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Promiscuous bacteria have staying power.

Massey RC., Wilson DJ.

Being able to take up DNA from their environment might allow pneumococcal bacteria to colonize the human nose and throat for longer periods of time.

Original publication

DOI

10.7554/eLife.30734

Type

Journal article

Journal

Elife

Publication Date

08/09/2017

Volume

6

Keywords

GWAS, S. pneumoniae, carriage duration, epidemiology, evolutionary biology, genomics, heritability, infectious disease, microbiology, Adaptation, Biological, Bacteria, DNA, Bacterial, Genes, Bacterial, Humans, Hydrogen Peroxide, Nose, Pharynx, Streptococcus pneumoniae