Class 1 integrons in benthic bacterial communities: Abundance, association with Tn402-like transposition modules and evidence for coselection with heavy-metal resistance

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-46

  Rosewarne, Carly P ^a   Pettigrove, Vincent ^b   Stokes, Hatch W ^c   Parsons, Yvonne M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Freshwater sediment; Heavy metal pollution; IntI1; Lateral gene transfer

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL; INTEGRASE;

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; BENTHOS; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

AEROMONAS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTEGRON; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; TRANSPOSON; WATER POLLUTION;

AEROMONAS; BACTERIA; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INTEGRASES; INTEGRONS; METALS, HEAVY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEWAGE; VICTORIA; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 77949280154     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00823.x     Document Type: Article

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