Riemerella columbina is a Gram-negative bacterium from the genus of Riemerella which can cause respiratory disease in pigeons.
[1][2][3][4][5] R. columbina is naturally competent to undergo genetic transformation during growth, especially during the logarithmic phase.
[6] R. columbina preferentially takes up its own genomic DNA rather than heterologous DNA.
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