New paper from the lab, the mysteries involving the genetic elements that move by being mobilized by other MGEs. Hitcher Genetic Elements are distinctive, ancient and diverse. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

New from the lab. We were stuck studying plasmid mobility because we ignored most origins of transfer by conjugation. Using the occurrences of known oriT, we developed a method to find novel unrelated families. Works well. We now cover most conjugative plasmids of E coli, K pneumo & A baumannii.