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- Can conjugation take place between Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria?
- Does conjugation occur in Gram-negative bacteria?
- Does conjugation happen in Gram positive bacteria?
- How is conjugation in Gram bacteria different than in Gram bacteria?
Can conjugation take place between Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria?
Since this seminal discovery, the identification of a plethora of conjugative elements, including plasmids, conjugative transposons, and integrative conjugative elements (ICEs), has revealed that conjugation is a universally conserved DNA transfer mechanism among Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria [2,3].
Does conjugation occur in Gram-negative bacteria?
In Gram-negative bacteria, the process of conjugation is mediated by a large membrane-embedded machinery termed “conjugative type IV secretion (T4S) system”, a large injection nanomachine, which together with a DNA-processing machinery termed “the relaxosome” and a large extracellular tube termed “pilus” orchestrates ...
Does conjugation happen in Gram positive bacteria?
For Gram-positive bacteria, only conjugative T4SSs have been characterized in some biochemical, structural, and mechanistic details. These conjugation systems are predominantly encoded by self-transmissible plasmids but are also increasingly detected on integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) and transposons.
How is conjugation in Gram bacteria different than in Gram bacteria?
The available information suggests that the major differences between conjugation in gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria lie in the mechanisms that have evolved to establish cell-cell contact in order to initiate conjugal transfer.
