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Table 2 Comparison with previous PCR amplicon studies of gene cassettes

From: Discovery of the fourth mobile sulfonamide resistance gene

Study

Sample type

Location

No. of unique ORFs

[43]

Marine sediment

Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada

1372

[44]

Sludge

Sydney Tar Ponds, Nova Scotia, Canada

708

[70]

Sediment

Minas Gerais state, Brazil

143

[42]

Marine sediment

Suez and Tokyo Bay

146 + 68

Current study

Sediment

Pune and Patancheru, India

19,723