The role of mobile genetic elements in b
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Eva M Top; Dirk Springael
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Article
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2003
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Retrospective studies clearly indicate that mobile genetic elements (MGEs) play a major role in the in situ spread and even de novo construction of catabolic pathways in bacteria, allowing bacterial communities to rapidly adapt to new xenobiotics. The construction of novel pathways seems to occur by