PLOS Biology<p>Why do <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/bacterial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacterial</span></a> species' <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TransformationRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransformationRates</span></a> vary so dramatically? @epcrocha @labXC &co show that <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Legionella" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legionella</span></a> & <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Acinetobacter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Acinetobacter</span></a> transformation rates evolve by sudden changes, likely caused by conflicts between <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/MGEs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MGEs</span></a> and the host bacterium <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PLOSBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PLOSBiology</span></a> <a href="https://plos.io/4dMviTR" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">plos.io/4dMviTR</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>