Open AccessRecombination of plasmids in a carbapenem-resistant NDM-5-producing clinical Escherichia coli isolate
Author(s) -
Miaomiao Xie,
Ruichao Li,
Zhonghua Liu,
Edward WaiChi Chan,
Sheng Chen
Publication year - 2017
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/dkx540
Subject(s) - escherichia coli , microbiology and biotechnology , plasmid , carbapenem , enterobacteriaceae , biology , carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae , escherichia coli proteins , genetics , antibiotics , dna , gene
To investigate the genetic features of five plasmids recovered from an NDM-5-producing clinical Escherichia coli strain, BJ114, and to characterize the plasmid recombination event that occurred during the conjugation process.
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