Open AccessScreening for Highly Transduced Genes in Staphylococcus aureus Revealed Both Lateral and Specialized Transduction
Author(s) -
Janine Zara Bowring,
Yue Su,
Ahlam Alsaadi,
Sine Lo Svenningsen,
Julian Parkhill,
Hanne Ingmer
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
microbiology spectrum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.502
H-Index - 51
ISSN - 2165-0497
DOI - 10.1128/spectrum.02423-21
Subject(s) - transduction (biophysics) , biology , transposable element , mutant , gene , genetics , bacteriophage , transfer dna , dna , plasmid , horizontal gene transfer , temperateness , escherichia coli , genome , transgene , biochemistry , agrobacterium tumefaciens
Horizontal transfer of DNA between bacterial cells contributes to the spread of virulence and antibiotic resistance genes in human pathogens. ForStaphylococcus aureus , bacterial viruses play a major role in facilitating the horizontal transfer.