Genomic characterization of plasmid-borne colistin resistance variants, mcr-1.1 and mcr-1.26, in multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from backyard farm animals

Affiliations

• ¹ Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon; Team 'ReSIST' UMR1184, Immunology of Viral, Auto-Immune, Hematological and Bacterial diseases (IMVA-HB), INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, LabEx LERMIT, Faculty of Medicine, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
• ² Center for Food Safety, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA 30223-1797, USA.
• ³ Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon; Quality Control Center Laboratories at the Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture of Tripoli & North Lebanon, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon.
• ⁴ Biomedical Research Centre, Microbiology Department, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.
• ⁵ Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon.
• ⁶ Quality Control Center Laboratories at the Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture of Tripoli & North Lebanon, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon.
• ⁷ Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA.
• ⁸ Team 'ReSIST' UMR1184, Immunology of Viral, Auto-Immune, Hematological and Bacterial diseases (IMVA-HB), INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, LabEx LERMIT, Faculty of Medicine, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
• ⁹ Department of Public and Ecosystem Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
• ¹⁰ Team 'ReSIST' UMR1184, Immunology of Viral, Auto-Immune, Hematological and Bacterial diseases (IMVA-HB), INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, LabEx LERMIT, Faculty of Medicine, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Bacteriology-Hygiene unit, Bicêtre Hospital, APHP Paris-Saclay, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; French National Reference Center for Antibiotic Resistance: Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
• ¹¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: marwan.osman@yale.edu.