Fitness effects of CTX-M-15-encoding IncF plasmids on their native Escherichia coli ST131 H30Rx hosts
J. Palkovicova, I. Kutilova, J. DelaFuente, M. Medvecky, I. Jamborova, I. Bitar, M.-D. Phan, A. San Millan, M. Dolejska
This study examines the fitness effects of CTX-M-15-encoding IncF plasmids in E. coli ST131 H30Rx hosts, finding moderate fitness costs in some strains but not others.
bioRxiv · Aug 17, 2021Evolutionary Biology