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Besides generalized transduction (GT), could specialized transduction (ST) play an essential role in the spread of ARGs? To address these questions, we thoroughly analyzed the available phage genomes, viromes, temperate phages, and prophage sequences for the presence of all known ARGs and their genomic context. Out of the 38,861 phage genome sequences we analyzed, 82 phages were found to possess 141 ARGs in their genomes. Interestingly, a few of the Streptococcus phages were found to carry an entire ARG cluster with four or more genes. An uncharacterized Caudoviricetes phage was found to possess the complete vancomycin operon. In literature, the role of ST in phage-based ARG dissemination is often overlooked. Based on the presence of lysogenic markers, the terminal location of ARGs on phage genomes, and ARG clusters transferred to phages, we suggest that ARGs are predominantly acquired from pathogenic hosts by temperate phages via ST. 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