Variability of plasmid fitness effects contributes to plasmid persistence in bacterial communities
oleh: Aida Alonso-del Valle, Ricardo León-Sampedro, Jerónimo Rodríguez-Beltrán, Javier DelaFuente, Marta Hernández-García, Patricia Ruiz-Garbajosa, Rafael Cantón, Rafael Peña-Miller, Alvaro San Millán
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2021-05-01 |
Deskripsi
The variability of plasmid fitness effects on wild-type bacterial hosts have been largely unknown until this study, which shows that plasmid persistence increases with bacterial diversity and becomes less dependent on conjugation. This could explain why plasmids remain so common in nature.