Co-existence of plasmid-mediated blaNDM-1 and blaNDM-5 in Escherichia coli sequence type 167 and ST101 and their discrimination through restriction digestion
Amrita Bhattacharjee, Priyanka Basak, Shravani Mitra, Jagannath Sarkar, Shanta Dutta, Sulagna Basu
This study identifies and characterizes co-existing blaNDM-1 and blaNDM-5 variants in E. coli isolates using Sanger sequencing and hybrid assembly, and develops a restriction digestion method to distinguish them.
Microbiology Spectrum · Feb 25, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology