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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Main Authors: Martin Zwanzig, Ellie Harrison, Michael A. Brockhurst, James P. J. Hall, Thomas U. Berendonk, Uta Berger
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3a92a01fcabf4dfb8988c66de6ad9e89
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