Authors: Nicolas Kieffer, Alberto Hipólito, Laura Ortiz-Miravalles, Paula Blanco, Thomas Delobelle, Patricia Vizuete, Francisco Manuel Ojeda, Thomas Jové, Dukas Jurenas, Meritxell García-Quintanilla, André Carvalho, Pilar Domingo-Calap, José Antonio Escudero
Published: 2025-05-29
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Integrons are bacterial genetic elements that capture, stockpile, and modulate the expression of genes encoded in integron cassettes. Mobile integrons (MIs) are borne on plasmids, acting as a vehicle for hundreds of antimicrobial resistance genes among key pathogens. These elements also carry gene cassettes of unknown function (