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Gene-transfer agents. Gene-transfer agents (GTAs) are phage-like particles that encapsidate random fragments of bacterial DNA and are released into the environment by cell lysis. The size of GTA particles is not sufficient to transfer the full cluster of genes that encodes them. (Created with BioRender.com.)
