Evolutionary barriers to horizontal gene transfer in macrophage associated Salmonella.
R. P. Bhatia, H. A. Kirit, C. M. Lewis, K. Sankaranarayanan, J. P. Bollback
This study measures the fitness effects of horizontally transferred genes from E. coli to Salmonella in infection environments, finding gene length and environmental factors significantly hinder HGT.
bioRxiv · Apr 1, 2022Microbiology