Transfer and Persistence of a Multi-Drug Resistance Plasmid in situ of the Infant Gut Microbiota in the Absence of Antibiotic Treatment

Transfer and Persistence of a Multi-Drug Resistance Plasmid in situ of the Infant Gut Microbiota in the Absence of Antibiotic Treatment

The microbial ecosystem residing in the human gut is believed to play an important role in horizontal exchange of virulence and antibiotic resistance genes that threatens human health. While the diversity of gut-microorganisms and their genetic content has been studied extensively, high-resolution i...

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Main Authors: Heidi Gumpert, Jessica Z. Kubicek-Sutherland, Andreas Porse, Nahid Karami, Christian Munck, Marius Linkevicius, Ingegerd Adlerberth, Agnes E. Wold, Dan I. Andersson, Morten O. A. Sommer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Escherichia coli
horizontal gene transfer
infant gut
genome dynamics
plasmid transfer
in vivo fitness
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01852/full

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