Inter-phylum circulation of a beta-lactamase - encoding gene: a rare but observable event
R. GSCHWIND, M. Petitjean, C. Fournier, J. Lao, O. Clermont, P. Nordmann, A. Mellmann, E. Denamur, L. Poirel, E. RUPPE
The paper reports the first inter-phylum transfer of an ESBL-encoding gene, blaMUN-1, between Bacteroidota and Pseudomonadota, highlighting rare but possible horizontal gene transfer events.
bioRxiv · Nov 10, 2023Microbiology