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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2026

Horizontal transfer of chromosomal DNA mediated by an integrative and conjugative element generates frequent localized recombination in

Marco N Allemann, Leah H Hochanadel, Delyana P Vasileva, Joshua K Michener

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Marco N Allemann *Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9290-7296
Leah H Hochanadel *Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-9282-0832
Delyana P VasilevaBiosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7919-7883
Joshua K MichenerBiosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2302-8180

Funding

Biological and Environmental Research ERKP886Biological and Environmental Research ERKP971
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Horizontal gene transfer is an important evolutionary process by which DNA is exchanged between cells that are physically co-located but not direct evolutionary descendants. Horizontal transfer of highly divergent DNA is relatively easy to detect and can produce major phenotypic changes, exemplified by the acquisition of antibiotic resistance determinants. However, transfer of high-identity DNA, for example, between strains of the same species, is likely to be more frequent, harder to detect, and highly impactful in aggregate. In this work, we demonstrate that soil isolates of the alphaproteobacterium IMPORTANCE: Horizontal gene transfer is a key process in bacterial evolution. Mechanisms for transfer of mobile genetic elements are well-characterized, but less is known about how chromosomal DNA is recombined. In this work, we demonstrate that integrative and conjugative elements can efficiently recombine chromosomal DNA between strains of

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Chromosomes, BacterialConjugation, GeneticDNA, BacterialGene Transfer, HorizontalRecombination, GeneticSphingomonadaceaeSoil MicrobiologyDNA, Bacterialbacterial speciationhorizontal gene transferintegrative and conjugative element

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PMID42565854
PMCPMC13584701

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