MicrobiologyMolecular Biology and EvolutionPeer-reviewed
Assessing the role of bacterial innate and adaptive immunity as barriers to conjugative plasmids
Berit Siedentop, Carlota Losa Mediavilla, Roger D. Kouyos…·Hélène Chabas
This study models how bacterial innate and adaptive immunity affect plasmid spread, finding that immunity suppresses costly plasmids but not beneficial ones.