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Effect of Chemotherapeutic Agents on Natural Transformation Frequency in Acinetobacter baylyi
2024-06-11
Abstract excerpt
Natural transformation is the ability of a bacterial cell to take up extracellular DNA which is subsequently available for recombination into the chromosome (or maintenance as an extrachromosomal element). Like other mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer, natural transformation is a significant driver for the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance. Recent studies have shown that many pharmaceutical compounds s...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 166a7528-3d2b-5a4f-a4be-cd32c0446585
- DOI
- 10.1099/acmi.0.000733.v3
