A central challenge in microbial community ecology is the delineation of appropriate units of
biodiversity, which can be taxonomic, phylogenetic, or functional in nature. The term …

To reduce the harm caused to the environment by fuel combustion and meet the
increasingly stringent emission standards, the sulfur content of fuels should be reduced …

It has been hypothesized that some antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) found in pathogenic
bacteria derive from antibiotic-producing actinobacteria. Here we provide bioinformatic and …

T-REX (Tree and reticulogram REConstruction) is a web server dedicated to the
reconstruction of phylogenetic trees, reticulation networks and to the inference of horizontal …

Halorhodospira halophila, one of the most‐xerophilic halophiles, inhabits biophysically
stressful and energetically expensive, salt‐saturated alkaline brines. Here, we report an …

Motivation: Gene family evolution is driven by evolutionary events such as speciation, gene
duplication, horizontal gene transfer and gene loss, and inferring these events in the …

Abstract Background The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is one of the greatest global medical and
social challenges that have emerged in recent history. Human coronavirus strains …

Abstract Background Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, Mycoplasma flocculare and
Mycoplasma hyorhinis live in swine respiratory tracts. M. flocculare, a commensal bacterium …

Evolution of eukaryotic species and their genomes has been traditionally understood as a
vertical process in which genetic material is transmitted from parents to offspring along a …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), the transfer of genetic material between organisms, is
crucial for genetic innovation and the evolution of genome architecture. Existing HGT …