Steady at the wheel: conservative sex and the benefits of bacterial transformation

Regulation of competence-mediated horizontal gene transfer in the natural habitat of Vibrio cholerae

(2016) Lisa C Metzger et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Sex speeds adaptation by altering the dynamics of molecular evolution

(2016) Michael J. McDonald et al.   NATURE

Aim, Load, Fire: The Type VI Secretion System, a Bacterial Nanoweapon

(2016) Francesca R. Cianfanelli et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Horizontal DNA Transfer Mechanisms of Bacteria as Weapons of Intragenomic Conflict

(2016) Nicholas J. Croucher et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Coordinated Bacteriocin Expression and Competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae Contributes to Genetic Adaptation through Neighbor Predation

(2016) Wei-Yun Wholey et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Expression of Streptococcus pneumoniae Bacteriocins Is Induced by Antibiotics via Regulatory Interplay with the Competence System

(2016) Morten Kjos et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Natural transformation and genome evolution in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2015) Daniel Straume et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Growth phase-specific evolutionary benefits of natural transformation in Acinetobacter baylyi

(2015) Ane L G Utnes et al.   ISME Journal

No evidence of inhibition of horizontal gene transfer by CRISPR–Cas on evolutionary timescales

(2015) Uri Gophna et al.   ISME Journal

Bacillus subtilisRecO and SsbA are crucial for RecA-mediated recombinational DNA repair

(2015) Begoña Carrasco et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The type VI secretion system of Vibrio cholerae fosters horizontal gene transfer

(2015) S. Borgeaud et al.   SCIENCE

Rates of Lateral Gene Transfer in Prokaryotes: High but Why?

(2015) Michiel Vos et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Protein Homeostasis Imposes a Barrier on Functional Integration of Horizontally Transferred Genes in Bacteria

(2015) Shimon Bershtein et al.   PLoS Genetics

Gene Transfer Potential of Outer Membrane Vesicles of Acinetobacter baylyi and Effects of Stress on Vesiculation

(2014) Shweta Fulsundar et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The impact of natural transformation on adaptation in spatially structured bacterial populations

(2014) Danesh Moradigaravand et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Natural Competence and the Evolution of DNA Uptake Specificity

(2014) J. C. Mell et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Roles ofBacillus subtilisDprA and SsbA in RecA-mediated Genetic Recombination

(2014) Tribhuwan Yadav et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Minor Fitness Costs in an Experimental Model of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bacteria

(2014) Anna Knöppel et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Staphylococcus aureuscompetence genes: mapping of the SigH, ComK1 and ComK2 regulons by transcriptome sequencing

(2014) Annette Fagerlund et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

REBASE—a database for DNA restriction and modification: enzymes, genes and genomes

(2014) Richard J. Roberts et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The interplay of restriction-modification systems with mobile genetic elements and their prokaryotic hosts

(2014) Pedro H. Oliveira et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Extensive Cotransformation of Natural Variation into Chromosomes of Naturally Competent Haemophilus influenzae

(2014) Joshua Chang Mell et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Silencing by H-NS Potentiated the Evolution of Salmonella

(2014) Sabrina S. Ali et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The Evolution of Natural Competence: Disentangling Costs and Benefits of Sex in Bacteria

(2013) Danesh Moradigaravand et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Overcoming restriction as a barrier to DNA transformation in Caldicellulosiruptor species results in efficient marker replacement

(2013) Daehwan Chung et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Significant variation in transformation frequency in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2013) Benjamin A Evans et al.   ISME Journal

The availability of purine nucleotides regulates natural competence by controlling translation of the competence activator Sxy

(2013) Sunita Sinha et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Specific DNA recognition mediated by a type IV pilin

(2013) A. Cehovin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Adaptation through genetic time travel? Fluctuating selection can drive the evolution of bacterial transformation

(2013) J. Engelstadter et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Exploring the costs of horizontal gene transfer

(2013) David A. Baltrus   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Horizontal Gene Transfer Can Rescue Prokaryotes from Muller’s Ratchet: Benefit of DNA from Dead Cells and Population Subdivision

(2013) Nobuto Takeuchi et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Dialects of the DNA Uptake Sequence in Neisseriaceae

(2013) Stephan A. Frye et al.   PLoS Genetics

Conservative Sex and the Benefits of Transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2013) Daniel J. P. Engelmoer et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Programmed Protection of Foreign DNA from Restriction Allows Pathogenicity Island Exchange during Pneumococcal Transformation

(2013) Calum Johnston et al.   PLoS Pathogens

CRISPR Interference Can Prevent Natural Transformation and Virulence Acquisition during In Vivo Bacterial Infection

(2012) David Bikard et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Induction of competence for genetic transformation by antibiotics: convergent evolution of stress responses in distant bacterial species lacking SOS?

