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Jun 2026
Diverse conjugative and mobilisable elements underpin key adaptive traits in Xanthomonas
A comparative analysis of conjugative and mobilisable plasmids, integrative and conjugative elements, integrative and mobilisable elements (IMEs), and their cargo genes across 516 complete genomes of three major Xanthomonas species establishes MGEs as key drivers of genome plasticity and adaptive evolution in Xanthomonas.
Elena Colombi, Timothy M. Ghaly, Nishadi Samarakoon et al.
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