Nearly a century of discoveries in bacterial genetics and their continuing impact on the field

With this special issue on the Genetics of Bacteria, the authors shine new light on selections and screens from the past (and on the people that carried these out) while also pointing towards many future directions for bacterial genetics. Their goal is to highlight the GSA journals as a welcome home for reporting discoveries across bacterial systems building on their rich history.

Authors

Houra Merrikh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9956-9640)
Hildegard Uecker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9435-2813)
Alex Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6249-3013)
David A. Baltrus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5166-9551)

Institutions

University of Arizona (US)
Vanderbilt University (US)
Evolutionary Genomics (United States) (US)
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (ES)
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (DE)
Carleton University (CA)

Publication Details

Journal: G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
Published: 2025-11-01
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkaf225
Primary Topic: Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 0.00

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Nearly a century of discoveries in bacterial genetics and their continuing impact on the field

Houra Merrikh, Hildegard Uecker, Alex Wong, David A. Baltrus

Nov 1, 2025

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

article

Nearly a century of discoveries in bacterial genetics and their continuing impact on the field

Houra Merrikh, Hildegard Uecker, Alex Wong, David A. Baltrus

November 1, 2025article en

Abstract

With this special issue on the Genetics of Bacteria, the authors shine new light on selections and screens from the past (and on the people that carried these out) while also pointing towards many future directions for bacterial genetics. Their goal is to highlight the GSA journals as a welcome home for reporting discoveries across bacterial systems building on their rich history.

G3 Genes Genomes GeneticsVol. 15(11)

University of Arizona (US), Vanderbilt University (US), Evolutionary Genomics (United States) (US), Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (ES), Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (DE), Carleton University (CA)

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Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

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