Diversity and prevalence of colibactin- and yersiniabactin encoding mobile genetic elements in enterobacterial populations: insights into evolution and co-existence of two bacterial secondary metabolite determinants
H. Wami, A. Wallenstein, D. Sauer, M. Stoll, R. von Buenau, E. Oswald, R. Mueller, U. Dobrindt
The paper investigates the diversity and prevalence of colibactin and yersiniabactin encoding elements in enterobacteria, finding species-specific lineages and horizontal gene transfer mechanisms.
bioRxiv · Jan 22, 2021Microbiology