Organisms must adapt to ever-changing environments, otherwise they risk being outcompeted or eliminated. To do this, they have evolved methods for importing DNA from elsewhere and utilizing it for ...

The process of bacterial transformation involves the introduction of foreign plasmid DNA into a bacterial cell. The transformation of DNA into bacteria cells, for example, Escherichia coli (E. coli), ...

Controls. Throughout this protocol, S. epidermidis TÜ3298 wild-type should be considered as a control for determination of the phage adsorption rates and plasmid transfer experiments. Figure 1: ...

Diagnostics and research analyses involving samples containing maximum-containment viruses present unique challenges, and inactivation protocols compatible with downstream testing are needed. Our aim ...