Co-introduction of plasmids harbouring the carbapenemase genes, bla NDM-1 and bla OXA-232, increases fitness and virulence of bacterial host
Abstract Background Bacterial isolates with multiple plasmids harbouring different carbapenemase genes have emerged and been identified repeatedly, despite a general notion that plasmids confer fitness cost in bacterial host. In this study, we investigated the effects of plasmids with carbapenemase...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Biomedical Science |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12929-019-0603-0 |