ReviewNucleic acids research2025
The extended mobility of plasmids.
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21 citing papers in PubMed.
- Pathogenome and Plasmid-Borne Antimicrobial Resistance Phenotypes in a Multidrug-Resistant O111:H8 Shiga Toxin-ProducingbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Invasive plasmids as ecosystem engineers-from mechanism to application.Essays in biochemistry · 2026Review
- Acquisition and erosion of toxin-antitoxin systems in bacterial chromosomes.Molecular biology and evolution · 2026Article
- Ecological theory sheds light on plasmid diversity and dynamics.PLoS biology · 2026Article
- A hybrid system enables plasmid copy number control in yeast.Nature communications · 2026Article
- The Origins of GPCRs.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- In Silico Genomic Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance Genes Carried by Mobile Genetic Elements inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Lineage-aware comparison of extended-spectrumMicrobial genomics · 2026Article
- Pathogen species and capsule expression shape opportunistic transfer and the recipient response during plasmid RP4 conjugation.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Incorporation of Cryptic Plasmid Energetics Improves Genome-Scale Metabolic Predictions in Probiotic E. coli Nissle 1917.Microbial biotechnology · 2026Article
- Complex temporal dynamics of phage-bacteria populations in an animal-associated marine system.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- A distinct class of conjugative megaplasmids includes potential vehicles for prophage dissemination.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- PlasAnn: a curated plasmid-specific database and annotation pipeline for standardized gene and function analysis.Nucleic acids research · 2026Article
- An ISFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Microbial community characterization in semi-hydroponic systems of Starbor kale (Current research in microbial sciences · 2026Article
- Genes and physiological strategies in bacterial antibiotic resistance.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Genomic phylogeny, taxonomic classification, genetic landscape, and antibiotic resistance of clinicalFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Plasmids serve as vehicles and reservoirs of type VI secretion systems.ISME communications · 2026Article
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Abstract
Plasmids play key roles in the spreading of many traits, ranging from antibiotic resistance to varied secondary metabolism, from virulence to mutualistic interactions, and from defense to antidefense. Our understanding of plasmid mobility has progressed extensively in the last few decades. Conjugative plasmids are still often the textbook image of plasmids, yet they are now known to represent a minority. Many plasmids are mobilized by other mobile genetic elements, some are mobilized as phages, and others use atypical mechanisms of transfer. This review focuses on recent advances in our understanding of plasmid mobility, from the molecular mechanisms allowing transfer and evolutionary changes of plasmids to the ecological determinants of their spread. In this emerging, extended view of plasmid mobility, interactions between mobile genetic elements, whether involving exploitation, competition, or elimination, affect plasmid transfer and stability. Likewise, interactions between multiple cells and their plasmids shape the latter patterns of transfer through transfer-mediated bacterial predation, interference, or eavesdropping in cell communication, and by deploying defense and antidefense activity. All these processes are relevant for microbiome intervention strategies, from plasmid containment in clinical settings to harnessing plasmids in ecological or industrial interventions.
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