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BacterioFiles 354 - Prokaryote Protection Promotes Protein Passing
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:16:19
Publish Date: 2018-09-03 00:00:00
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This episode: The bacterial immune system, CRISPR-Cas, can enhance gene transfer via transduction (phages carrying bacteria DNA) despite preventing it via conjugation!

Download Episode (14.9 MB, 16.3 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Human polyomavirus 8 Journal Paper: Watson BNJ, Staals RHJ, Fineran PC. 2018. CRISPR-Cas-Mediated Phage Resistance Enhances Horizontal Gene Transfer by Transduction. mBio 9:e02406-17.

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