Bacterial viruses enable their host to acquire antibiotic resistance genes from neighbouring cells

Prophages are quiescent viruses located in the chromosomes of bacteria. In the human pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus, prophages are omnipresent and are believed to be responsible for the spread of some antibiotic resistance genes. Here we demonstrate that release of phages from a subpopulation of S....

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Autores principales: Haaber, Jakob, Leisner, Jørgen J., Cohn, Marianne T., Catalan-Moreno, Arancha, Nielsen, Jesper B., Westh, Henrik, Penadés, José R., Ingmer, Hanne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5103068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27819286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13333

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5103068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27819286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13333

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