Horizontal Gene Transfer

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Horizontal Gene Transfer Among Bacteria and Bacteriophages

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bacteria, an Overview of the Mechanisms Involved

      • T. G. Villa, L. Feijoo-Siota, A. Sánchez-Pérez, JL. R. Rama, C. Sieiro

      Pages 3-76

   3. Alternative Ways to Exchange DNA: Unconventional Conjugation Among Bacteria

      • Alba Blesa, José Berenguer

      Pages 77-96

   4. Horizontal Gene Transfer Between Bacteriophages and Bacteria: Antibiotic Resistances and Toxin Production

      • T. G. Villa, L. Feijoo-Siota, JL. R. Rama, A. Sánchez-Pérez, M. Viñas

      Pages 97-142

   5. Genomic Islands and the Evolution of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

      • Mario Juhas

      Pages 143-153

   6. Horizontal Gene Transfer and Genome Evolution in the Phylum Actinobacteria

      • Cooper J. Park, Joshua T. Smith, Cheryl P. Andam

      Pages 155-174

   7. Photobacterium damselae: How Horizontal Gene Transfer Shaped Two Different Pathogenic Lifestyles in a Marine Bacterium

      • Carlos R. Osorio

      Pages 175-199

3. Horizontal Gene Transfer Between Bacteria and Animals, Plants, Amoeba and Fungi

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201

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   2. Horizontal Gene Transfer in Metazoa: Examples and Methods

      • Yuki Yoshida, Reuben W. Nowell, Kazuharu Arakawa, Mark Blaxter

      Pages 203-226

   3. Horizontal Gene Transfer Between Wolbachia and Animals

      • Trinidad de Miguel, Oude Zhu, Tomás G. Villa

      Pages 227-234

   4. Horizontal Gene Transfer in Obligate Parasites

      • J. M. Ageitos, M. Viñas, T. G. Villa

      Pages 235-255

   5. Association Between Horizontal Gene Transfer and Adaptation of Gastric Human Pathogen Helicobacter pylori to the Host

      • Surekha Challa, Nageswara Rao Reddy Neelapu

      Pages 257-267

   6. The Rhizobiaceae Bacteria Transferring Genes to Higher Plants

      • Martha-Helena Ramírez-Bahena, Alvaro Peix, Encarna Velázquez

      Pages 269-289

   7. Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Evolution of the Plant Genome

      • Nageswara Rao Reddy Neelapu, Malay Ranjan Mishra, Titash Dutta, Surekha Challa

      Pages 291-314

   8. Fungal Horizontal Gene Transfer: A History Beyond the Phylogenetic Kingdoms

      • Carlos Barreiro, Santiago Gutiérrez, Elías R. Olivera

      Pages 315-336

   9. Transfer of Secondary Metabolite Gene Clusters: Assembly and Reorganization of the β-Lactam Gene Cluster from Bacteria to Fungi and Arthropods

      • J. F. Martín, P. Liras

      Pages 337-359

   10. Horizontal Gene Transfer Among Neisseria Species and Humans

       • S. Sánchez, T. de Miguel, T. G. Villa, A. R. Gorringe, I. M. Feavers

       Pages 361-376

   11. Implications of Lateral or Horizontal Gene Transfer from Bacteria to the Human Gastrointestinal System for Cancer Development and Treatment

       • A. G. Abril, P. G. Lanzi, V. Notario

       Pages 377-397

   12. Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Cancer Progression

       • A. G. Abril, V. Notario

       Pages 399-425

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.

             

• lateral gene transfer
• genome evolution
• antibiotic resistance
• Transformation, transduction, conjugation
• functional gene transfer
• gene flow between species
• evolution of multidrug-resistant bacteria
• emergence of pathogens
• environmental adaptation
• biological speciation
• Fungal horizontal gene transfer
• Genomic islands
• cancer
• gene exchange bacteria, phages
• antibacterial drug resistance
• genetic engineering

     

• Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Microbiology, University of Santiago de Compostela , Santiago de Compostela, Spain

  Tomás G. Villa

• Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

  Miguel Viñas

Profs Tomás G. Villa and M. Viñas are full Professors of Microbiology at the Universities of Santiago of Compostela and Barcelona at the Faculties of Pharmacy and Medicine, respectively. For over 30 years they have been engaged in the teaching of General Microbiology including Genetics, Physiology, and taxonomy of Bacteria and lower eukaryotes to undergraduate and graduate students and also attending a variety of postdoctoral students. They are the authors of many papers concerning original research both in prokaryotes and eukaryotes as well as of many books on Microbiology. They are regular contributors to Springer books with different topics during the last years.​  



             

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