Mosaic Plasmids are Abundant and Unevenly Distributed Across Prokaryotic Taxa.
M. W. Pesesky, R. Tilley, D. A. C. Beck
The paper analyzes plasmid sequences to show that 46% are mosaic, with uneven distribution across taxa and significant associations with transposases and antibiotic resistance genes.
bioRxiv · Sep 26, 2018Microbiology