Plasmids are important “vehicles” for the communication of genetic information between
bacteria. The exchange of plasmids transmits pathogenically and environmentally relevant …

Transmissible plasmids can be classified according to their mobilization ability, as being
conjugative (self-transmissible) or mobilizable (transmissible only in the presence of …

Many expression systems in research and industry use plasmids as vectors for the
production of recombinant proteins or non-proteinous recombinant substances. Plasmids …

Broad-host-range (BHR) IncP-1 plasmids have the ability to transfer between and replicate
in nearly all species of the Alpha-, Beta-and Gammaproteobacteria, but surprisingly few data …

Bacterial plasmids maintain their number of copies by negative regulatory systems that
adjust the rate of replication per plasmid copy in response to fluctuations in the copy …

Prokaryotic mobile elements have traditionally been classified as bacteriophages, plasmids,
and transposons. We propose here a global classification of these and other bacterial and …

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have a long history of use in fermented foods and as probiotics.
Genetic manipulation of these microorganisms has great potential for new applications in …

Transferable antibiotic resistance in Haemophilus influenzae was first detected in the early
1970s. After this, resistance spread rapidly worldwide and was shown to be transferred by a …

The carotenoid, α-carotene, is very beneficial for human health and wellness, but microbial
production of this compound is notoriously difficult, due to the asymmetric rings on either end …

We have searched for plasmids in a collection of 55 Bacillus subtilis strains isolated from
various natural sources of the territory of Belarus. Twenty percent of the strains contained …