Horizontal Transfer of the <named-content content-type="genus-species">Salmonella enterica</named-content> Serovar Infantis Resistance and Virulence Plasmid pESI to the Gut Microbiota of Warm-Blooded Hosts
ABSTRACT Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis is one of the prevalent salmonellae worldwide. Recently, we showed that the emergence of S. Infantis in Israel was facilitated by the acquisition of a unique megaplasmid (pESI) conferring multidrug resistance and increased virulence phenotypes. Here we e...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2016-11-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01395-16 |