A plasmid is a small, circular ... the genes carried in plasmids provide bacteria with genetic advantages, such as antibiotic resistance. Plasmids have a wide range of lengths, from roughly ...

The word “episome” would later be replaced by a synonym, “plasmid.” Scientists now recognize plasmids as a major mechanism for transferal of antibiotic-resistance genes—sometimes whole ...

particularly antibiotic resistance, are shared among bacterial populations. While conjugation has traditionally been associated with bacteria attaching to solid surfaces, the team investigated pLS20, ...

Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to resist ... The recent emergence and spread of a plasmid-encoded, transferable colistin resistance gene, mcr-1, is a cause for concern. The mcr-1 ...

Certain antibiotic-resistant infections could be ... The study, published today (3 April) in Nature Communications, also uncovered a plasmid found in multiple strains of E. coli that allows ...

For example, multi-drug resistance to antibiotics and the ability to produce ... by finally filling in the gaps of plasmid evolution over decades and centuries and providing a way of linking ...

For example, multi-drug resistance to antibiotics and the ability to produce ... by finally filling in the gaps of plasmid evolution over decades and centuries and providing a way of linking ...