Transconjugant Bacteria (IMAGE)

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

Transconjugant Bacteria

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Micrograph visualising the distribution of transconjugant bacteria (in green) along a hyphal network (in white). Transconjugant bacteria are formed by direct contact and horizontal gene transfer of differing bacteria (in red and black) invading the hyphae from the right and the left side, respectively.

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Berthold et al. 2016 in <i>Scientific Reports</i>

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