Bacteriophage selection against a plasmid-encoded sex apparatus leads to the loss of antibioticresistance plasmids

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 902-905

  Jalasvuori, Matti ^a   Friman, Ville Petri ^b   Nieminen, Anne ^a   Bamford, Jaana K H ^a   Buckling, Angus ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacteriophages; Conjugative plasmids

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; PLASMID;

EID: 82155201271     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0384     Document Type: Article

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