Diversified <italic toggle="yes">mcr-1</italic>-Harbouring Plasmid Reservoirs Confer Resistance to Colistin in Human Gut Microbiota

ABSTRACT Colistin is an ultimate line of refuge against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens. Very recently, the emergence of plasmid-mediated mcr-1 colistin resistance has become a great challenge to global public health, raising the possibility that dissemination of the mcr-1 gene is undere...

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Main Authors: Huiyan Ye, Yihui Li, Zhencui Li, Rongsui Gao, Han Zhang, Ronghui Wen, George F. Gao, Qinghua Hu, Youjun Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-05-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00177-16