title: Genetics of gene transfer between species.
abstract: Bacteria transfer genetic information to members of at least three of the five biological kingdoms. Gene transfer between species may play the same role as sex between members of a single species, providing genetic diversity and material for repair of genomic damage.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbial Structure and Function, NIAID, NIH, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, MT 59840.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Heinemann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D005658:Fungi / Q000235:genetics; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics; D010957:Plasmids; D014162:Transfection