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. 2018 Dec;26(12):975-977.
doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.08.003. Epub 2018 Aug 28.

Pollutants That Replicate: Xenogenetic DNAs

M R Gillings  1 , M Westoby  2 , T M Ghaly  2
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Pollutants That Replicate: Xenogenetic DNAs

M R Gillings et al. Trends Microbiol. 2018 Dec.

Abstract

Pollution is the dissemination of material that has harmful effects. Mobile DNA elements and antibiotic-resistance genes are being disseminated into the environment via human activity, and are increasingly being viewed as serious pollutants. These pollutants differ from conventional contaminants in important ways: they can replicate, and they can evolve.

Keywords: Anthropocene; antibiotic resistance; human impacts; invasive species; pollution; xenogenetic elements.

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