Tradeoff between lag time and growth rate drives the plasmid acquisition cost

Tradeoff between lag time and growth rate drives the plasmid acquisition cost

Abstract Conjugative plasmids drive genetic diversity and evolution in microbial populations. Despite their prevalence, plasmids can impose long-term fitness costs on their hosts, altering population structure, growth dynamics, and evolutionary outcomes. In addition to long-term fitness costs, acqui...

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Main Authors: Mehrose Ahmad, Hannah Prensky, Jacqueline Balestrieri, Shahd ElNaggar, Angela Gomez-Simmonds, Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, Beth Traxler, Abhyudai Singh, Allison J. Lopatkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38022-6

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38022-6

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