Horizontal Gene Transfer : Breaking Borders Between Living Kingdoms / edited by Tomás G. Villa, Miguel Viñas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Villa, Tomás G., editor.

Vinas, Miguel, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genetics.

Drug resistance.

Evolution (Biology).

Microbial ecology.

Medical genetics.

Genetic engineering.

Genetics and Genomics.

Drug Resistance.

Evolutionary Biology.

Microbial Ecology.

Gene Function.

Genetic Engineering.

Local Subjects:

Genetics and Genomics.

Drug Resistance.

Evolutionary Biology.

Microbial Ecology.

Gene Function.

Genetic Engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VI, 425 pages) : 47 illustrations, 31 illustrations in color

Edition:

First edition 2019.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

The book focuses on the evolutionary impact of horizontal gene transfer processes on pathogenicity, environmental adaptation and biological speciation. Newly acquired genetic material has been considered as a driving force in evolution for prokaryotic genomes for many years, with recent technical developments advancing this field further. However, the extent and implications of gene transfer between prokaryotes and eukaryotes still raise controversies. This multi-authored volume introduces various means by which DNA can be exchanged, covers gene transfer between prokaryotes and their viruses as well as between bacteria and eukaryotes, such as fungi, plants and animals, and addresses the role of horizontal gene transfer in human diseases. Aspects discussed also include the relevance for virulence and drug resistance development on one hand, and for the occurrence of naturally derived antibiotics and other secondary metabolites on the other hand. This book offers new insights to anyone interested in genome evolution and the exchange of DNA between the different domains of life, the genetic toolkit for adaptation and the emergence of multidrug resistant bacteria. .

Contents:

Part 1: Horizontal gene transfer among bacteria and bacteriophages

Chapter 1: Horizontal gene transfer in bacteria, an overview of the mechanisms involved

Chapter 2: Alternative ways to exchange DNA: unconventional conjugation among bacteria

Chapter 3: Horizontal gene transfer between bacteriophages and bacteria: Antibiotic resistances and toxin production

Chapter 4: Genomic islands and the evolution of multidrug-resistant bacteria Mario Juhas

Chapter 5: Horizontal gene transfer and genome evolution in the phylum Actinobacteria

Chapter 6: Photobacterium damselae: How horizontal gene transfer shaped two different pathogenic lifestyles in a marine bacterium

Part 2: Horizontal gene transfer between bacteria and animals, plants, amoeba and fungi

chapter 7: Horizontal gene transfer in Metazoa: Examples and Methods

Chapter 8: Horizontal gene transfer between Wolbachia and animals

Chapter 9: Horizontal gene transfer in obligate parasites

Chapter 10: Association between Horizontal gene transfer and Adaptation of gastric human pathogen Helicobacter pylori to host

Chapter 11: The Rhizobiaceae bacteria transferring genes to higher plants Martha

Chapter 12: Role of horizontal gene transfer in evolution of plant genome

Chapter 13: Fungal horizontal gene transfer: a history beyond the Phylogenetic Kingdoms

Chapter 14: Transfer of secondary metabolite gene clusters: assembly and reorganization ofthe b-lactam gene cluster from bacteria to fungi and arthropods

Chapter 15: Horizontal gene transfer Among Neisseria species and humans

Chapter 16: Implications of Lateral or Horizontal Gene Transfer from Bacteria to the Human Gastro-Intestinal System for Cancer Development and Treatment

Chapter 17: Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Cancer Progression. .

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Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-030-21862-1

9783030218621

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