Dynamics of plasmid-mediated niche invasion, immunity to invasion, and pheromone-inducible conjugation in the murine gastrointestinal tract
oleh: Helmut Hirt, Kerryl E. Greenwood-Quaintance, Aaron M. T. Barnes, Melissa J. Karau, Lisa M. Till, Elise Palzer, Weihua Guan, Michael S. VanNieuwenhze, Purna C. Kashyap, Robin Patel, Gary M. Dunny
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2022-03-01 |
Deskripsi
Microbial communities provide protection to their hosts by excluding colonizing pathogens. Here the authors study plasmid transfer and plasmid-mediated effects on host colonization and persistence of Enterococcus faecalis in the intestinal tract of mice.