Complete sequence of an IncFII plasmid harbouring the colistin resistance gene mcr-1 isolated from Belgian pig farms

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016 Aug;71(8):2342-4. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkw191. Epub 2016 Jun 3.

Authors

B B Xavier¹, C Lammens¹, P Butaye², H Goossens¹, S Malhotra-Kumar³

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
² Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium CODA-CERVA, Brussels, Belgium Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, ST Kitts and Nevis, West Indies.
³ Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium surbhi.malhotra@uantwerpen.be.

PMID: 27261261
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkw191

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Belgium
Colistin / pharmacology*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
Escherichia coli / genetics
Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics
Farms
Interspersed Repetitive Sequences
Malate Dehydrogenase / genetics
Plasmids / genetics*
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Salmonella typhimurium / drug effects
Salmonella typhimurium / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA*
Swine / microbiology*
beta-Lactamases / genetics

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Escherichia coli Proteins
MCR-1 protein, E coli
Malate Dehydrogenase
beta-Lactamases
Colistin