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Horizontal Gene Transfer
Horizontal gene transfer is the transfer of genetic information across two unicellular or multicellular organisms. This is one of the driving forces behind bacteria that become resistant to antibiotics, as bacteria with resistance spread the resistance to other bacteria via transduction, transformation, or conjugation. While common in bacteria, HGT is a rare occurrence in multicellular organisms. One example is thought to be the transfer of mitochondrial DNA into the nuclear genome.
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MAR 09, 2016Microbiology
This just in, antibiotic resistance doesn’t spread through meat products. Researchers from Colorado State Universi ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 20, 2015Microbiology
Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of a South American tribe that never before had ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of South American tribespeople who never before ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 23, 2015Microbiology
to exclude other, more plausible alternatives, and I just do not think they have done that."Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
MAR 09, 2016
Microbiology
This just in, antibiotic resistance doesn’t spread through meat products. Researchers from Colorado State Universi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 20, 2015
Microbiology
Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of a South American tribe that never before had
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of South American tribespeople who never before
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 23, 2015
Microbiology
to exclude other, more plausible alternatives, and I just do not think they have done that."
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider