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Homology of DNA import systems in #archaea to the #conjugation transport systems in #bacteria.

New research in Nature Communications on: nature.com/articles/s41467-023…

#microbiology #HorizontalGeneTransfer #evolution

Cimparison of bacterial and archaeal conjugation systems. See article in post for details.

Archaeal DNA-import apparatus is homologous to bacterial conjugation machinery - Nature Communications

Bacteria can exchange DNA through extracellular appendages (‘mating pili’) in a process known as conjugation. Here, Beltran et al.
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#Evolution #bacteria #microbiology #archaea #conjugation #horizontalgenetransfer

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