Isolation of novel IncA/C and IncN fluoroquinolone resistance plasmids from an antibiotic-polluted lake | Zendy

CarlFredrik Flach | Zendy; Anna Johnning | Zendy; Ida Nilsson | Zendy; Kornelia Smalla | Zendy; Erik Kristiansson | Zendy; D. G. Joakim Larsson | Zendy

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Isolation of novel IncA/C and IncN fluoroquinolone resistance plasmids from an antibiotic-polluted lake

Author(s) -

CarlFredrik Flach,

Anna Johnning,

Ida Nilsson,

Kornelia Smalla,

Erik Kristiansson,

D. G. Joakim Larsson

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkv167

Subject(s) - plasmid , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , ciprofloxacin , antibiotic resistance , escherichia coli , antibiotics , horizontal gene transfer , etest , enterobacteriaceae , drug resistance , gene , genetics , phylogenetics

Antibiotic-polluted environments may function as reservoirs for novel resistance plasmids not yet encountered in pathogens. The aims of this study were to assess the potential of resistance transfer between bacteria from such environments and Escherichia coli, and to characterize the conjugative elements involved.

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