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Plasmid

Published by Elsevier.

ISSN 0147-619X / 1095-9890

Aims & scope

Plasmid publishes peer-reviewed research. Manuscripts pass a technical check and a scope check by the handling editor before going to independent reviewers.

Recently published

Comparative genomics of diverse Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains to characterize plasmids, prophages, virulence and antimicrobial resistance genes

Sydney Menzeko Gambushe, Peter Ayodeji Idowu, Oliver Tendayi Zishiri · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.plasmid.2025.102771

Conjugative IncHI1 plasmids drive the emergence of multidrug resistance in Nigerian Salmonella Typhi: A four-decade genomic analysis

Hafeez Aderinsayo Adekola, Kafilat Olaide Kareem, Abideen Olurotimi Salako, Adesola Zaidat Musa, Muinah Adenike Fowora · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.plasmid.2026.102777

iBiT: A vector system allowing stable genome integration and scalable expression of NanoLuc fusion proteins to monitor dynamic protein-protein interactions in intact cells

Jan Dreute, M. Lienhard Schmitz · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.plasmid.2026.102772

Rational design of a thermo-inducible near-zero-background T-vector platform based on PhiX174 lysis gene E

Lixia Fu, Xiaodan Liu, Jianfeng Cao, Jianzhong Shi, Lei Chen, Kun Wu, Xuefeng Ren, Jiansen Gong · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.plasmid.2026.102774

Megaplasmids of the enteropathogenic species Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio vulnificus represent a group of novel genetic elements unrelated to other plasmids of Vibrionaceae

Maria Borowiak, Jens A. Hammerl, Eckhard Strauch · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.plasmid.2025.102770

High-risk ST11 Klebsiella pneumoniae harboring blaKPC-2 in wildlife: Mobilome architecture and adaptive potential beyond hospital environments

Carolina Aparecida Ramos, Stella Cabral, Joseane Cristina Ferreira, Ludmilla Tonani, Marcia Regina von Zeska Kress, Patricia Orlandi Barth, William Latosinski Matos, Dariane Castro Pereira, Afonso Luis Barth, Andreza Francisco Martins, Michael Chandler, Alessandro de Mello Varani, Ana Lúcia da Costa Darini, Anelise Stella Ballaben · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.plasmid.2026.102775

Enhanced resistance to macrolides and tetracyclines due to cooperation among plasmid-encoded genes associated with IS26 mobile genetic elements

David E. Cummings, Mercedes I. Coppola, Adele M. Gargiulo, Karrie A. Lundstrom, Aileen E. Cho, Christian M. Kowalkowski-Waters, Hanne M. Somers, Dawne M. Page · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.plasmid.2026.102773

Complete sequence of pIE545, the original Z-type plasmid

Ruth M. Hall, Robert A. Moran · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.plasmid.2026.102776

Expression, purification, and refolding of an optimized SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain in E. coli

Anamika Biswas, Arighna Sarkar, Sreejith Raran-Kurussi, Kalyaneswar Mandal · 2025

DOI 10.1016/j.plasmid.2025.102760

Discovery and assembly of plasmids in the fish pathogen Tenacibaculum

Ashton N. Sies, Joseph P. Nowlan, Laura J. Schnell, John S. Lumsden, Spencer Russell, Andrew D.S. Cameron · 2025

DOI 10.1016/j.plasmid.2025.102753

Editorial

Hideaki Nojiri, Masaki Shintani, Julian I. Rood · 2025