Conjugation is a key mechanism of bacterial evolution that involves mobile genetic
elements. Recent findings indicated that the main actors of conjugative transfer are not the …

Bacterial conjugation is a widespread and particularly efficient strategy to horizontally
disseminate genes in microbial populations. With a rich and dense population of …

Salmonella enterica serotype Kentucky can be a common causative agent of salmonellosis,
usually associated with consumption of contaminated poultry. Antimicrobial resistance …

The foodborne pathogen Salmonella enterica is considered a global public health risk.
Salmonella enterica isolates can develop resistance to several antimicrobial drugs due to …

Plasmids are genetic elements that play a role in bacterial evolution by providing new genes
that promote adaptation to diverse conditions. Plasmids are also known to reduce bacterial …

In an early study, IncA and IncC plasmids that were reported to be compatible were grouped
as the “AC complex” based on similarities and on strong entry exclusion. However, recently …

Bacteria that produce the broad-spectrum Carbapenem antibiotic New Delhi Metallo-β-
lactamase (NDM) place a burden on health care systems worldwide, due to the limited …

IncC conjugative plasmids and Salmonella genomic island 1 (SGI1) and relatives are
frequently associated with multidrug resistance of clinical isolates of pathogenic …

Mobile genetic elements are near ubiquitous DNA segments that revealed a surprising
variety of strategies for their propagation among prokaryotes and between eukaryotes. In …

ABSTRACT Salmonella genomic island 1 (SGI1) is a multidrug resistance integrative
mobilizable element that harbors a great diversity of antimicrobial resistance gene clusters …