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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Models for Gut-Mediated Horizontal Gene Transfer by Bacterial Plasmid Conjugation [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 The emergence of new antimicrobial resistant and virulent bacterial strains may pose a threat to human and animal health. Bacterial plasmid conjugation is a significant contributor to rapid microbial evolutions that results in the emergence and spread of
Logan C. Ott +3 more
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Archaeal DNA-import apparatus is homologous to bacterial conjugation machinery. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2023 Bacteria can exchange DNA through extracellular appendages (‘mating pili’) in a process known as conjugation. Here, Beltran et al. determine atomic structures by cryo-electron microscopy of a bacterial conjugative pilus and two archaeal pili, showing ...
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Social behaviour and decision making in bacterial conjugation [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2014 Bacteria frequently acquire novel genes by HGT (horizontal gene transfer). HGT through the process of bacterial conjugation is highly efficient and depends on the presence of conjugative plasmids (CPs) or integrated conjugative elements (ICEs) that ...
Günther eKoraimann, Maria Anna Wagner
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Mating pair stabilization mediates bacterial conjugation species specificity. [PDF]
Nat Microbiol, 2022 Bacterial conjugation mediates contact-dependent transfer of DNA from donor to recipient bacteria, thus facilitating the spread of virulence and resistance plasmids.
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Efficient markerless integration of genes in the chromosome of probiotic E. coli Nissle 1917 by bacterial conjugation. [PDF]
Microb Biotechnol, 2022 The probiotic strain Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (EcN) is a common bacterial chassis in synthetic biology developments for therapeutic applications given its long track record of safe administration in humans.
Seco EM, Fernández LÁ.
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Type IV traffic ATPase TrwD as molecular target to inhibit bacterial conjugation. [PDF]
Mol Microbiol, 2016 Ripoll-Rozada J +7 more
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Modeling bacterial resistance to antibiotics: bacterial conjugation and drug effects
Advances in Difference Equations, 2021 Antibiotic resistance is a major burden in many hospital settings as it drastically reduces the successful probability of treating bacterial infections.
Pirommas Techitnutsarut, Farida Chamchod
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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 ...
Micaela Guidotti-Takeuchi +7 more
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Genetic drift suppresses bacterial conjugation in spatially structured populations. [PDF]
Biophys J, 2014 Freese PD +3 more
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