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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Bacteriophages are versatile mobile genetic elements that play key roles in driving the evolution of their bacterial hosts through horizontal gene transfer. Phages co-evolve with their bacterial hosts and have plastic genomes with extensive mosaicism. In
Qin Qi +7 more
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The function of integron-associated genes cassettes in Vibrio species: the tip of the iceberg
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2013 The integron is a genetic element that incorporates mobile genes termed gene cassettes into a reserved genetic site via site-specific recombination. It is best known for its role in antibiotic resistance with one type of integron, the class 1 integron, a
Rita A Rapa +3 more
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A comprehensive survey of integron-associated genes present in metagenomes
BMC Genomics, 2020 Background Integrons are genomic elements that mediate horizontal gene transfer by inserting and removing genetic material using site-specific recombination.
Mariana Buongermino Pereira +5 more
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Integrons as tools for epidemiological studies [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2004 The integron content of Gram-negative strains implicated in three distinct episodes of suspected cross-infection among inpatients was investigated and compared with ribotyping. In the first episode, ribotyping identified a strain of Acinetobacter, isolated over a 3-month period, responsible for an outbreak associated with the use of mechanical ...
Severino, P., Magalhães, V.D.
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Class 1 integron in staphylococci [PDF]
Molecular Biology Reports, 2011 As a major concern in public health, methicillin-resistant staphylococci (MRS) still remains one of the most prevalent pathogens that cause nosocomial infections throughout the world and has been recently labeled as a "super bug" in antibiotic resistance.
Zhenbo, Xu +3 more
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Identification of Class 1 Integron of Escherichia coli from Street Foods in Jakarta
Microbiology Indonesia, 2010 A total of 43 Escherichia coli isolates were identified from school street foods located in Northern and Southern Jakarta. The isolates were examined for antibiotic resistance using five antibiotics discs (ampicillin, kanamycin, streptomycin ...
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Antibiotics, 2022 Bacteria within biofilms may be exposed to sub-minimum inhibitory concentrations (sub-MICs) of antibiotics. Cell-to-cell contact within biofilms facilitates horizontal gene transfers and favors induction of the SOS response.
Anamaria Babosan +8 more
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The Integron: Adaptation On Demand
Microbiology Spectrum, 2015 ABSTRACT The integron is a powerful system which, by capturing, stockpiling, and rearranging new functions carried by gene encoding cassettes, confers upon bacteria a rapid adaptation capability in changing environments. Chromosomally located integrons (CI) have been identified in a large number of environmental Gram-negative ...
Escudero, José Antonio +3 more
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Resistance integrons; A Mini review.
Caspian journal of internal medicine, 2019 Integrons are a segment of dsDNA that play a major role in bacterial adaptation and evolution. These genetic determinants are known by the presence of three necessary apparatuses: an integrase (intI gene), Pc (a promoter) and attI (a recombination site).
Akrami, Fariba +2 more
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Impact of Wastewater Treatment on the Prevalence of Integrons and the Genetic Diversity of Integron Gene Cassettes [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2018 ABSTRACTThe integron platform allows the acquisition, expression, and dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes within gene cassettes. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) contain abundant resistance genes; however, knowledge about the impacts of wastewater treatment on integrons and their gene cassettes is limited.
Xin-Li, An +5 more
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