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Naturally competent bacteria and their genetic parasites-a battle for control over horizontal gene transfer?

Vesel N and 5 others. FEMS Microbiol Rev, 2025. Cited by 7 papers, by iCite.

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ConductScience Library. Naturally competent bacteria and their genetic parasites-a battle for control over horizontal gene transfer? Papers, record 40802478. Release papers-2026-11-12-0.1.0, 12 Nov 2026. https://conductscience.org/library/papers/40802478

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Title
Naturally competent bacteria and their genetic parasites-a battle for control over horizontal gene transfer?
PubMed
Journal
FEMS Microbiol Rev
PubMed
Year
2025
PubMed
Publication types
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
Citations, by iCite
7
iCite
Relative citation ratio, by iCite
2.07, provisional
iCite
Revised in PubMed
2026-09-11
PubMed

Authors6

The authors in the order PubMed's record lists them, with the ORCID iDs it states.

OrderAuthorForenameKindORCID iD
1Vesel NNinahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8561-6722
2Stare EEva
3Štefanič PPolonca
4Floccari VAValentina A
5Mandic-Mulec IInes
6Dragoš AAnnahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4136-986X

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Topics5

NLM's MeSH indexing of the paper, its major topics first.

MeSH termMajor
Gene Transfer, HorizontalMajor topic
BacteriaMajor topic
Transformation, BacterialMajor topic
Interspersed Repetitive Sequences
DNA Transformation Competence

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Grants5

Each grant PubMed's record writes, matched to the NIH project NIH's grant and paper links name for this paper, and each of those links the record does not write.

Grant, as the record writes itAgencyCountryNIH projectStated by
ALTF 1043-2023EMBOPubMed
101041421European UnionPubMed
P4-0116Slovenian Agency for Research and InnovationPubMed
J4-4550Slovenian Agency for Research and InnovationPubMed
J1-4411Slovenian Agency for Research and InnovationPubMed

Source PubMed

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Cited by7

The papers in our copy of PubMed whose reference list names this one, newest first. iCite, which reads more sources, counts 7 citations.

PMIDTitleJournalYearIn PapersSource
42,856,118New genetic tools in Finegoldia magna identify a conserved adhesin required for the formation of stress-tolerant aggregates.bioRxiv2026https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42856118PubMed
42,573,259Utilizing natural competence to genetically manipulate Lactobacillus iners.Appl Environ Microbiol2026https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42573259PubMed
42,274,492Stress-Driven Accelerated Evolution and Ecological Network Reconfiguration in Extremophilic Microbial Communities.Biology (Basel)2026https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42274492PubMed
41,953,073Targeting Horizontal Gene Transfer to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance: A Review of Mechanisms, Drivers, and Multi-Omics Strategies.Infect Drug Resist2026https://conductscience.org/library/papers/41953073PubMed
41,873,755A WYL transcriptional regulator activates the DNA damage response pathway in Acinetobacter species.Nucleic Acids Res2026https://conductscience.org/library/papers/41873755PubMed
41,811,945Reduced MGE burden, virulence optimization, and acid stress tolerance shape the clonal succession of MRSA ST59.Sci Adv2026https://conductscience.org/library/papers/41811945PubMed
41,636,501Genomic and functional dissection of natural transformation-related genes in Piscirickettsia salmonis.Microbiol Spectr2026https://conductscience.org/library/papers/41636501PubMed

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2026-11-06
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2026-11-05
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2026-11-05
PMC's ID file
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2026-11-01
NIH RePORTER's grant and paper links
Trials
2026-11-12
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2026-11-11
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2026-09-18

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