pMEX01, a 70 kb plasmid isolated from Escherichia coli that confers resistance to multiple β-lactam antibiotics

Abstract Multidrug-resistant microorganisms are of great concern to public health. Genetic mobile elements, such as plasmids, are among the most relevant mechanisms by which bacteria achieve this resistance. We obtained an Escherichia coli strain CM6, isolated from cattle presenting severe diarrheic...

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Main Authors: Jose Luis Hernandez-Flores, Juan Caballero Pérez, Carlos Saldaña Gutiérrez, Andrés Cruz Hernández, Gerardo Soto Alonso, Sergio Pacheco Hernández, Sergio Romero Gómez, Francisco Fernández, Achim M. Loske, Juan Campos Guillén
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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