Adaptive trade-offs between niche-driven defence system selection and horizontal gene transfer suggests clinical success in Acinetobacter spp.
Vigneshwaran Muthuraman, Proyash Roy, Paul Dean, Bruno Silvester Lopes, Saadlee Shehreen
The paper analyzes defence systems in Acinetobacter species to show how they balance immunity and genetic plasticity, aiding adaptation to antibiotics and phages.
bioRxiv · Aug 1, 2025 · PreprintBioinformatics