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Genetic exchanges are more frequent in bacteria encoding capsules
Capsules allow bacteria to colonize novel environments, to withstand numerous stresses, and to resist antibiotics. Yet, even though genetic exchanges with other cells should be adaptive under such circumstances, it has been suggested that capsules lower the rates of homologous recombination and hori...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30576310 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007862 |