Background Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas Disease, exhibits remarkable genetic diversity and is classified into different Discrete Typing Units (DTUs). Strain typing techniques are
Plasmid conjugation is a major route for the dissemination of antibiotic resistances and adaptive genes among bacterial populations. Obtaining precise conjugation rates is thus key to understanding ho
aAll strains were derived from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strains LT2 [49] or ATCC14028s [50]. Most mutant alleles were constructed by the λ Red method [41]–[43]. The complete list of the
Mycobacterium abscessus causes severe disease in patients with cystic fibrosis. Little is known in M. abscessus about the roles of small regulatory RNAs (sRNA) in gene regulation. We show that the sRN
