The microbial world within us includes a vast array of gastrointestinal (GI) tract communities
that play an important role in health and disease. Significant progress has been made in …

Bacterial genomics is flourishing, as whole-genome sequencing has become affordable,
readily available and rapid. As a result, it has become clear how frequently horizontal gene …

John Dupré explores recent revolutionary developments in biology and considers their
relevance for our understanding of human nature and human society. Epigenetics and …

Accumulating prokaryotic gene and genome sequences reveal that the exchange of genetic
information through both homology-dependent recombination and horizontal (lateral) gene …

Natural products have played a prominent role in the history of organic chemistry, and they
continue to be important as drugs, biological probes, and targets of study for synthetic and …

Insect Symbiosis summarizes the current knowledge of the relationship between symbiotic
organisms and their insect hosts and provides an unparalleled analysis of cutting-edge …

Isolates of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori harvested from different individuals are
highly polymorphic. Strain variation also has been observed within a single host. To more …

Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) encompasses a heterogeneous group of debilitating chronic
inflammatory sinonasal diseases. Despite considerable research, the etiology of CRS …

Protein families can be used to understand many aspects of genomes, both their “live” and
their “dead” parts (ie genes and pseudogenes). Surveys of genomes have revealed that, in …

Horizontal gene transfer is the collective name for processes that permit the exchange of
DNA among organisms of different species. Only recently has it been recognized as a …