Fitness Cost of <i>bla</i><sub>NDM-5</sub>-Carrying p3R-IncX3 Plasmids in Wild-Type NDM-Free <i>Enterobacteriaceae</i>

Fitness Cost of <i>bla</i><sub>NDM-5</sub>-Carrying p3R-IncX3 Plasmids in Wild-Type NDM-Free <i>Enterobacteriaceae</i>

The wide dissemination of New Delhi metallo-&#946;-lactamase genes (<i>bla</i><sub>NDM</sub>) has resulted in the treatment failure of most available &#946;-lactam antibiotics, with IncX3-type <i>bla</i><sub>NDM-5</sub>-carrying plasmids recogn...

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Main Authors: Tengfei Ma, Jiani Fu, Ning Xie, Shizhen Ma, Lei Lei, Weishuai Zhai, Yingbo Shen, Chengtao Sun, Shaolin Wang, Zhangqi Shen, Yang Wang, Timothy R. Walsh, Jianzhong Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Series:Microorganisms
Subjects:
<i>bla</i><sub>ndm-5</sub>-carrying p3r-incx3 plasmids
fitness cost
plasmid stability
conjugative transfer
wild-type recipients
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/3/377

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