The bacterial capsule is a gatekeeper for mobile DNA

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Alfonso Santos-López,

Affiliation Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal and Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria, Madrid, Spain
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Jerónimo Rodríguez-Beltrán,

Affiliation Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal and Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria, Madrid, Spain

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3014-1229

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Álvaro San Millán

* E-mail: asanmillan@cnb.csic.es

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Biotecnología–CSIC, Madrid, Spain

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8544-0387

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