Plasmids shape the diverse accessory resistomes of Escherichia coli ST131
Arun Gonzales Decano, Nghia T. H. Tran, Hawriya Al-Foori, Buthaina Al-Awadi, Leigh Campbell, Kevin Ellison, Louisse Paola Mirabueno, Maddy Nelson, Shane Power, J. Smith, Cian Smyth, Zoe Vance, Caitriona Woods, Alexander D. Rahm, Tim Downing
The paper examines the AMR gene diversity in ST131 E. coli using a preterm infant resistome, showing that plasmids drive AMR gene composition through conjugation and recombination.
Access Microbiology · Nov 18, 2020Peer-reviewedGenomics