eLife (Dec 2017)

Plasmid-powered evolutionary transitions

Ryan A Melnyk,
Cara H Haney

Affiliations

Ryan A Melnyk: ORCiD; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Cara H Haney: ORCiD; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.33383
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6

Abstract

The acquisition of a virulence plasmid is sufficient to turn a beneficial strain of Rhodococcus bacteria into a pathogen.

Published in eLife

ISSN: 2050-084X (Online)
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://elifesciences.org

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