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A gene cluster triggers the phage-derived particles that carry resistance genes between bacteria
Some bacteria build particles from domesticated virus parts and die to release them, handing pieces of their own genome to relatives. Antibiotic resistance genes can ride along, and a gene cluster controls the switch.
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