While promiscuity has historically been frowned upon in many societies, in the microbial world, it is essential for survival. The idea that bacteria swap genetic material between themselves was first described in the late 1920s and was dubbed horizontal gene transfer (HGT). Though an abundance of research has elucidated the molecular mechanisms for this transfer […]
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