Bacterial Transformation Buffers Environmental Fluctuations through the Reversible Integration of Mobile Genetic Elements

Bacterial Transformation Buffers Environmental Fluctuations through the Reversible Integration of Mobile Genetic Elements

Natural transformation is the acquisition, controlled by bacteria, of extracellular DNA and is one of the most common mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer, promoting the spread of resistance genes. However, its evolutionary function remains elusive, and two main roles have been proposed: (i) the n...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Carvalho, David Fouchet, Gonché Danesh, Anne-Sophie Godeux, Maria-Halima Laaberki, Dominique Pontier, Xavier Charpentier, Samuel Venner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-03-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
natural transformation
horizontal gene transfer
mobile genetic elements
resistance genes
stochastic environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02443-19

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02443-19

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