What group of mobile genetic elements is largely responsible for the resistance of the modern strains of pathogenic bacteria to common antibiotics?
A) DNA-only transposons
B) Retroviral-like retrotransposons
C) Nonretroviral retrotransposons
D) Site-specific recombinases

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DNA-only transposons that carry genes encoding antibiotic-inactivating enzymes are largely responsible for the spread of antibiotic resistance in bacterial strains.

What Group of Mobile Genetic Elements Is Largely Responsible for the Resistance