Interbacterial predation as a strategy for DNA acquisition in naturally competent bacteria

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 621 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.66 Authors: Jan-Willem Veening & Melanie Blokesch Natural competence enables bacteria to take up exogenous DNA. The evolutionary function of natural competence remains controversial, as imported DNA can act as a source of substrates or can be integrated into the genome. Exogenous homologous DNA can also be used for genome repair. In
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