Complete genome sequence of a colistin resistance gene (mcr-1)-bearing isolate of Escherichia coli from the United States.

Authors: Meinersmann, Richard J and Ladely, Scott R and Bono, James L and Plumblee, Jodie R and Hall, M Carolina and Genzlinger, Linda L and Cook, Kimberly L

Transmissible colistin resistance conferred by the mcr-1 gene-bearing IncI2 plasmid has been recently reported in Escherichia coli in the United States. We report here the completed genome sequence of a second E. coli strain isolated from swine in the United States that carried the mcr-1 gene on an IncI2-type plasmid. Copyright © 2016 Meinersmann et al.

Journal: Genome announcements
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.01283-16
Year: 2016

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