Bacterial transformation buffers environmental fluctuations through the reversible integration of mobile genetic elements
G. Carvalho, D. Fouchet, G. Danesh, A.-S. Godeux, M.-H. Laaberki, D. Pontier, X. Charpentier, S. Venner
This study shows that bacterial transformation optimizes fitness in fluctuating environments by reversibly integrating beneficial mobile genetic elements.
bioRxiv · Feb 24, 2019Microbiology