A megaplasmid family driving dissemination of multidrug resistance in Pseudomonas

Autor: Adrian Cazares, Matthew P. Moore, James P. J. Hall, Laura L. Wright, Macauley Grimes, Jean-Guillaume Emond-Rhéault, Pisut Pongchaikul, Pitak Santanirand, Roger C. Levesque, Joanne L. Fothergill, Craig Winstanley
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15081-7
Popis: The emergence of multidrug resistance (MDR) in bacteria represents a global threat to human health. Here, Cazares et al. identify a family of MDR megaplasmids carrying large arrays of antibiotic resistance genes in Pseudomonas strains from various sources, including P. aeruginosa clinical isolates.
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