An <italic toggle="yes">In Vitro</italic> Chicken Gut Model Demonstrates Transfer of a Multidrug Resistance Plasmid from <italic toggle="yes">Salmonella</italic> to Commensal <italic toggle="yes">Escherichia coli</italic>

An <italic toggle="yes">In Vitro</italic> Chicken Gut Model Demonstrates Transfer of a Multidrug Resistance Plasmid from <italic toggle="yes">Salmonella</italic> to Commensal <italic toggle="yes">Escherichia coli</italic>

ABSTRACT The chicken gastrointestinal tract is richly populated by commensal bacteria that fulfill various beneficial roles for the host, including helping to resist colonization by pathogens. It can also facilitate the conjugative transfer of multidrug resistance (MDR) plasmids between commensal an...

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Main Authors: Roderick M. Card, Shaun A. Cawthraw, Javier Nunez-Garcia, Richard J. Ellis, Gemma Kay, Mark J. Pallen, Martin J. Woodward, Muna F. Anjum
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017
Subjects:
Escherichia coli
Salmonella
antimicrobial resistance
enteric pathogens
horizontal gene transfer
plasmids
Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/fcbcd0da39ce44bd8ccb85030835a4ed
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