Fig. 2: Genetic mobility via different mechanisms in S. aureus. | Nature Communications

Fig. 2: Genetic mobility via different mechanisms in S. aureus.

From: Bacterial chromosomal mobility via lateral transduction exceeds that of classical mobile genetic elements

Fig. 2

a Transfer frequencies per donor cell and b relative frequency of genetic mobility (defined as transfer frequency × cargo capacity) of different genetic elements by transfer type. Transfer of chromosomal DNA by phage 80α via generalised (GT) or lateral (LT) transduction of a cadmium resistance marker located at defined distances from the phage attachment site, conjugative transposons (Conj. Tn), phages, PICIs and plasmids. Data were extracted from literature or acquired through experimentation (see Table 1 for details).

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