Rapid evolutionary turnover of mobile genetic elements drives microbial resistance to viruses
F. A. Hussain, J. Dubert, J. Elsherbini, M. Murphy, D. VanInsberghe, P. Arevalo, K. Kauffman, B. Kotska Rodino-Janeiro, M. Polz
The paper shows that mobile genetic elements rapidly evolve to confer phage resistance in bacteria, with resistance unlinked to other genomic features.
bioRxiv · Mar 26, 2021Microbiology