Molecular Epidemiology of Plasmid-Mediated Types 1 and 3 Fimbriae Associated with Biofilm Formation in Multidrug Resistant Escherichia coli from Diseased Food Animals in Guangdong, China

ABSTRACT Types 1 and 3 fimbriae in Enterobacteriaceae play versatile roles in bacterial physiology including attachment, invasion, cell motility as well as with biofilm formation and urinary tract infections. Herein, we investigated the prevalence and transmission of plasmid-mediated types 1 and 3 f...

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Main Authors: Wen-Ying Guo, Hui Zhang, Ming Cheng, Min-Rui Huang, Qian Li, Yu-Wei Jiang, Ji-Xing Zhang, Ruan-Yang Sun, Min-Ge Wang, Xiao-Ping Liao, Ya-Hong Liu, Jian Sun, Liang-Xing Fang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-10-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02503-21