Interplay between bacterial clone and plasmid in the spread of antibiotic resistance genes in the gut: lessons from a temporal study in veal calves
M. Massot, P. Chatre, B. Condamine, V. Metayer, O. Clermont, J.-Y. Madec, E. Denamur, m. haenni
The paper investigates how bacterial clones and plasmids spread antibiotic resistance genes in veal calves, finding that specific gene-plasmid-clonal combinations dominate due to efficient colonization and plasmid transfer.
bioRxiv · Jun 19, 2021Microbiology