Plasmids as persistent genetic reservoirs of bacterial defense systems in wastewater treatment
In summary, our results demonstrate that UWS reduce the abundance and diversity of bacterial defense system genes. However, plasmid-associated defense systems can persist through shared mobile genetic reservoirs. These findings underscore the critical role of plasmids in bacterial immunity and provide new insights into defense system dynamics within urban wastewater environments.
Authors
- Rafael Pinilla‐Redondo
- Joseph Nesme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1929-5040)
- Mario Rodríguez Mestre
- Leighton Payne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2305-6827)
- Arnaud Dechesne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6638-2158)
- Wanli He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1537-2048)
- Lili Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5840-8004)
- Haotian Zheng
- Søren J. Sørensen
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Technical University of Denmark (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microbiome
- Published
- 2026-01-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-025-02297-2
- Primary Topic
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00