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SUBMITTER: Rozwandowicz M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5328535 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20170223 3
IncK plasmids are some of the main carriers of <i>bla</i><sub>CTX-M-14</sub> and <i>bla</i><sub>CMY-2</sub> genes and show high similarity to other plasmids belonging to the I complex, including IncB/O plasmids. Here, we studied the phylogenetic relationship of 37 newly sequenced IncK and IncB/O plasmids. We show that IncK plasmids can be divided into two compatible lineages named IncK1 and IncK2. ...[more]