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Plasmids have a key role in the rapid evolution and adaptation of their hosts by conferring new phenotypes upon them. It is therefore important to understand the relationships between plasmids and their host organisms and “who can carry which.” Here, factors that determine and affect the host ranges of plasmids are reviewed, including features of replication, maintenance, conjugative transfer, and the effects on host fitness caused by plasmid carriage. Recent trials to identify the unknown hosts of plasmids found in natural environments are also discussed.

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Abbreviations

FACS:

Fluorescence activated cell sorter

FP:

Fluorescence protein

GC:

Guanine and cytosine

H-NS:

Histone-like nucleoid-structuring

MDA:

Multiple displacement amplification

MOB:

Mobility

MPF:

Mating pair formation

NAP:

Nucleoid-associated protein

oriT :

Origin of transfer

oriV :

Origin of vegetative replication

PBRT:

PCR-based replicon typing systems

pMLST:

Plasmid multilocus sequence typing

RCR:

Rolling-circle replication

T4CP:

Type IV coupling protein

T4SS:

Type IV secretion system

TA:

Toxin-antitoxin

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The writing of this chapter was partly supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers 15H05618 and 15KK0278 (to M. S.) and research funds from Keio University Academic Development Funds for Individual Research and from the Yamagata Prefectural Government and the City of Tsuruoka (to H.S.).

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Shintani, M., Suzuki, H. (2019). Plasmids and Their Hosts. In: Nishida, H., Oshima, T. (eds) DNA Traffic in the Environment. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3411-5_6

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