MicrobiologyThe EMBO JournalPeer-reviewed
A conjugative plasmid exploits flagella rotation as a cue to facilitate its transfer
Saurabh Bhattacharya, Michal Bejerano‐Sagie, Miriam Ravins…·Sigal Ben‐Yehuda
The paper shows that the plasmid pLS20 uses flagella rotation to trigger conjugation in Gram-positive bacteria, enabling DNA transfer in liquid environments.