Structure and Evolution of Acinetobacter baumannii Plasmids

Structure and Evolution of Acinetobacter baumannii Plasmids

Acinetobacter baumannii is an emergent bacterial pathogen that provokes many types of infections in hospitals around the world. The genome of this organism consists of a chromosome and plasmids. These plasmids vary over a wide size range and many of them have been linked to the acquisition of antibi...

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Main Authors: Abraham D. Salgado-Camargo, Semiramis Castro-Jaimes, Rosa-Maria Gutierrez-Rios, Luis F. Lozano, Luis Altamirano-Pacheco, Jesús Silva-Sanchez, Ángeles Pérez-Oseguera, Patricia Volkow, Santiago Castillo-Ramírez, Miguel A. Cevallos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
A. baumannii
plasmids
Rep proteins
antibiotic resistance genes
plasmid maintenance functions
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01283/full

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