Mathematical Models of Plasmid Population Dynamics

With plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance thriving and threatening to become a serious public health problem, it is paramount to increase our understanding of the forces that enable the spread and maintenance of drug resistance genes encoded in mobile genetic elements. The relevance of plasmids as...

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Main Authors: José Carlos Ramón Hernández-Beltrán, Alvaro San Millán, Ayari Fuentes-Hernández, Rafael Peña-Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.606396/full