RepC_soli: a novel promiscuous plasmid type of Rhodobacteraceae mediates horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistances in the ocean

• Published in: Environmental microbiology Vol. 23; no. 9; pp. 5395 - 5411
• Main Authors: Birmes, Lukas, Freese, Heike M., Petersen, Jörn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adaptation; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Antiinfectives and antibacterials; Aquaculture; Biology; Chloramphenicol; Chloromycetin; Chromosomes; Conjugation; Copy number; Detoxification; Disease resistance; Drug resistance; Ecological distribution; Ecological niches; Efflux; Genes; Genomes; Harbors; Harbours; Heavy metals; Horizontal transfer; lifestyle; mariculture; Marine aquaculture; Metals; microbiology; Niches; Plasmids; prediction; Replicase; replicon; Rhodobacteraceae; Secretion; Stability; transporters

Summary Alphaproteobacteria are typically characterized by a multipartite genome organization with a chromosome, stable chromids and accessory plasmids. Extrachromosomal elements determine the lifestyle of roseobacters and their horizontal transfer was previously correlated with rapid adaptations to...