Hypervirulence-associated pseudo-compound transposons as fundamental mobile units driving cross-species virulence dissemination in Enterobacteriaceae
Shuaihua Fan, Lijun Wang, Chao Liu, Haoran Li, Huaiqing Qi, Pengcheng Du, Jun Guo · 2026
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Description
Some gut bacteria have turned far more aggressive, and their extra attack genes are spreading between species. Shuaihua Fan and co-authors survey thousands of plasmids and chromosomes in this 2026 study to find how these genes travel, and they pinpoint small mobile units fenced by insertion sequences.
They catalog dozens of these units on plasmids and in chromosomes, with clear home species for each gene set. A few units appear in both places, and smaller pieces can stack together to rebuild the full unit. Tracking these modules, rather than whole plasmids alone, should sharpen surveillance of dangerous strains.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shuaihua Fan, Lijun Wang, Chao Liu, Haoran Li, Huaiqing Qi, Pengcheng Du, Jun Guo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 54 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |