Blokesch, Melanie2022-04-072022-04-072022-04-072022-04-0610.1038/d41586-022-00778-0https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/186888The pathogen responsible for the continuing seventh cholera pandemic typically lacks self-replicating plasmids. Genetics, cell biology and bioinformatics analyses have identified two DNA-defence systems that protect bacterial populations from plasmids and bacteriophages, and that might have shaped the evolution of modern Vibrio cholerae.text::journal::journal article::research article