Acquisition and Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance: A tet(X) Case Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Present Situation with tet(X)
3. Diversity of FMO-Encoding and tet(X) Genes
4. Phylogeny of tet(X) Genes
5. The Role of MGEs in Acquisition and Dissemination of tet(X) Genes
5.1. The Role of IS Elements in tet(X) Evolution
5.2. The Role of Plasmids in tet(X) Dissemination
5.3. The Role of Conjugative Transposons and Integrative Conjugative Elements (ICEs)
6. Emergence and Rise of AMR: From Chromosomal Mutations to Acquired Mobile Resistance
7. Conclusions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Aminov, R. Acquisition and Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance: A tet(X) Case Study. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 3905. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22083905
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Chicago/Turabian StyleAminov, Rustam. 2021. "Acquisition and Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance: A tet(X) Case Study" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22, no. 8: 3905. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22083905