Natural genetic transformation is the active uptake of free DNA by bacterial cells and the
heritable incorporation of its genetic information. Since the famous discovery of …

Gonococci undergo frequent and efficient natural transformation. Transformation occurs so
often that the population structure is panmictic, with only one long‐lived clone having been …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis are closely related organisms that cause
the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea and serious bacterial meningitis and …

The sexually transmitted pathogen, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, undergoes natural
transformation at high frequency. This property has led to the rapid dissemination of …

Although it is a human pathogen, Vibrio cholerae is a regular member of aquatic habitats,
such as coastal regions and estuaries. Within these environments, V. cholerae often takes …

Transport of DNA across bacterial membranes during natural transformation is a fascinating
and elaborate process. It requires the functional integrity of huge multi‐protein complexes …

The frequently occurring DNA uptake sequence (DUS), recognized as a 10-bp repeat, is
required for efficient genetic transformation in the human pathogens Neisseria meningitidis …

The development of competence allowing natural transformation of Ralstonia solanacearum
was found to occur during exponential growth and not in response to any excreted factors …

Background Vibrio cholerae gains natural competence upon growth on chitin. This allows
the organism to take up free DNA from the environment and to incorporate it into its genome …

We created plasmids for use in insertion-duplication mutagenesis (IDM) of Neisseria
gonorrhoeae. This mutagenesis method has the advantage that it requires only a single …