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A fresh of the press with a brilliant accompanying thread! Great work by @aliciapcv.bsky.social and colleagues @cnb-csic.bsky.social 👏 #plasmidbiology

Conjugative transfer inhibition of IncA and IncC plasmids by pervasive SGI1-like elements via relaxosome assembly interference Broad-host-range IncA and IncC conjugative plasmids propagate multidrug resistance in bacteria and mobilize chromosomal resistance islands, including Salmonella Genomic Island 1 (SGI1) across genera. ...

Preprint: Conjugative transfer inhibition of IncA and IncC plasmids by pervasive SGI1-like elements via relaxosome assembly interference
#plasmid #relaxase #bacteria #parasite #MGE #plasmidbiology
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Interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements - Nature Reviews Microbiology In this Review, Lang and colleagues present an overview of the current knowledge landscape regarding mobile genetic elements in bacteria, with a focus on their evolutionary relationships and interacti...

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In collaboration with Andrew Lang and Alison Buchan, we just published a review on the complex and sometimes convoluted interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements.
#phage #plasmid #evolution #bacteria #plasmidbiology #MGE

Surface exclusion of IncC conjugative plasmids and their relatives Author summary Bacterial conjugation plays a pivotal role in the evolution of bacterial populations. The circulation of drug resistance genes bolsters the emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens, w...

Just out in PLOS Genetics: Surface exclusion of IncC conjugative plasmids and their relatives.
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Congrats to all the authors!
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