Metagenomic strategies identify diverse integron-integrase and antibiotic resistance genes in the Antarctic environment

• Published in: MicrobiologyOpen
• Main Authors: Antelo, Verónica, Giménez, Matías, Azziz, Gastón, Valdespino Castillo, Patricia, Falcón, Luisa I., Ruberto, Lucas Adolfo Mauro, MacCormack, Walter P., Mazel, Didier, Batista, Silvia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
• Subjects: ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOINFORMATICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIAL GENOMICS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Argentino; Argentina; Uruguay; Luisa; Falcón; Antarc*; Antarctica; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/170722

The objective of this study is to identify and analyze integrons and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in samples collected from diverse sites in terrestrial Antarctica. Integrons were studied using two independent methods. One involved the construction and analysis of intI gene amplicon libraries....