The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance
The relationship between bacterial metabolism and antibiotic treatment is complex. On the one hand, antibiotics leverage cell metabolism to functi…
Tag: Bacterial evolution
Interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements
Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) have profound influence on the ecology and evolution of organisms, including bacteria. During the past two decades, …
Ongoing diversification of the global fish pathogen Piscirickettsia salmonis through genetic isolation and transposition bursts
The management of bacterial pathogens remains a key challenge of aquaculture. The marine gammaproteobacterium Piscirickettsia salmonis is th…