can be effectively combated by addressing the hygienic conditions in both food production and human lifestyles. Accordingly, the authors put forward a One Health perspective, which provides readers with essential insights into the basic biology of , as well as practical guidance on aspects ranging from food production tothe clinical treatment of infections. Chapters 'Population Biology and Comparative Genomics of Species' and 'Natural Competence and Horizontal Gene Transfer in ' are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.