Table 3 ARGs and ARG families found in five or more of the communities
From: A reservoir of ‘historical’ antibiotic resistance genes in remote pristine Antarctic soils
ARG description | No. of sites with ARG |
Resistance-nodulation-cell division transporter system. Multidrug resistance efflux pump. Macrolide-specific efflux system | 9 |
MacB is an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter that exports macrolides with 14- or 15-membered lactones | 8 |
dfrE is a chromosome-encoded dihydrofolate reductase found in Enterococcus faecalis | 8 |
Efflux pump/potassium antiporter system. RosA: major facilitator superfamily transporter | 7 |
Alanyl-tRNA synthetase conferring resistance to novobiocin in Escherichia coli | 7 |
The enzymatic inactivation of rifampin by phosphorylation at the 21-OH position | 6 |
Undecaprenyl pyrophosphate phosphatase, which consists in the sequestration of Undecaprenyl pyrophosphate | 5 |
ARG family description | Number of sampled sites |
Undecaprenyl pyrophosphate phosphatase, which consists in the sequestration of Undecaprenyl pyrophosphate | 12 |
ABC efflux/transporter system | 12 |
Efflux pump/potassium antiporter system. RosA: major facilitator superfamily transporter | 9 |
dfrE is a chromosome-encoded dihydrofolate reductase found in Enterococcus faecalis | 8 |
Aminocoumarin resistant alaS. Alanyl-tRNA synthetase conferring resistance to novobiocin in Escherichia coli | 7 |
Resistance-nodulation-cell division transporter system. Multidrug resistance efflux pump | 6 |
The enzymatic inactivation of rifampin by phosphorylation at the 21-OH position | 6 |
Aminoglycoside acetyltransferase/nucleotidylyltransferase, which modifies aminoglycosides by acetylation/adenylylation | 6 |
Major facilitator superfamily transporter, tetracycline efflux pump | 5 |