Plasmids shape the diverse accessory resistomes of Escherichia coli ST131

Plasmids shape the diverse accessory resistomes of Escherichia coli ST131

The human intestine microbiome contains helpful, commensal and pathogenic micro organism that possess antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes and change these predominantly by means of conjugative plasmids. Escherichia coli is a major factor of the gastrointestinal microbiome and is often non-pathogenic on this area of interest. In distinction, extra-intestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) together with ST131 might occupy different environments […]

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