Conjugation is a type of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) that serves as the primary
mechanism responsible for accelerating the spread of antibiotic resistance genes in Gram …

Acinetobacter baumannii infection poses a major health threat, with recurrent treatment
failure due to antibiotic resistance, notably to carbapenems. While genomic analyses of …

Acinetobacter baumannii is an important nosocomial pathogen that often complicates
treatment because of its high level of resistance to antibiotics. Though plasmids can …

Based on hybridization studies, 21/32 multi-resistant clinical isolates of Acinetobacter
baumannii contain class 1 integrons. Amplification products were obtained from 20 of the …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the major mechanism responsible for spread of antibiotic
resistance. Antibiotic treatment has been suggested to promote HGT, either by directly …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a driving force to the evolution of bacteria. The fast
emergence of antimicrobial resistance reflects the ability of genetic adaptation of pathogens …

Antibiotic resistance genes are spread mostly through plasmids, integrons (as a form of
gene cassettes), and transposons in gram-negative bacteria. We describe here a novel …

The emergence of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa represents a worldwide
problem. To understand the carbapenem-resistance mechanisms and their spreading …

Bacterial antibiotic resistance, especially multidrug resistance (MDR), has become a global
challenge, threatening human and animal health, food, and environment safety. The number …

Previously, we showed that cefotaxime (CTX) exposure increases conjugative transfer of a
bla CTX–M–1 encoding IncI1 plasmid (IncI1/pST49/CTX-M-1) in Escherichia coli in a SOS …