copiotrophic bacteria from the River Torsa in India was detected using a polymerase chain
reaction (PCR)-based screening method. Among 100 isolates that were resistant to at least
five of the twelve antibiotics tested, 40 carried class 1 integrons, with inserted DNA regions
of 0.7–3.2 kb. Carriage of integrons in strains of higher MAR index was found to be
statistically significant. DNA sequencing was used to identify the genetic content of the …