Section I: Horizontal gene transfer among bacteria and bacteriophages
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Horizontal gene transfer in bacteria, an overview of the mechanisms involved
T.G. Villa, L. Feijoo, A. Sánchez-Pérez, J.L. Rama and C. Sieiro
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Alternative ways to exchange DNA: unconventional conjugation among bacteria
Alba Blesa& José Berenguer
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Horizontal gene transfer between bacteriophages and bacteria: Antibiotic resistances and toxin production
T.G. Villa, L. Feijoo, J. L Rama, A. Sánchez-Pérezand M. Viñas
4. Genomic islands and the evolution of multidrug-resistant bacteria Mario Juhas
5. Horizontal gene transfer and genome evolution in the phylum Actinobacteria - Cooper J. Park, Joshua T. Smith, Cheryl P. Andam
6. Photobacterium damselae: How horizontal gene transfer shaped two different pathogenic lifestyles in a marine bacterium Carlos R. Osorio
Section II: Horizontal gene transfer between bacteria and animals, plants, amoeba and fungi
7. Horizontal gene transfer in Metazoa: Examples and Methods
Yuki Yoshida, Reuben W Nowell, Kazuharu Arakawa, Mark Blaxter
8. Horizontal gene transfer between Wolbachia and animals- Trinidad de Miguel, Oude Zhu and Tomás G. Villa
9. Horizontal gene transfer in obligate parasites
J.M. Ageitos, M. Viñas and T.G. Villa
10. Association between Horizontal gene transfer and Adaptation of gastric human pathogen Helicobacter pylori to host Nageswara Rao Reddy Neelapu
11. The Rhizobiaceae bacteria transferring genes to higher plants Martha-Helena Ramírez-Bahena, Alvaro Peix, Encarna Velázquez
12. Role of horizontal gene transfer in evolution of plant genome Nageswara Rao Reddy Neelapu, Titash Dutta and ChallaSurekha
13. Fungal horizontal gene transfer: a history beyond the Phylogenetic Kingdoms. C. Barreiro, S. Gutiérrez, and E. R. Olivera
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Transfer of secondary metabolite gene clusters: assembly and reorganization ofthe b-lactam gene cluster from bacteria to fungi and arthropods.
Martín, J.F. and Liras, P.
15. Horizontal gene transfer Among Neisseria species and humans S. Sánchez, T. de Miguel1, T.G. Villa, A.R. Gorringe and I. M. Feavers
16. Implications of Lateral or Horizontal Gene Transfer from Bacteria to the Human Gastro-Intestinal System for Cancer Development and Treatment A.G. Abril, P.G. Lanzi and V. Notario
17. Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Cancer Progression A. Abril and V. Notario
About the Author: 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.
