Table of Contents:
  • Genomes in motion : gene transfer as a catalyst for genome change / Jeffrey G. Lawrence and Heather Hendrickson
  • Bacterial recombination in vivo / Xavier Didelot and Daniel Falush
  • Phage-bacterium co-evolution and its implication for bacterial pathogenesis / Harald Brüssow
  • The role of bacteriophages in the generation and spread of bacterial pathogens / Roger W. Hendrix and Sherwood R. Casjens
  • Genomic islands in the bacterial chromosome : paradigms of evolution in quantum leaps / Tobias Ölschläger and Jörg Hacker
  • Genomic islands in plant-pathogenic bacteria / Dawn L. Arnold and Robert W. Jackson
  • Prophage contribution to salmonella virulence and diversity / Sébastien Lemire, Nara Figueroa-Bossi, and Lionello Bossi
  • Pathogenic yersinia : stepwise gain of virulence due to sequential acquisition of mobile genetic elements / Elisabeth Carniel
  • Genomic or pathogenicity islands in streptococcus pneumoniae / Barbara Albiger ... [et al.]
  • The mobile genetic elements of Staphylococcus aureus / Richard P. Novick
  • Influence of human lifestyle on dissemination of transferable elements / Wolfgang Witte
  • Eukaryotic gene transfer : adaptation and replacements / Jan O. Andersson
  • Lessons in evolution from genome reduction in bacterial endosymbionts / Andrés Moya and Amparo Latorre.