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CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 15, Issue 5, Pages 570-576Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2012.08.001
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- Agence Nationale de la Recherche [ANR 2010 BLAN 1331 01]
- CNRS-Inserm ATIP-Avenir program
- Sanofi
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Bacterial transformation is a programmed process resulting in genetic transfer and diversity. It relies on the development of competence via regulatory circuits which are diverse and tailored to the particular lifestyle of each species. Despite this diversity, some species have been reported to trigger competence in response to antibiotics. Here, we review these recent findings, which reinforce the view that competence is a stress response and can substitute for SOS in bacteria lacking it.
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