Diverse Escherichia coli lineages, from domestic animals and humans in a household, carry colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in Ecuador
M. F. Loayza Villa, L. Salinas, F. Villavivencio, T. Rafael, S. Salas, R. Rivera, J. Villacis, C. Satan, L. Ushina, O. Munoz, J. Zurita, R. G. Melano, N. Tijet, J. Reyes, G. Trueba
The study identifies mcr-1 gene in E. coli from domestic animals and humans in a household, showing horizontal gene transfer between different E. coli lineages.
bioRxiv · Jun 20, 2018 · PreprintMicrobiology