The Effect of Heavy Metals on Conjugation Efficiency of an F-Plasmid in <i>Escherichia coli</i>

Conjugation, the process by which conjugative plasmids are transferred between bacteria, is regarded as a major contributor to the spread of antibiotic resistance, in both environmental and clinical settings. Heavy metals are known to co-select for antibiotic resistance, but the impact of the presen...

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Published in:	Antibiotics
Main Authors:	Martin Palm, Alfred Fransson, Julia Hultén, Karolina Búcaro Stenman, Amina Allouche, Oscar E. Chiang, Mirthe L. Constandse, Karlijn J. van Dijk, Suheda Icli, Bela Klimesova, Emma Korhonen, Gema Martínez-Crespo, Dominik Meggers, Margarita Naydenova, Maria An. Polychronopoulou, Dominik B. Schuntermann, Havva Unal, Agnieszka Wasylkowska, Anne Farewell
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Subjects:	bacterial conjugation <i>Escherichia coli</i> heavy metals plasmids antibiotic resistance horizontal gene transfer
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/11/8/1123