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. 2022 Dec 9;8:95. doi: 10.1038/s41522-022-00357-1

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Fig. 4 — Persistence of plasmids evolved in Tet+ biofilms and planktonic populations tested in a their co-evolved hosts (92 full-length and 49 truncated plasmids), and b in the ancestral host (two full-length and four truncated plasmids). In both panels, the ancestral plasmid was tested in the ancestral host. Plasmid persistence is shown as the estimated ratio of trfA/16S rRNA genes over time. Lines are the results of the log-linear model for each group. *Denotes a significant difference (t-test p-value was < 0.05) between the groups indicated by the brackets: truncated plasmids versus ancestral plasmids and full-length plasmids.