Novel “Superspreader” Bacteriophages Promote Horizontal Gene Transfer by Transformation

ABSTRACT Bacteriophages infect an estimated 1023 to 1025 bacterial cells each second, many of which carry physiologically relevant plasmids (e.g., those encoding antibiotic resistance). However, even though phage-plasmid interactions occur on a massive scale and have potentially significant evolutio...

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Main Authors: Eric C. Keen, Valery V. Bliskovsky, Francisco Malagon, James D. Baker, Jeffrey S. Prince, James S. Klaus, Sankar L. Adhya
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/11327bd25c1f41288e42688ec9446787
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