Spatial Mapping of Mobile Genetic Elements and their Cognate Hosts in Complex Microbiomes
B. Grodner, H. Shi, O. Farchione, A. C. Vill, I. Ntekas, P. J. Diebold, W. R. Zipfel, I. L. Brito, I. De Vlaminck
The paper develops an imaging method to map mobile genetic elements and their bacterial hosts in human oral biofilms, revealing spatial clusters of AMR plasmids and prophage.
bioRxiv · Jun 9, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology