Pollutants That Replicate: Xenogenetic DNAs

Trends in Microbiology
Michael R GillingsTimothy M Ghaly

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.

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