Identifying and characterizing mobile genetic elements in sequencing data is essential for
understanding their diversity, ecology, biotechnological applications and impact on public …

Plasmids are mobile genetic elements found in many clades of Archaea and Bacteria. They
drive horizontal gene transfer, impacting ecological and evolutionary processes within …

Plasmids have been a concern in the dissemination and evolution of antibiotic resistance in
the environment. In this study, we investigated the total pool of plasmids (plasmidome) and …

Borgs are huge, linear extrachromosomal elements associated with anaerobic methane-
oxidizing archaea. Striking features of Borg genomes are pervasive tandem direct repeat …

Human microbiome engineering is increasingly proposed as a way to modulate health
outcomes. However, one of the current limitations to engineering microbial communities in …

Phage-plasmids are extra-chromosomal elements that act both as plasmids and as phages,
whose eco-evolutionary dynamics remain poorly constrained. Here, we show that …

The human gut harbors numerous viruses infecting the human host, microbes, and other
inhabitants of the gastrointestinal tract. Most of these viruses remain undiscovered, and their …

Borgs are huge, linear extrachromosomal elements associated with anaerobic methane-
oxidizing archaea. Striking features of Borg genomes are pervasive tandem direct repeat …

The skin, as the body's outermost layer of cells, plays a crucial dual role in protecting against
foreign pathogens while providing a habitat for commensal microbes. Despite the skin's …

Metagenomic shotgun sequencing has revolutionized the study of microbiology, However,
assessing metagenome-assembled genome (MAG) quality and identifying mobile genetic …