Most bacteria attach to biotic or abiotic surfaces and are embedded in a complex matrix
which is known as biofilm. Biofilm formation is especially worrisome in clinical settings as it …

Plasmids have a key role in bacterial ecology and evolution because they mobilize
accessory genes by horizontal gene transfer. However, recent studies have revealed that …

Strains of bacteria resistant to antibiotics, particularly those that are multiresistant, are an
increasing major health care problem around the world. It is now abundantly clear that both …

Large-scale bacterial population genetics studies are now routine due to cost-effective
Illumina short-read sequencing. However, analysing plasmid content remains difficult due to …

History of mankind is regarded as struggle against infectious diseases. Rather than
observing the withering away of bacterial diseases, antibiotic resistance has emerged as a …

Conjugation drives the horizontal transfer of adaptive traits across prokaryotes. One-fourth of
the plasmids encode the functions necessary to conjugate autonomously, the others being …

Plasmids can be transferred between cells by conjugation, thereby driving bacterial
evolution by horizontal gene transfer. Yet, we ignore the molecular mechanisms of transfer …

During cefoxitin-based nasal screening, phenotypically categorized methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was isolated and tested negative for the presence of the …

Staphylococcus aureus is a serious human pathogen with remarkable adaptive powers.
Antibiotic-resistant clones rapidly emerge mainly by acquisition of antibiotic-resistance …

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a new coronavirus
that was recently discovered in 2019. While the world is working hard to overcome and …