Streptococcus anginosus is an important cause of pyogenic infections, bacteremia, and chronic maxillary sinusitis. Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) play a key role in lateral gene transfer, resulting in broad transfer of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). However, studies on ARG-associated MGEs in S. anginosus are still rare. To fill this gap, we used sequencing data from 11 clinical S. anginosus to characterize their mobilome diversity through comparative analysis. We found 47 well-characterized MGEs, including 23 putative integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs), 16 prophages/integrative mobilizable elements, and 8 composites. They were inserted into 16 positions, 4 of which were hot spots. A comprehensive analysis revealed that ARG-associated ICEs belong to four groups as follows: single serine integrases (ICESan49.2), tyrosine integrases (ICESan26.2), triple serine integrase ICEs (ICESan195.1), and a putative transposon integrase (ICESan49.1), all of which were similar to ICEs/transposons widely distributed among other streptococci. The eight composites were composed of multiple ICEs or transposons through successive accretion events (tandem or/and internal integration). In conclusion, we found that S. anginosus accumulates a variety of ARG-associated ICE/composites that may enable S. anginosus to serve as an ARG-associated MGE repository for other streptococci. The analysis of composites here provides a paradigm to further study mobilome evolution.
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