Transfer of Genetic Material between Pathogenic and Food-Borne Yeasts

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Authors	ŠPÍREK Mário MENTEL Marek JORCK-RAMBERG Dorte PIŠKUR Jure
Year of publication	2006
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Applied and Environmental Microbiology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Web	http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=16820520
Field	Biochemistry
Keywords	Saccharomyces; candida; pathogenic; yeast
Description	Many pathogenic yeast species are asexual and therefore not involved in intra- or interspecies mating. However, high-frequency transfer of plasmid DNA was observed when pathogenic and food-borne yeasts were grown together. This property could play a crucial role in the spread of virulence and drug resistance factors among yeasts.