Bacterial sex in dental plaque
Genes are transferred between bacteria in dental plaque by transduction, conjugation, and transformation. Membrane vesicles can also provide a mechanism for horizontal gene transfer. DNA transfer is considered bacterial sex, but the transfer is not parallel to processes that we associate with sex in...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Co-Action Publishing
2013
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3672468/ |