Plasmids in Neisseria gonorrhoeae are associated with distinct lineages and economic status of their country of origin
Plasmids are vehicles for horizontal gene transfer between bacteria, and in Neisseria gonorrhoeae plasmids can mediate high-level antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Using genomic and phylogenetic analyses, we show that plasmids are widespread in a collection of 3724 gonococcal isolates from 56 countrie...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020
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