Efficient spread of resistance within and between bacterial species is facilitated by mobile genetic elements. (nanoporetech.com)
After they made the jump, the human CC97 strains acquired some new capabilities, says Fitzgerald, thanks to genes encoded on portable pieces of DNA called mobile genetic elements. (sciencedaily.com)
«The most frequent way is the transfer via mobile genetic elements such as plasmids, or via transposons, the so - called jumping genes,» explains Friederike Hilbert, scientist at the Institute of Meat Hygiene at the Vetmeduni Vienna. (sciencedaily.com)