Characterization of a novel IncHI2 plasmid carrying tandem copies of blaCTX-M-2 in a fosA6-harboring Escherichia coli ST410 strain

Extended-spectrum β-lactamase gene blaCTX-M-2 is mainly associated with ISCR1 embedded in complex sul1-type integrons, but information on the genetic context of plasmids harboring the ISCR1-blaCTX-M-2module remains limited. In this study, a blaCTX-M-2-harboring plasmid pYD786-1 belonging to novel ST...

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Main Authors: Guo, Q, Ding, B, Jové, T, Stoesser, N, Cooper, V, Wang, M, Doi, Y
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016