Interspecies recombination, not de novo mutation, maintains virulence after β-lactam resistance acquisition in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

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As opposed to de novo mutation, β-lactam resistance in S. pneumoniae is often conferred via homologous recombination during horizontal gene transfer. We hypothesize that β-lactam resistance in pathogenic streptococci is restricted to naturally competent species via intra-/interspecies recombination due to in vivo fitness trade-offs of de novo penicillin-binding protein (PBP) mutations. We show that de novo mutant...

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