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Plasmid Ecology

Plasmid Ecology is a theoretical framework that examines the distribution, persistence, and transmission dynamics of plasmids within microbial communities and their environments, emphasizing the ecological and evolutionary interactions between plasmids, host organisms, and external selective pressures.

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431

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189

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2017–2026

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Broad host range plasmids can invade an unexpectedly diverse fraction of a soil bacterial community

Uli Klümper, Leise Riber, Arnaud Dechesne et al. · The ISME Journal · 2014 · 473 citations · Full text

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Variability of plasmid fitness effects contributes to plasmid persistence in bacterial communities

Aída Alonso-del Valle, Ricardo León‐Sampedro, Jerónimo Rodríguez-Beltrán et al. · Nature Communications · 2021 · 229 citations · Full text

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Catabolic plasmids of environmental and ecological significance

Gary S. Sayler, S W Hooper, Alice C. Layton et al. · Microbial Ecology · 1990 · 210 citations

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A plasmid from an Antarctic haloarchaeon uses specialized membrane vesicles to disseminate and infect plasmid-free cells

Susanne Erdmann, Bernhard Tschitschko, Ling Zhong et al. · Nature Microbiology · 2017 · 208 citations · Full text

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Molecular biology, pathogenicity, and ecology of bacterial plasmids

Michael C. Day · Endeavour · 1982 · 181 citations

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Authors

431

  1. EM
    Eva M. Top

    University of Idaho, United States

    3 publications · 222 citations

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  2. PA
    Patricia A. Sobecky

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    3 publications · 57 citations

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  3. SJ
    Søren J. Sørensen

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    3 publications · 612 citations

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  4. RL
    Ricardo León‐Sampedro

    Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria, Spain

    3 publications · 266 citations

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  5. KS
    Kornelia Smalla

    Julius Kühn-Institut, Germany

    3 publications · 191 citations

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Institutions

189

  1. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    255 citations

  2. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    4 h-index

    23 publications

    2.8K citations

  3. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    535 citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    34 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. University of Tennessee at Knoxville

    Knoxville, United States

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    108 citations

  7. Technical University of Denmark

    Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    1.7K citations

  8. Marine Biological Laboratory

    Woods Hole, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    159 citations

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Venues

  1. Microbiology

    10 publications · 337 citations

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  2. Plasmid

    8 publications · 244 citations

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  3. The ISME Journal

    7 publications · 814 citations

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  4. Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    AEM · 7 publications · 386 citations

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  5. Microbial Ecology

    4 publications · 277 citations

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