
Extracellular DNA as Matrix Component in Microbial Biofilms.- Gene Transfer Agents and Defective Bacteriophages as Sources of Extracellular Prokaryotic DNA.- Roles of Extracellular DNA in Bacterial Ecosystem.- Stable Extracellular DNA: A Novel Substrate for Genetic Engineering...

Extracellular nucleic acids have recently emerged as important players in the fields of biology and the medical sciences. In the last several years, extracellular nucleic acids have been shown to be involved in not only microbial evolution as genetic elements but also to have...