Expansion of the IncX plasmid family for improved identification and typing of novel plasmids in drug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae

TJ Johnson, EM Bielak, D Fortini, LH Hansen… - Plasmid, 2012 - Elsevier
IncX plasmids are narrow host range plasmids of Enterobactericeae that have been isolated
for over 50years. They are known to encode type IV fimbriae enabling their own conjugative …

Plasmids carrying antimicrobial resistance genes in Enterobacteriaceae

M Rozwandowicz, MSM Brouwer… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is constantly evolving and horizontal gene transfer
through plasmids plays a major role. The identification of plasmid characteristics and their …

Replicon sequence typing of IncF plasmids carrying virulence and resistance determinants

L Villa, A García-Fernández, D Fortini… - Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Objectives IncF plasmids are frequently encountered in clinical enterobacterial strains
associated with the dissemination of relevant antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes …

Nucleotide sequence of pOLA52: a conjugative IncX1 plasmid from Escherichia coli which enables biofilm formation and multidrug efflux

A Norman, LH Hansen, Q She, SJ Sørensen - Plasmid, 2008 - Elsevier
The large conjugative multidrug resistance (MDR) plasmid pOLA52 was sequenced and
annotated. The plasmid encodes two phenotypes normally associated with the …

Prevalence and diversity of IncX plasmids carrying fluoroquinolone and β-lactam resistance genes in Escherichia coli originating from diverse sources and …

H Dobiasova, M Dolejska - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To describe the prevalence and diversity of IncX plasmids with antibiotic
resistance genes in Enterobacteriaceae and to identify the most disseminated lineages of …

The complete genome sequences of four new IncN plasmids from wastewater treatment plant effluent provide new insights into IncN plasmid diversity and evolution

F Eikmeyer, A Hadiati, R Szczepanowski, D Wibberg… - Plasmid, 2012 - Elsevier
The dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes among bacteria often occurs by means of
plasmids. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) were previously recognized as hot spots for …

Broad-host-range Inc18 plasmids: occurrence, spread and transfer mechanisms

V Kohler, A Vaishampayan, E Grohmann - Plasmid, 2018 - Elsevier
Conjugative plasmid transfer is one of the major mechanisms responsible for the spread of
antibiotic resistance and virulence genes. The incompatibility (Inc) 18 group of plasmids is a …

Evolution and typing of IncC plasmids contributing to antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria

SJ Ambrose, CJ Harmer, RM Hall - Plasmid, 2018 - Elsevier
The large, broad host range IncC plasmids are important contributors to the spread of key
antibiotic resistance genes and over 200 complete sequences of IncC plasmids have been …

[HTML][HTML] Differentiation of IncL and IncM plasmids associated with the spread of clinically relevant antimicrobial resistance

A Carattoli, SN Seiffert, S Schwendener, V Perreten… - Plos one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Introduction bla OXA-48, bla NDM-1 and bla CTX-M-3 are clinically relevant resistance
genes, frequently associated with the broad-host range plasmids of the IncL/M group. The L …

Identification of IncA/C plasmid replication and maintenance genes and development of a plasmid multilocus sequence typing scheme

SJ Hancock, MD Phan, KM Peters… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Plasmids of incompatibility group A/C (IncA/C) are becoming increasingly prevalent within
pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae. They are associated with the dissemination of multiple …