to their offspring.•Antibiotic
exposure, C-section and lack of breastfeeding are risk factors for acquiring ARGs and …

Viruses are abundant, diverse and ancestral biological entities. Their diversity is high, both
in terms of the number of different protein families encountered and in the sequence …

Horizontal gene transfer (also called lateral gene transfer) is a major mechanism for
microbial genome evolution, enabling rapid adaptation and survival in specific niches …

Here we report the oil degradation genetic potential of six oil-degrading bacteria (ODB),
previously used as a bioremediation consortium, isolated from the hydrocoral Millepora …

Abstract Motivation Genomic islands (GIs) are clusters of genes of probable horizontal origin
that play a major role in bacterial and archaeal genome evolution and microbial adaptability …

Carbapenems are used as last-resort drugs to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant
bacteria. Despite the increasing number of reports of carbapenem-resistant …

The loss of effective antimicrobials is reducing our ability to protect the global population
from infectious disease. However, the field of antibiotic drug discovery and the public health …

Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative pathogen responsible for a variety of
community-and hospital-acquired infections. It is recognized as a life-threatening pathogen …

Aeromonas veronii outbreaks in tilapia farming caused relatively high mortalities, and the
bacteria was resistant to many kinds of antimicrobials used in Thailand aquaculture …

Exfoliative toxins (ETs) are secreted virulence factors produced by staphylococci. These
serine proteases specifically cleave desmoglein 1 (Dsg1) in mammals and are key elements …