Diverse Escherichia coli lineages, from domestic animals and humans in a household, carry colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in Ecuador
María Fernanda Loayza, Liseth Salinas, Fernando Villavicencio, Tamayo Rafael, Stephanie Salas, José Villacís, Carolina Satan, Liliana Ushiña, Ruth Rivera, Olga Muñoz, Jeannete Zurita, Tijet Nathalie, Roberto Melano, Jorge Reyes, Gabriel 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