SMC-like Wadjet system prevents plasmid transfer into Clostridium cellulovorans

Abstract This study demonstrates the impact of a Structure Maintenance of Chromosome (SMC)-like Wadjet system on the horizontal gene transfer of plasmids by conjugation to a recipient that naturally containing such a system for the first time. A Clostridium cellulovorans mutant with dramatically imp...

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Main Authors: Aline I. Schöllkopf, Armin Ehrenreich, Wolfgang Liebl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2025-07-01
Series:Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-025-13551-w
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