Table 2.

Various mobile genetic elements that can be used for the transfer of ARGs

Mobile elements and transfer of resistance genes
Vehicle element	Description	Some antibiotic resistance genes transported
Plasmids; Rozwandowicz et al. (2018)	Extrachromosomal material	Colistin resistance, extended‐spectrum β‐lactams, β‐lactams, aminoglycoside, quinolone, sulfonamides, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, trimethoprim
Integrons; Partridge et al. (2009)	Genetic elements with site‐specific recombination system	Sulfonamide resistance (sulI), aminoglycosides, β‐lactams, quinolones, chloramphenicol, and trimethoprim
Transposons; Lupski (1987)	Mobile elements that need integration into chromosome or plasmid	β‐Lactams, macrolides, aminoglycoside, chloramphenicol, tetracycline