Conjugation is necessary for a bacterial plasmid to survive under protozoan predation

Biology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Cairns, Johannes ^a   Jalasvuori, Matti ^b   Ojala, Ville ^b   Brockhurst, Michael ^c   Hiltunen, Teppo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Evolution of antibiotic resistance; Protozoan predation; RP4 plasmid; Serratia marcescens; Tetrahymena thermophila

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; PLASMID; PREDATION; PROTOZOAN; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; FOOD CHAIN; PLASMIDS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 84958213433     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0953     Document Type: Article

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