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  • Enterobacter

    …genetic element known as an integron. Integrons contain genes that confer antibiotic resistance capabilities and are incorporated into bacterial genomes via genetic recombination. They are efficiently exchanged and disseminated among circulating bacterial populations, such as those occurring in nosocomial environments. In E. cloacae resistance to the aminoglycoside gentamicin has been…

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    …genetic element known as an integron. Integrons contain genes that confer antibiotic resistance capabilities and are incorporated into bacterial genomes via genetic recombination. They are efficiently exchanged and disseminated among circulating bacterial populations, such as those occurring in nosocomial environments. In E. cloacae resistance to the aminoglycoside gentamicin has been…

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