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Phylogenetic analysis highlights distinct evolutionary origins of the two systems: the plasmid system clusters with other Haloferax CRISPR-Cas systems, while the proviral system clusters with those from other genera, consistent with horizontal acquisition. Interestingly, spacer analysis reveals that the proviral systems predominantly target viral sequences, while the plasmid system appears to target both plasmids and viral sequences, a distribution mirroring broader trends observed in other plasmid- and chromosome-encoded CRISPR systems. 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