Conjugative Selectivity of Plasmids Is Affected by Coexisting Recipient Candidates

ABSTRACT Understanding the mechanisms underlying plasmid behavior under conditions of various environments is important to predict the fate of plasmids in nature. Most previous studies on plasmid transfer employed two strains: one as a donor and the other as a recipient. However, in natural environm...

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Main Authors: Ayako Sakuda, Chiho Suzuki-Minakuchi, Kazunori Okada, Hideaki Nojiri
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/ff69e66d4326492aa860ba9d4a5d45f9
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