A transposable element composed of an antibiotic resistance gene, a recombinase gene, and inverted repeats is identified in a bacterial genome. This element can be any of the following except ________.
A. a composite transposon
B. an integrated conjugative element
C. an insertion sequence
D. a unit transposon
Answer: C
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