Strains of bacteria resistant to antibiotics, particularly those that are multiresistant, are an
increasing major health care problem around the world. It is now abundantly clear that both …

Bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is constantly evolving and horizontal gene transfer
through plasmids plays a major role. The identification of plasmid characteristics and their …

Plasmids can mediate horizontal gene transfer of antibiotic resistance, virulence genes, and
other adaptive factors across bacterial populations. Here, we analyze genomic composition …

PlasmidFinder and in silico plasmid multiLocus sequence typing (pMLST) are two easy-to-
use web tools for detection and characterization of plasmid sequences in whole-genome …

In the work presented here, we designed and developed two easy-to-use Web tools for in
silico detection and characterization of whole-genome sequence (WGS) and whole-plasmid …

Carbapenem‐resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) have been listed by the WHO as high‐
priority pathogens owing to their high association with mortalities and morbidities …

In the 1980s, Gram-negative pathogens appeared to have been beaten by oxyimino-
cephalosporins, carbapenems, and fluoroquinolones. Yet these pathogens have fought …

Bacterial plasmids play a large role in allowing bacteria to adapt to changing environments
and can pose a significant risk to human health if they confer virulence and antimicrobial …

Public health officials have raised concerns that plasmid transfer between
Enterobacteriaceae species may spread resistance to carbapenems, an antibiotic class of …

Plasmids are extra-chromosomal genetic elements ubiquitous in bacteria, and commonly
transmissible between host cells. Their genomes include variable repertoires of 'accessory …