GENE INTAKE. “However, the demonstration that at least in some bacteria the ingested DNA is protected against degradation, thus preventing its use as a nucleotide source and conversely facilitating HGT, implies that, at least in part, natural competence evolved as a gene transfer mechanism.” (HGT = horizontal gene transfer).
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022