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. 2023 Jan 11;14(1):e03191-22. doi: 10.1128/mbio.03191-22

TABLE 2.

Summary of traits associated with mobilizablea plasmids by environment

Trait by plasmid
MOB count
Value for environment
Avg Human Animal Wastewater Plant Soil Marine Freshwater
COGs
 No. mobilizable 134,125 48,610 6,650 133,044 28,227 6,073 4,821
 No. nontransmissible 93,643 56,054 5,092 186,094 61,012 10,989 4,727
 % mobilizable 45.9 58.9 46.4 56.6 41.7 31.6 35.6 50.5
Resistance
 No. mobilizable 2,380 563 58 68 24 15 11
 No. nontransmissible 1,248 276 51 91 46 6 4
 % mobilizable 58.2 65.6 67.1 53.2 42.8 34.3 71.4 73.3
CAZymes
 No. mobilizable 2,582 850 89 3,630 603 111 108
 No. nontransmissible 1,158 866 69 5,477 1,614 228 155
 % mobilizable 45.2 69.0 49.5 56.3 39.9 27.2 32.7 41.1
N gene families
 No. mobilizable 114 66 11 1,394 137 37 14
 No. nontransmissible 240 144 35 1,207 419 104 28
 % mobilizable 32.2 32.2 31.4 23.9 53.6 24.6 26.2 33.3
a

Mobilizable indicates a plasmid having at least one MOB gene identified.