Open AccessTransfer of Genetic Material between Pathogenic and Food-Borne Yeasts
Author(s) -
Marek Mentel,
Mário Špı́rek,
Dorte Jørck-Ramberg,
Jure Piškur
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.00293-06
Subject(s) - virulence , biology , plasmid , yeast , microbiology and biotechnology , horizontal gene transfer , pathogenic bacteria , mating , genetics , dna , gene , bacteria , genome
Many pathogenic yeast species are asexual and therefore not involved in intra- or interspecies mating. However, high-frequency transfer of plasmid DNA was observed when pathogenic and food-borne yeasts were grown together. This property could play a crucial role in the spread of virulence and drug resistance factors among yeasts.
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