Vesiduction: the fourth way of HGT.

Authors :: Soler N
Forterre P
Source :: Environmental microbiology [Environ Microbiol] 2020 Jul; Vol. 22 (7), pp. 2457-2460. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 14.
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: Besides the canonical gene transfer mechanisms transformation, transduction and conjugation, DNA transfer involving extracellular vesicles is still under appreciated. However, this widespread phenomenon has been observed in the three domains of life. Here, we propose the term 'Vesiduction' as a fourth mode of intercellular DNA transfer.<br /> (© 2020 Society for Applied Microbiology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)