Jorge Moura de Sousa
@jmouradesousa.bsky.social
Staff researcher @institutpasteur and microbial eco-evolution aficionado.
New paper from the lab, the mysteries involving the genetic elements that move by being mobilized by other MGEs. Hitcher Genetic Elements are distinctive, ancient and diverse.
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Hijackers, hitchhikers, or co-drivers? The mysteries of microbial mobilizable genetic elements
ecoevorxiv.org
April 29, 2024 at 9:44 AM
New paper from the lab, the mysteries involving the genetic elements that move by being mobilized by other MGEs. Hitcher Genetic Elements are distinctive, ancient and diverse.
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Reposted by Jorge Moura de Sousa
New from the lab. We were stuck studying plasmid mobility because we ignored most origins of transfer by conjugation. Using the occurrences of known oriT, we developed a method to find novel unrelated families. Works well. We now cover most conjugative plasmids of E coli, K pneumo & A baumannii.
Identification of novel origins of transfer across bacterial plasmids https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.30.577996v1
Identification of novel origins of transfer across bacterial plasmids https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.30.577996v1
Conjugative plasmids are important drivers of bacterial evolution, but most plasmids lack genes for
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January 31, 2024 at 1:58 PM
New from the lab. We were stuck studying plasmid mobility because we ignored most origins of transfer by conjugation. Using the occurrences of known oriT, we developed a method to find novel unrelated families. Works well. We now cover most conjugative plasmids of E coli, K pneumo & A baumannii.