MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Antibiotic inhibition uncouples growth from horizontal gene transfer
Heather D. Curtsinger, Gabriel Quintero, Aidan Larish…·Allison J. Lopatkin
This study shows that different antibiotics create distinct plasmid transfer dynamics, revealing drug-specific residual conjugation windows that are decoupled from growth inhibition.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.14.759178