Treatment with Cefotaxime Affects Expression of Conjugation Associated Proteins and Conjugation Transfer Frequency of an IncI1 Plasmid in Escherichia coli

Treatment with Cefotaxime Affects Expression of Conjugation Associated Proteins and Conjugation Transfer Frequency of an IncI1 Plasmid in Escherichia coli

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the major mechanism responsible for spread of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic treatment has been suggested to promote HGT, either by directly affecting the conjugation process itself or by selecting for conjugations subsequent to DNA transfer. However, recent rese...

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Main Authors: Thea S. B. Møller, Gang Liu, Anders Boysen, Line E. Thomsen, Freja L. Lüthje, Sisse Mortensen, Jakob Møller-Jensen, John E. Olsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
antibiotic resistance
plasmid transfer
conjugation
Tra-proteins
Escherichia coli
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02365/full

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