Publication Date:
2014-10-12
Description:
Article Plasmids are important for bacterial evolution but the evolutionary mechanisms behind their maintenance are unclear. Here the authors show that the interplay between compensatory adaptation and positive selection for plasmid-encoded antibiotic resistance determines plasmid persistence in P. aeruginosa . Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms6208 Authors: A. San Millan, R. Peña-Miller, M. Toll-Riera, Z. V. Halbert, A. R. McLean, B. S. Cooper, R. C. MacLean
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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