The evolution of a conjugative plasmid and its ability to increase bacterial fitness

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 250-252

  Dionisio, F ^a,b   Conceicao I C ^a,c   Marques, A C R ^a,d   Fernandes, L ^a,e   Gordo, I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Host parasite; Plasmid evolution

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; COEVOLUTION; FITNESS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PLASMID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 25444496227     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0275     Document Type: Article

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