(2012) Xavier Charpentier et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Gene transfer agents: phage-like elements of genetic exchange

(2012) Andrew S. Lang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Defining the DNA uptake specificity of naturally competent Haemophilus influenzae cells

(2012) Joshua Chang Mell et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Restriction and Sequence Alterations Affect DNA Uptake Sequence-Dependent Transformation in Neisseria meningitidis

(2012) Ole Herman Ambur et al.   PLoS One

An Evolutionary Link between Natural Transformation and CRISPR Adaptive Immunity

(2012) P. Jorth et al.   mBio

Expression of a Cryptic Secondary Sigma Factor Gene Unveils Natural Competence for DNA Transformation in Staphylococcus aureus

(2012) Kazuya Morikawa et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A High-Resolution View of Genome-Wide Pneumococcal Transformation

(2012) Nicholas J. Croucher et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The genetic integrity of bacterial species: the core genome and the accessory genome, two different stories

(2012) Bo Segerman   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Intercellular Nanotubes Mediate Bacterial Communication

(2011) Gyanendra P. Dubey et al.   CELL

Trends and barriers to lateral gene transfer in prokaryotes

(2011) Ovidiu Popa et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

COMPETENCE INCREASES SURVIVAL DURING STRESS IN STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE

(2011) Daniel J. P. Engelmoer et al.   EVOLUTION

Quorum Sensing Contributes to Natural Transformation of Vibrio cholerae in a Species-Specific Manner

(2011) G. Suckow et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Ecology drives a global network of gene exchange connecting the human microbiome

(2011) Chris S. Smillie et al.   NATURE

Neisseria meningitidis is structured in clades associated with restriction modification systems that modulate homologous recombination

(2011) S. Budroni et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DNA Uptake Sequence-Mediated Enhancement of Transformation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Is Strain Dependent

(2010) P. M. Duffin et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Antibiotics and UV Radiation Induce Competence for Natural Transformation in Legionella pneumophila

(2010) X. Charpentier et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Signal diffusion and the mitigation of social exploitation in pneumococcal competence signalling

(2010) J. Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Optimal Strategy for Competence Differentiation in Bacteria

(2010) C. Scott Wylie et al.   PLoS Genetics

DNA Damage Triggers Genetic Exchange in Helicobacter pylori

(2010) Marion S. Dorer et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The Evolutionary Enigma of Sex

(2009) Sarah P. Otto   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Pherotypes are driving genetic differentiation within Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2009) Margarida Carrolo et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

EXTENSIVE VARIATION IN NATURAL COMPETENCE INHAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE

(2009) Heather Maughan et al.   EVOLUTION

Episodic Selection and the Maintenance of Competence and Natural Transformation in Bacillus subtilis

(2009) P. J. Johnsen et al.   GENETICS

Sexual Isolation in Acinetobacter baylyi Is Locus-Specific and Varies 10,000-Fold Over the Genome

(2009) Jessica L. Ray et al.   GENETICS

Polymorphic Competence Peptides Do Not Restrict Recombination in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2009) O. E. Cornejo et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Estimating the size of the bacterial pan-genome

(2009) Pascal Lapierre et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Why do bacteria engage in homologous recombination?

(2009) Michiel Vos   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

The Population and Evolutionary Dynamics of Homologous Gene Recombination in Bacteria

(2009) Bruce R. Levin et al.   PLoS Genetics

Differential Effects of Temperature on Natural Transformation to Erythromycin and Nalidixic Acid Resistance in Campylobacter coli

(2008) J.-S. Kim et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Adaptive value of sex in microbial pathogens

(2008) Richard E. Michod et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Social Interactions and Distribution of Bacillus subtilis Pherotypes at Microscale

(2008) P. Stefanic et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The impact of the neisserial DNA uptake sequences on genome evolution and stability

(2008) Todd J Treangen et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY