Integrons: past, present, and future

MR Gillings - Microbiology and molecular biology reviews, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
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 …

Gene flow, mobile genetic elements and the recruitment of antibiotic resistance genes into Gram-negative pathogens

HW Stokes, MR Gillings - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Antibiotics were one of the great discoveries of the 20th century. However, resistance
appeared even in the earliest years of the antibiotic era. Antibiotic resistance continues to …

Integrons

G Cambray, AM Guerout, D Mazel - Annual review of genetics, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Integrons are genetic elements able to acquire and rearrange open reading frames (ORFs)
embedded in gene cassette units and convert them to functional genes by ensuring their …

Gene cassettes and cassette arrays in mobile resistance integrons

SR Partridge, G Tsafnat, E Coiera… - FEMS microbiology …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Gene cassettes are small mobile elements, consisting of little more than a single gene and
recombination site, which are captured by larger elements called integrons. Several …

Integron involvement in environmental spread of antibiotic resistance

T Stalder, O Barraud, M Casellas, C Dagot… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
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 in Enterobacteriaceae: diversity, distribution and epidemiology

M Kaushik, S Kumar, RK Kapoor, JS Virdi… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Integrons are versatile gene acquisition systems that allow efficient capturing of exogenous
genes and ensure their expression. Various classes of integrons possessing a wide variety …

[HTML][HTML] Integron and its role in antimicrobial resistance: A literature review on some bacterial pathogens

P Sabbagh, M Rajabnia, A Maali… - Iranian journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In recent years, different acquired resistance mechanisms, including transposons,
bacteriophages, plasmids, and integrons have been identified as involved in the spread of …

Exploring multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae antimicrobial resistance mechanisms through whole genome sequencing analysis

J Yang, K Zhang, C Ding, S Wang, W Wu, X Liu - BMC microbiology, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae has emerged as a critical
public health threat worldwide. Understanding the antimicrobial resistance mechanisms of …

Prevalence and Diversity of Integrons and Associated Resistance Genes in Escherichia coli Isolates from Poultry Meat in Tunisia

L Soufi, MS Abbassi, Y Sáenz, L Vinué… - Foodborne …, 2009 - liebertpub.com
Fifty-five Escherichia coli isolates were acquired from chicken and turkey meat obtained from
two slaughterhouses in Tunis. Eighty-nine percent, 80%, 78%, 67%, 45%, 27%, 7%, 4 …

Novel insights about class 2 integrons from experimental and genomic epidemiology

MS Ramírez, S Piñeiro, D Centrón - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
In order to contribute to the knowledge of the architecture and epidemiology of class 2
integrons, we performed a class 2 integron molecular survey in which we analyzed 726 …