Monitoring Bacterial Conjugation by Optical Microscopy [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Bacterial conjugation is the main mechanism for horizontal gene transfer, conferring plasticity to the genome repertoire. This process is also the major instrument for the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes. Hence, gathering primary information
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Bacterial Conjugation Protocol for Ruminant Mycoplasmas [PDF]
Bio-Protocol, 2021 In Mycoplasma agalactiae, two simultaneous processes of DNA transfer have been described that require direct cell-to-cell contact and are similar to conjugation.
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The Effect of Outer Space and Other Environmental Cues on Bacterial Conjugation [PDF]
Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 Bacterial conjugation is one of the most abundant horizontal gene transfer (HGT) mechanisms, playing a fundamental role in prokaryote evolution. A better understanding of bacterial conjugation and its cross talk with the environment is needed for a more ...
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Protein Dynamics in F-like Bacterial Conjugation [PDF]
Biomedicines, 2020 Efficient in silico development of novel antibiotics requires high-resolution, dynamic models of drug targets. As conjugation is considered the prominent contributor to the spread of antibiotic resistance genes, targeted drug design to disrupt vital ...
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Tanzawaic Acids, a Chemically Novel Set of Bacterial Conjugation Inhibitors. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Bacterial conjugation is the main mechanism for the dissemination of multiple antibiotic resistance in human pathogens. This dissemination could be controlled by molecules that interfere with the conjugation process.
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Molecular Mechanisms Influencing Bacterial Conjugation in the Intestinal Microbiota [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Bacterial conjugation is a widespread and particularly efficient strategy to horizontally disseminate genes in microbial populations. With a rich and dense population of microorganisms, the intestinal microbiota is often considered a fertile environment ...
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Interference with Bacterial Conjugation and Natural Alternatives to Antibiotics: Bridging a Gap [PDF]
Antibiotics, 2023 Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in food matrices has been investigated under conditions that favor gene exchange. However, the major challenge lies in determining the specific conditions pertaining to the adapted microbial pairs associated with the food ...
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A High-Throughput Method for Screening for Genes Controlling Bacterial Conjugation of Antibiotic Resistance [PDF]
mSystems, 2020 The rapid horizontal transmission of antibiotic resistance genes on conjugative plasmids between bacterial host cells is a major cause of the accelerating antibiotic resistance crisis.
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Bacterial Conjugation in Rhodobacter capsulatus
Bio-Protocol, 2013 Bacterial conjugation of plasmids is the common method of introducing foreign DNA into Rhodobacter capsulatus because transformational systems have not been shown as efficient methods of introducing DNA to R. capsulatus. For R.
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Host genetics regulate bacterial plasmid conjugation differentially in avian ceca explant co-culture through secretory miRNA [PDF]
npj Antimicrobials and ResistanceThe rapid emergence of multidrug-resistant virulent bacteria poses a global health concern. It is enabled through the lateral transfer of plasmid-carrying antibiotic resistance and virulence genes between bacteria.
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