Type IV secretion systems (T4SS) translocate DNA and protein substrates across prokaryotic
cell envelopes generally by a mechanism requiring direct contact with a target cell. Three …

Bacterial conjugation is an efficient and sophisticated mechanism of DNA transfer among
bacteria. While mobilizable plasmids only encode a minimal MOB machinery that allows …

Conjugative transfer of bacterial plasmids is the most efficient way of horizontal gene
spread, and it is therefore considered one of the major reasons for the increase in the …

Iterative profile searches and structural modeling show that bacterial DnaG-type primases,
small primase-like proteins from bacteria and archaea, type IA and type II topoisomerases …

Transmissible plasmids can be classified according to their mobilization ability, as being
conjugative (self-transmissible) or mobilizable (transmissible only in the presence of …

In the late 1950s, a number of laboratories took up the study of plasmids once the discovery
was made that extrachromosomal antibiotic resistance (R) factors are the responsible …

Highlights•Non-conjugative mobile genetic elements are often mobilized by conjugative
elements.•Element carriage of a relaxase gene is not a strict requirement for mobilization.•A …

ABSTRACT A plasmid-linked antimicrobial peptide, named coagulin, produced by Bacillus
coagulans I4 has recently been reported (B. Hyronimus, C. Le Marrec and MC Urdaci, J …

This thoroughly revised and updated reference provides comprehensive coverage of the
latest developments and scientific advances in dairy microbiology-emphasizing probiotics …

Conjugative transfer is an important driver in evolution, enabling bacteria to acquire new
traits (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). During conjugative transfer, DNA translocation across the cell envelopes …