Horizontal Gene Transfer of Functional Type VI Killing Genes by Natural Transformation
J. Thomas, S. S. Watve, W. C. Ratcliff, B. K. Hammer
The paper demonstrates that Vibrio cholerae can acquire and utilize new Type VI secretion system effector genes via horizontal gene transfer to outcompete its parent and neighbors.
bioRxiv · Mar 30, 2017Microbiology