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Diversity of gene cassettes and the abundance of the class 1 integron-integrase gene in sediment polluted by metals.
Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions - 1 May 2016
Oliveira-Pinto Clarisse, Costa Patrícia S, Reis Mariana P, Chartone-Souza Edmar, Nascimento Andréa M A
Abstract excerpt
The integron-gene cassette system has typically been associated with antibiotic-resistant pathogens. However, the diversity of gene cassettes and the abundance of class 1 integrons outside of the clinical context are not fully explored. Primers targeting the conserved segments of attC recombination sites were used to amplify gene cassettes from the sediment of the Mina stream, which exhibited a higher degree of...
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