Meanings of active partitioning in English

RepA and RepB were necessary for stable maintenance of the plasmid, which implies a role in active partitioning.

Altogether, the three factors- active partitioning, toxin-antitoxin and conjugational transfer-are all involved in the prevalence of pESBL in the E. coli population.

In the absence of active partitioning, strict control of plasmid copy number is required to minimise the possibility of plasmid loss at bacterial cell division.