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CellBioNews Dec 14, 2023

#Cockroaches can transmit #antimicrobial #resistance #genes between groups.

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-cockroaches-transmit-antimicrobial-resistance-genes.html

Cockroaches can transmit antimicrobial resistance genes between groups

A new paper describes a study of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) transmission among cockroaches, with implications for AMR transmission in humans. The study was published in mSystems.

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CellBioNews Nov 16, 2023

Study show #extracellular_vesicles exchange #genetic information between #cells in the sea.

#horizonatal_gene_transfer #evolution #metagenome #peDNA

https://phys.org/news/2023-11-extracellular-vesicles-exchange-genetic-cells.html

Study show extracellular vesicles exchange genetic information between cells in the sea

Researchers led by Susanne Erdmann from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen have looked at data that has so far been mostly discarded as contamination, revealing the previously underestimated role of extracellular vesicles (EVs) in exchanging genetic information between cells and highlighting their importance for the microbial community in the sea.

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