Mobile Compensatory Mutations Promote Plasmid Survival

ABSTRACT The global dissemination of plasmids encoding antibiotic resistance represents an urgent issue for human health and society. While the fitness costs for host cells associated with plasmid acquisition are expected to limit plasmid dissemination in the absence of positive selection of plasmid...

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Auteurs principaux: Martin Zwanzig, Ellie Harrison, Michael A. Brockhurst, James P. J. Hall, Thomas U. Berendonk, Uta Berger
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Langue:EN
Publié: American Society for Microbiology 2019
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/3a92a01fcabf4dfb8988c66de6ad9e89
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