New preprint on inter-plasmid competition via type IV-A3 CRISPR systems. Something to think about.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.23.546257v1
Type IV-A3 CRISPR-Cas systems drive inter-plasmid conflicts by acquiring spacers in trans
Type IV-A CRISPR-Cas systems are primarily encoded on plasmids and form multi-subunit ribonucleoprotein complexes with unknown biological functions.bioRxiv