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Jul 2026
Widespread immune systems protect bacteria against conjugative plasmids
A large-scale analysis of 364 diverse strains of the opportunistic pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii as recipients of the broad-host-range conjugative plasmids R388 and RP4 reveals an additional layer of bacterial immunity directed at a class of genetic elements driving dissemination of antibiotic resistance.
L. Poiré, J. Baltenneck, Salomé Guillory et al.
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