Gonorrhea acquires a piece of human DNA: First evidence of gene transfer from human host to bacterial pathogen

Gonorrhea acquires a piece of human DNA: First evidence of gene transfer from human host to bacterial pathogen

This is actually not the first example as Trost et al  showed extensive homology between bacterial and human proteomes in 2010. In fact every single human protein contains bacterial motifs Trost et al, 2010; The phenomenon is universal and also applies to viruses Kanduc et al, 2008 Carter 2010