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. 2021 Jun 25;9(7):1383. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9071383
Abbreviation Full Name of Term
AMR antimicrobial resistance
CDI Clostridioides difficile infection
CRISPR clustered regularly interspersed short palindromic repeat
CTn conjugative transposon
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
ECE extra-chromosomal element
GTP guanosine triphosphate
ICE integrative and conjugative elements
IS insertion sequence
MGE mobile genetic element
MLSB macrolide-lincosamide and streptogramin B
MTn multi-purpose transposon
PCR polymerase chain reaction
PMN polymorphonuclear neutrophils
RNA ribonucleic acid
Tn transposon
TndX conjugative transposon site-specific recombinase
WGS whole-genome sequencing