Mobile genetic elements shape microbial gene repertoires and populations. Recent results
reveal that many, possibly most, microbial mobile genetic elements require helpers to …

Conjugation is a key mechanism of bacterial evolution that involves mobile genetic
elements. Recent findings indicated that the main actors of conjugative transfer are not the …

Abstract ICEberg 2.0 (http://db-mml. sjtu. edu. cn/ICEberg/) is an updated database that
provides comprehensive information about bacterial integrative and conjugative elements …

Conjugation drives the horizontal transfer of adaptive traits across prokaryotes. One-fourth of
the plasmids encode the functions necessary to conjugate autonomously, the others being …

Relaxase-based plasmid classification has become popular in the past 10 years.
Nevertheless, it is not obvious how to assign a query protein to a relaxase MOB family …

Prophages play important roles in the transduction of various functional traits, including
virulence factors, but remain debatable in harboring and transmitting antimicrobial …

We present a computational method to identify conjugative systems in plasmids and
chromosomes using the CONJscan module of MacSyFinder. The method relies on the …

Abstract Mobile Genetic Elements (MGEs) are integrated in bacterial genomes and key
elements that drive prokaryote genome evolution. Among them are Integrative and …

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and bifidobacteria may serve as reservoirs of antimicrobial
resistance, but the risk posed by strains intentionally introduced into the agro-food chain has …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant threat to public health. Plasmids are principal
vectors of AMR genes, significantly contributing to their spread and mobility across hosts …