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Is cooperation favored by horizontal gene transfer?

, 2023
It has been hypothesized that horizontal gene transfer on plasmids can facilitate the evolution of cooperation, by allowing genes to jump between bacteria, and hence increase genetic relatedness at the cooperative loci.
Wild, Geoff, Thomas W Scott, West, Stuart, Dewar, Anna, Anna E Dewar, Scott, Thomas W, Scott, Thomas, Dewar, Anna E, West, Stuart Andrew, Stuart A West, Geoff Wild   +10 more
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Extensive horizontal gene transfer in cheese-associated bacteria

eLife, 2017
Acquisition of genes through horizontal gene transfer (HGT) allows microbes to rapidly gain new capabilities and adapt to new or changing environments.
Kevin S Bonham, Benjamin E Wolfe, Rachel J Dutton   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanisms of Horizontal Gene Transfer

, 2017
Horizontal gene transfer plays important roles in the evolution of S. aureus, and indeed, a variety of virulence factors and antibiotic resistance genes are embedded in a series of mobile genetic elements.
Fabio Cafini, Morikawa, Kazuya, Veronica Medrano Romero, Kazuya Morikawa, Medrano Romero, Verónica, Cafini Barrado, Fabio   +5 more
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HgtSIM: a simulator for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in microbial communities [PDF]

PeerJ, 2017
The development and application of metagenomic approaches have provided an opportunity to study and define horizontal gene transfer (HGT) on the level of microbial communities.
Weizhi Song, Kerrin Steensen, Torsten Thomas   +2 more
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Lateral gene exchanges shape the genomes of amoeba-resisting microorganisms

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2012
Based on Darwin’s concept of the tree of life, vertical inheritance was thought to be dominant, and mutations, deletions and duplication were streaming the genomes of living organisms.
Claire eBertelli, Gilbert eGreub
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Staphylococcus aureus temperate bacteriophage: carriage and horizontal gene transfer is lineage associated.

, 2012
Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of human and animal infections. Bacteriophage are a class of mobile genetic element (MGE) that carry virulence genes and disseminate them horizontally, including Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), the immune evasion
McCarthy, AJ, Lindsay, JA, Alex J Mccarthy, Jodi A Lindsay, Witney, AA, Adam A Witney, Alex J. McCarthy, Jodi. A. Lindsay, Adam A. Witney   +8 more
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A Natural System of Chromosome Transfer in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis [PDF]

, 2012
The High Pathogenicity Island of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis IP32637 was previously shown to be horizontally transferable as part of a large chromosomal segment.
Biliana Lesic, Didier Mazel (158958), Magaly Ducos-Galand, Didier Mazel, Magaly Ducos-Galand (178854), Marie-Christine Prévost, Prévost Marie-Christine, Huon Christèle, Marie-Laure Rosso, Ducos-Galand, Magaly, Zouine, Mohamed, Marie-Christine Prévost (2280838), Christèle Huon (178859), Marie-Laure Rosso (178864), Carniel Elisabeth, Christèle Huon, Elisabeth Carniel (87260), Ducos-Galand Magaly, Mohamed Zouine, Mazel, Didier, Biliana Lesic (45391), Elisabeth Carniel, Lesic, Biliana, Rosso, Marie-Laure, Mazel Didier, Prévost, Marie-Christine, Mohamed Zouine (178847), Zouine Mohamed, Lesic Biliana, Huon, Christèle, Carniel, Elisabeth, Rosso Marie-Laure   +31 more
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The human gut microbiome across the life course

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Despite significant individual variation and continuous change throughout life, the human gut microbiome follows some life stage‐specific trends. This article provides a brief overview of how gut microbiome composition shifts across different phases of life. Created in BioRender. Özkurt, E. (2026) https://BioRender.com/8q4nrnc.
Alise J. Ponsero, Basak Bahcivanci, Antonietta Hayhoe, Animesh Acharjee, Ezgi Özkurt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Horizontal gene transfer of microbial cellulases into nematode genomes is associated with functional assimilation and gene turnover

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2011
Background Natural acquisition of novel genes from other organisms by horizontal or lateral gene transfer is well established for microorganisms. There is now growing evidence that horizontal gene transfer also plays important roles in the evolution of ...
Dieterich Christoph, Bartelmes Gabi, Schuster Lisa N, Mayer Werner E, Sommer Ralf J   +4 more
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Metacommunity structure preserves genome diversity in the presence of gene-specific selective sweeps under moderate rates of horizontal gene transfer.

PLoS Computational Biology, 2023
The horizontal transfer of genes is fundamental for the eco-evolutionary dynamics of microbial communities, such as oceanic plankton, soil, and the human microbiome.
Simone Pompei, Edoardo Bella, Joshua S Weitz, Jacopo Grilli, Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino   +4 more
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