1. Henkin and Peters Snyder and Champness - Molecular Genetics of Bacteria, 5th Edition - ASM Books
2. Vermelho et al. Bacteriologia Geral. 1 ed. Guanabara Koogan, 2008
3. Frost LS, Leplae R, Summers AO, Toussaint A. Mobile genetic elements: the agents of open source evolution. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2005 Sep;3(9):722-32. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro1235. PMID: 16138100..
4. Alibayov B, Baba-Moussa L, Sina H, Zdeňková K, Demnerová K. Staphylococcus aureus mobile genetic elements. Mol Biol Rep. 2014 Aug;41(8):5005-18. doi: 10.1007/s11033-014-3367-3. Epub 2014 Apr 13. PMID: 24728610.
5. Ramsay JP, Firth N. Diverse mobilization strategies facilitate transfer of non-conjugative mobile genetic elements. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2017 Aug;38:1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2017.03.003. Epub 2017 Apr 6. PMID: 28391142.
6. Rozwandowicz M, Brouwer MSM, Fischer J, Wagenaar JA, Gonzalez-Zorn B, Guerra B, Mevius DJ, Hordijk J. Plasmids carrying antimicrobial resistance genes in Enterobacteriaceae. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2018 May 1;73(5):1121-1137. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkx488. PMID: 29370371.
7. Rodríguez-Beltrán J, DelaFuente J, León-Sampedro R, MacLean RC, San Millán Á. Beyond horizontal gene transfer: the role of plasmids in bacterial evolution. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2021 Jun;19(6):347-359. doi: 10.1038/s41579-020-00497-1. Epub 2021 Jan 19. PMID: 33469168.
8. Smillie C, Garcillán-Barcia MP, Francia MV, Rocha EP, de la Cruz F. Mobility of plasmids. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2010 Sep;74(3):434-52. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00020-10. PMID: 20805406; PMCID: PMC2937521.
9. del Solar G, Giraldo R, Ruiz-Echevarría MJ, Espinosa M, Díaz-Orejas R. Replication and control of circular bacterial plasmids. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 1998 Jun;62(2):434-64. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.62.2.434-464.1998. PMID: 9618448; PMCID: PMC98921.
10. San Millan A. Evolution of Plasmid-Mediated Antibiotic Resistance in the Clinical Context. Trends Microbiol. 2018 Dec;26(12):978-985. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.06.007. Epub 2018 Jul 23. PMID: 30049587.