The Effect of Heavy Metals on Conjugation Efficiency of an F-Plasmid in <i>Escherichia coli</i>

• Main Authors: Martin Palm (Author), Alfred Fransson (Author), Julia Hultén (Author), Karolina Búcaro Stenman (Author), Amina Allouche (Author), Oscar E. Chiang (Author), Mirthe L. Constandse (Author), Karlijn J. van Dijk (Author), Suheda Icli (Author), Bela Klimesova (Author), Emma Korhonen (Author), Gema Martínez-Crespo (Author), Dominik Meggers (Author), Margarita Naydenova (Author), Maria An. Polychronopoulou (Author), Dominik B. Schuntermann (Author), Havva Unal (Author), Agnieszka Wasylkowska (Author), Anne Farewell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Conjugation, the process by which conjugative plasmids are transferred between bacteria, is regarded as a major contributor to the spread of antibiotic resistance, in both environmental and clinical settings. Heavy metals are known to co-select for antibiotic resistance, but the impact of the presen...