Data from: Conjugation is necessary for a bacterial plasmid to survive under protozoan predation

dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Helsinki-Hiltunen, Teppo
dc.contributor.authorHiltunen, Teppo
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-29T14:02:54Z
dc.date.issued2016-01-08
dc.date.issued2016-01-08
dc.descriptionHorizontal gene transfer by conjugative plasmids plays a critical role in the evolution of antibiotic resistance. Interactions between bacteria and other organisms can affect the persistence and spread of conjugative plasmids. Here we show that protozoan predation increased the persistence and spread of the antibiotic resistance plasmid RP4 in populations of the opportunist bacterial pathogen Serratia marcescens. A conjugation-defective mutant plasmid was unable to survive under predation, suggesting that conjugative transfer is required for plasmid persistence under the realistic condition of predation. These results indicate that multi-trophic interactions can affect the maintenance of conjugative plasmids with implications for bacterial evolution and the spread of antibiotic resistance genes.
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.t1b23
dc.identifier.urihttps://datakatalogi.helsinki.fi/handle/123456789/5442
dc.rights.licensecc-zero
dc.subjectRP4 plasmid
dc.subjectTetrahymena thermophila
dc.subjectSerratia marcescens
dc.subjectprotozoan predation
dc.subjectevolution of antibiotic resistance
dc.subjectconjugation
dc.titleData from: Conjugation is necessary for a bacterial plasmid to survive under protozoan predation
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