Antimicrobials: Daylight robbery by Acinetobacter

Nature Reviews Microbiology 16, 2 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.147 Author: Andrea Du Toit Bacterial predation by Acinetobacter baylyi increases the rate of horizontal gene transfer from Escherichia coli, which leads to the acquisition of antibiotic resistance genes from prey cells.
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