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Impact of horizontal gene transfer on emergence and stability of cooperative virulence in Salmonella Typhimurium
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2022.
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Abstract
- Salmonella Typhimurium virulence is costly and can be lost by mutation during infection. Bakkeren et al. show that virulence restoration via horizontal gene transfer is only transient while transmission bottlenecks promote long-term virulence stability.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.7b66723394194a4a9f2d07cb988f88cc
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29597-7