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Biofilms can act as plasmid reserves in the absence of plasmid specific selection
Plasmids facilitate rapid bacterial adaptation by shuttling a wide variety of beneficial traits across microbial communities. However, under non-selective conditions, maintaining a plasmid can be costly to the host cell. Nonetheless, plasmids are ubiquitous in nature where bacteria adopt their domin...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8497521/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34620879 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41522-021-00249-w |