The Ellis Island Effect: A novel mobile element in a multi-drug resistant Bacteroides fragilis clinical isolate includes a mosaic of resistance genes from Gram-positive bacteria

Objectives: Bacteroides fragilis, a Gram-negative anaerobic bacterium, is alternately a gut commensal or virulent pathogen and is an important reservoir for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) of bacterial resistance and virulence genes in the human gastrointestinal tract. We identified a unique conjugat...

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Autores principales: Husain, Fasahath, Veeranagouda, Yaligara, Boente, Renata, Tang, Kevin, Mulato, Gabriela, Wexler, Hannah M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Landes Bioscience 2014
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Research Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4145004/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25165618
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/mge.29801

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