ArticleGenome biology2025
Plasmids, prophages, and defense systems are depleted from plant microbiota genomes.
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- Mobile Genetic Elements as Key Drivers of Bacterial Evolution and Adaptation in Agroecosystems.Microbial ecology · 2026Review
- Evolutionary mechanisms underlying bacterial adaptation to the plant environment.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2026Review
- Bacterial immune systems as causes and consequences of microbiome structure.PLoS biology · 2025Article
- Host species and geographic location shape microbial diversity and functional potential in the conifer needle microbiome.Microbiome · 2025Article
- Phage defence-system abundances vary across environments and increase with viral density.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Plasmids, prophages, and defense systems are depleted from plant microbiota genomes.Genome biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Plant-associated bacteria significantly impact plant growth and health. Understanding how bacterial genomes adapt to plants can provide insights into their growth promotion and virulence functions. Here, we compare 38,912 bacterial genomes and 6073 metagenomes to explore the distribution of mobile genetic elements and defense systems in plant-associated bacteria. We reveal a consistent taxon-independent depletion of prophages, plasmids, and defense systems in plant-associated bacteria, particularly in the phyllosphere, compared to other ecosystems. The mobilome depletion suggests the presence of unique ecological constraints or molecular mechanisms exerted by plants to control the bacterial mobilomes independently of bacterial immunity.
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