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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