The phrase "a source of transferring" is not entirely correct and may sound awkward in written English.
It can be used when discussing a means or method of transferring something, but it would be clearer to rephrase it.
Example: "The internet serves as a source of transferring data between users."
Alternatives: "a means of transferring" or "a method of transferring".
Therefore, water sample containing these bacteria may be a source of transfer of antibiotic resistance genes to pathogenic bacteria of human, animal and environmental health significance.
"The key strength of the study is it clearly demonstrates that [viruses] have been a source of horizontal gene transfer for some insects," says parasitic wasp expert Michael Strand of the University of Georgia, Athens, who was not involved in the study.
But Mayo was also a source of controversy there, having transferred from out of state.
The strains tested in our work do not seem to represent a source for transfer of genes encoding resistance, since they were phenotypically susceptible to tetracycline, erythromycin, and chloramphenicol, but the absence of the genes needs to be confirmed genotypically.
Family remittances are already a bigger source of transfers to poor countries than government aid.
This strong correlation can be caused by a common source of transfer to soil through agricultural activities, atmosphere, or parent material of soil.
A particular focus of our effort was to include faculty from community colleges and other 2-yr institutions due to the importance of these institutions as entries for students into higher education and as a potential source of students transferring to baccalaureate institutions (Baum et al., 2011).
Lymph nodes from CD45.1 mice that had been immunized with the OVA 323 339) peptide (pOVA) in CFA provided a source of Teff, which were then transferred into CD45.2 hosts prior to administration of pOVA or PBS.
Glycogen might serve as a source of lactate which may be transferred to neurons (Wender et al., 2000; DiNuzzo et al., 2011), or converted to pyruvate, which enters the TCA (tricarboxylic acid) cycle (Sickmann et al., 2005).
