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ArticleMicrobial genomics2026

The pQBR mercury resistance plasmids: a model set of sympatric environmental mobile genetic elements.

Victoria T Orr, Ellie Harrison, Damian W Rivett, Rosanna C T Wright, James P J Hall

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Victoria T OrrDepartment of Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Ellie HarrisonSchool of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Damian W RivettDepartment of Natural Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
Rosanna C T WrightDivision of Evolution, Infection and Genomics, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
James P J HallDepartment of Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

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Abstract

Plasmids are extrachromosomal mobile genetic elements that can facilitate rapid bacterial adaptation by transferring genes between individuals. Whilst plasmids are known to exist in diverse habitats and encode a range of traits, most of our knowledge about plasmids comes from clinically associated antimicrobial resistance (AMR) plasmids that have already been recruited as vectors of drug resistance and have likely been shaped by strong selection for plasmid-encoded antibiotic resistance. Here, we investigated 26 plasmids from the pQBR collection - a set of large, co-existing mercury resistance environmental plasmids isolated in

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Drug Resistance, BacterialInterspersed Repetitive SequencesMercuryPlasmidsPseudomonasDNA Transposable ElementsExtrachromosomal DNAGene Transfer, HorizontalGenome, BacterialPhylogenySoil MicrobiologyDNA Transposable ElementsExtrachromosomal DNAMercuryantibiotic resistancemegaplasmidplasmidPseudomonassoil microbiologytransposon

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PMCPMC13391042

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