reviewAntimicrobial Agents and ChemotherapyMar 24, 2009Closed access

Resistance Plasmid Families in Enterobacteriaceae

ACAlessandra Carattoli

Istituto Superiore di Sanità

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Abstract

Bacteria carry extrachromosomal, self-replicating genetic elements called plasmids. A plasmid is defined as a double-stranded, circular DNA molecule capable of autonomous replication. By definition, plasmids do not carry genes essential for the growth of host cells under nonstressed conditions ([109

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Keywords
  • Enterobacteriaceae
  • Plasmid
  • Microbiology
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections
  • MCR-1
  • Biology
  • Genetics
  • Escherichia coli
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Life in Land
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