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

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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Main Authors: Gili Aviv, Galia Rahav, Ohad Gal-Mor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-11-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01395-16

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