Open AccessExploring antibiotic resistance in environmental integron-cassettes through intI-attC amplicons deep sequencing
Author(s) -
Marcela França Dias,
Giovanni Marques de Castro,
Magna Cristina de Paiva,
Mariana de Paula Reis,
Susanne Facchin,
Anderson Oliveira do Carmo,
Marta Alves,
Maria Luíza Suhadolnik,
Amanda de Moraes Motta,
Isabel Henriques,
Evanguedes Kalapothakis,
Francisco Pereira Lobo,
Andréa M. A. Nascimento
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
brazilian journal of microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1678-4405
pISSN - 1517-8382
DOI - 10.1007/s42770-020-00409-8
Subject(s) - actinobacteria , betaproteobacteria , bacteroidetes , firmicutes , biology , gammaproteobacteria , proteobacteria , integron , genetics , alphaproteobacteria , antibiotic resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , 16s ribosomal rna , gene , bacteria
Freshwater ecosystems provide propitious conditions for the acquisition and spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), and integrons play an important role in this process.