The spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a growing problem and a public health issue. In
recent decades, various genetic mechanisms involved in the spread of resistance genes …

Integrons are versatile gene acquisition systems commonly found in bacterial genomes.
They are ancient elements that are a hot spot for genomic complexity, generating phenotypic …

Antibiotic resistance development and pathogen cross-dissemination are both considered
essential risks to human health on a worldwide scale. Antimicrobial resistance genes …

With the induction of various emerging environmental contaminants such as antibiotic
resistance genes (ARGs), environment is considered as a key indicator for the spread of …

Integrons are genetic elements that, although unable to move themselves, contain gene
cassettes that can be mobilized to other integrons or to secondary sites in the bacterial …

There is increasing evidence that human activity, and especially the resulting effluent, has a
major role in the dissemination of bacterial antibiotic-resistance determinants in the …

Class 1 integrons contribute to the emerging problem of antibiotic resistance in human
medicine by acquisition, exchange, and expression of resistance genes embedded within …

Integrons are bacterial genetic elements capable of capturing and expressing potentially
adaptive genetic material. Class 1 integrons constitute the most intensely studied group of …

Integrons were first identified because of their central role in assembling and disseminating
antibiotic resistance genes in commensal and pathogenic bacteria. However, these clinically …

In recent years, different acquired resistance mechanisms, including transposons,
bacteriophages, plasmids, and integrons have been identified as involved in the spread of …