Pollutants that replicate: xenogenetic DNAs

M. R. Gillings; M. Westoby; T. M. Ghaly

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2018.08.003

Pollutants that replicate: xenogenetic DNAs

M. R. Gillings^*, M. Westoby, T. M. Ghaly

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	975-977
Number of pages	3
Journal	Trends in Microbiology
Volume	26
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2018.08.003
Publication status	Published - Dec 2018

Keywords

antibiotic resistance
human impacts
Anthropocene
invasive species
pollution
xenogenetic elements

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