Plasmid transfer and loss probabilities interactively determine antibiotic resistance spread in surface-associated bacterial biomass
Josep Ramoneda, Deepthi P Vinod, Yinyin Ma, Chujin Ruan, Julian Schmidt, Michael Manhart, Daniel C. Angst, David R. Johnson
The paper models and experimentally tests how plasmid transfer and loss probabilities influence antibiotic resistance spread between colliding bacterial colonies.
bioRxiv · Jan 8, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology