The reason for genetic exchange remains a crucial question in evolutionary biology.
Acinetobacter baylyi strain ADP1 is a highly competent and recombinogenic bacterium. We …

Natural transformation in bacteria facilitates the uptake and genomic integration of
exogenous DNA. This allows horizontal exchange of adaptive traits not easily achieved by …

Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 has the potential to be a versatile bacterial host for synthetic
biology because it is naturally transformable. To examine the genetic reliability of this …

Natural transformation and homologous recombination in a soil bacterium, Acinetobacter
baylyi ADP1, occur with exceptionally high efficiency. These genetic features can be …

Background Natural transformation enables acquisition of adaptive traits and drives genome
evolution in prokaryotes. Yet, the selective forces responsible for the evolution and …

Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 is naturally competent and proficient at homologous
recombination, so it can be transformed without restriction digests or ligation reactions …

The genetic and physiological properties of Acinetobacter baylyi strain ADP1 make it an
inviting subject for investigation of the properties underlying its nutritional versatility. The …

Natural transformation is a process where bacteria actively take up DNA from the
environment and recombine it into their genome or reconvert it into extra-chromosomal …

The genomes of most bacteria contain mobile DNA elements that can contribute to
undesirable genetic instability in engineered cells. In particular, transposable insertion …

Naturally transformable bacteria acquire chromosomal DNA from related species at lower
frequencies than from cognate DNA sources. To determine how genome location affects …