mcr-Colistin Resistance Genes Mobilized by IncX4, IncHI2, and IncI2 Plasmids in Escherichia coli of Pigs and White Stork in Spain
Lourdes Migura‐García, Juan José González‐López, Jaime Martínez-Urtaza, José Roberto Aguirre-Sánchez, ALBERT J. MORENO, Ana Pérez de Rozas, Úrsula Höfle, Yolanda Ramiro, Narjol González‐Escalona
Abstract
-1 gene in isolates from white storks in Spain. This finding highlights the potential importance of wildlife that forage at urban household waste landfills in the transmission and spread of colistin resistance genes.
Topics & Concepts
PlasmidEscherichia coliMicrobiologyMCR-1BiologyColistinWhite (mutation)GeneStorkEnterobacteriaceaeGeneticsAntibioticsEcologyAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaEscherichia coli research studiesSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology