Suspended Materials in River Waters Differentially Enrich Class 1 Integron- and IncP-1 Plasmid-Carrying Bacteria in Sediments

de la Cruz Barrón, Magali; Merlin, Christophe; Guilloteau, Hélène; Montargès‐Pelletier, Emmanuelle; Bellanger, Xavier

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.01443

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Suspended Materials in River Waters Differentially Enrich Class 1 Integron- and IncP-1 Plasmid-Carrying Bacteria in Sediments

Published in Frontiers in Microbiology • Jul 2, 2018

Authors:

Magali de la Cruz Barrón

Christophe Merlin

Hélène Guilloteau

Abstract

Aquatic ecosystems are frequently considered as the final receiving environments of anthropogenic pollutants such as pharmaceutical residues or antibiotic resistant bacteria, and as a consequence tend to form reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes. Considering the global threat posed by the antib...

Subject

Integron

Mobile genetic elements

Plasmid

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