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Plasmids Shaped the Recent Emergence of the Major Nosocomial Pathogen <named-content content-type="genus-species">Enterococcus faecium</named-content>

ABSTRACT Enterococcus faecium is a gut commensal of humans and animals but is also listed on the WHO global priority list of multidrug-resistant pathogens. Many of its antibiotic resistance traits reside on plasmids and have the potential to be disseminated by horizontal gene transfer. Here, we pres...

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Main Authors: S. Arredondo-Alonso, J. Top, A. McNally, S. Puranen, M. Pesonen, J. Pensar, P. Marttinen, J. C. Braat, M. R. C. Rogers, W. van Schaik, S. Kaski, R. J. L. Willems, J. Corander, A. C. Schürch
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020
Subjects:
Enterococcus faecium
long-read sequencing
machine learning
nosocomial pathogen
plasmidome
source specificity
Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/68b51ecd3fd843b997041394ff9a0d07
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