Evolution of virulence in a novel family of transmissible mega-plasmids

Evolution of virulence in a novel family of transmissible mega-plasmids

Some Serratia entomophila isolates have been successfully exploited in biopesticides on account of their means to set off amber illness in larvae of the Aotearoa (New Zealand) endemic pasture pest, Costelytra giveni. Anti-feeding prophage and ABC toxin subtle virulence determinants are encoded by a 153-kb single-copy conjugative plasmid (pADAP; amber disease-associated plasmid). Regardless of rising […]

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