Understand bacterial genetics and gene transfer mechanisms driving diversity and resistance. #BacterialGenetics #Microbiology #GeneTransfer #Transformation #Transduction #Conjugation #Transposition #Plasmids #Bacteriophage #AntibioticResistance #USMLE #MedicalEducation #ClinicalMicrobiology #Genetic

https://mymedschool.org/portfolio/u01-03-015-bacterial-genetics/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Giant extrachromosomal element “Inocle” potentially expands the adaptive capacity of the human oral microbiome.

#MobileGeneticElements #MGEs #ExtrachromosomalElements #Plasmids #Microbiome #EnvironmentalStress

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-62406-5

Tree of life
Vs
Network of life

Am enjoying David Mindell book in gene movements and biodiversity

#networkoflife #mindell #hgt #plasmids #Introgression #biodiversity #ecology #evolution #tree #phylogeny #book #bookstadon

#Bacteria use weapons to outdo rivals, but what happens if they're transferred? @prokaryota &co show that HGT of toxin #plasmids is rare but recipients can thrive under relaxed nutrient competition, reshaping bacterial warfare @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/43vC3X7

Curiosity-driven experiment helps unravel #antibiotic-resistance mystery

#evolution #plasmids #RK2 #KorB #gene_silencing

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-curiosity-driven-unravel-antibiotic-resistance.html

Mobile #genetic elements can inadvertently suppress #bacterial #immune systems, research reveals.

#plasmids #bacteriophages #RecA #EcoKI

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-mobile-genetic-elements-inadvertently-suppress.html

Word Search Puzzle 147

Word List : #saiyid #plasmids #stawsome #adight #bullskin #telluric #airmark #zingy #chthonic #autosome #undried #lanoline #tagish #daiva #eirene #zygantra #blush #protean

http://karafinance.com/2024/02/27/word-search-puzzle-147/

The impact of plasmids on microbiome composition and function remains largely unknown.

Mizrahi et al. show mechanisms by which plasmids mediate mutualistic microbial interactions within gut microbiomes via Nature Microbiology. #Microbiome #Plasmids #Research

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-023-01521-9

Widespread #antibiotic_resistance among #cholera-causing #bacteria explained by #gene_mixing.

#phylogenomics #plasmids

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-widespread-antibiotic-resistance-cholera-causing-bacteria.html

Researchers develop tool to quickly and accurately identify mobile #genetic elements like #plasmids and #virus.

#MGE #NMDC_EDGE #geNomad

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-tool-quickly-accurately-mobile-genetic.html

Anyone know if it's common for two plasmids within the same K. pneumoniae strain to both encode rmpA (regulator of mucoid phenotype)? #Klebsiella #plasmids

Next up at #JGI2023:

Eduardo Rocha from Institut Pasteur:

Bacteria as playgrounds for Mobile Genetic Elements (MGE)

#MGE #plasmids #viruses #genomics
@LBNLBioSci

Diverse and Abundant Viruses Exploit Conjugative #Plasmids | #phage

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.03.19.532758v1

New insights into the #bacterial #immune system.

#Mksprotein #plasmids

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-insights-bacterial-immune.html

The MksG nuclease is the executing part of the bacterial plasmid defense system MksBEFG

https://academic.oup.com/nar/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nar/gkad130/7070963?login=false

#plasmids #microbiology

A diverse repertoire of anti-#defense systems is encoded in the leading region of #plasmids
#conjugation

https://t.co/dsf3U0bsjs

#Plasmids manipulate bacterial behaviour through translational regulatory crosstalk | PLOS Biology

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001988

#Restriction-modification systems have shaped the evolution and distribution of #plasmids across bacteria | bioRxiv

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.15.520556v1

The pGinger family of expression #plasmids |
#genetictools

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.23.524619v1

#Plasmids and the spread of #antibiotic #resistance genes

#conjugation #bacteria

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-plasmids-antibiotic-resistance-genes.html