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    Methods to Quantify DNA Transfer in Enterococcus

    DNA uptake in Enterococcus normally occurs by conjugation, a natural process that is replicated in biomedical research to assess the transferability of different mobile genetic elements and chromosomal regions as...

    Carla Novais, Ana R. Freitas, Ricardo León-Sampedro in Horizontal Gene Transfer (2020)

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    Isolation and Visualization of Plasmids from Gram-Positive Bacteria of Interest in Public Health

    This chapter describes the methods to extract and characterize plasmids of Gram-positive bacterial species of interest in public health (biomedicine, veterinary, and food safety) as Staphylococcus, Streptococcus,...

    Ana R. Freitas, Carla Novais, Luísa Peixe, Teresa M. Coque in Horizontal Gene Transfer (2020)