Staphylococcal phages and pathogenicity islands drive plasmid evolution
Conjugation has classically been considered the main mechanism driving plasmid transfer in nature. Yet bacteria frequently carry so-called non-transmissible plasmids, raising questions about how these plasmids spread. Interestingly, the size of many mobilisable and non-transmissible plasmids coincid...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Sprog: | English |
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Springer Nature
2021
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