Chromosomal Integrons are Genetically and Functionally Isolated Units of Genomes
P. Blanco, F. Trigo da Roza, L. Toribio-Celestino, L. Garcia-Pastor, N. Caselli, F. Ojeda, B. Darracq, E. Vergara, A. San Millan, O. Skovgaard, D. Mazel, C. Loot, J. A. Escudero
The paper deletes a chromosomal integron in Vibrio cholerae and shows it has no detectable effect on physiology, proving its genetic and functional isolation.
bioRxiv · Nov 17, 2023Microbiology