Is the bacterial chromosome a mobile genetic element?

James P. J. Hall

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26758-y

Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Is the bacterial chromosome a mobile genetic element?

James P. J. Hall

Affiliations

James P. J. Hall: Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour, Institute of Infection, Veterinary, and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26758-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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An outcome of phage infection, lateral transduction, has been shown to mobilize chromosomal genes between bacterial cells at rates that exceed those of mobile genetic elements such as plasmids. Does this mean that the bacterial chromosome should be considered a mobile genetic element?

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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