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SUBMITTER: Xiang R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5971617 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20180525 6
A colistin-resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i> isolate from a commercial poultry farm in China carried two colistin resistance genes, <i>mcr-1</i> and variant of <i>mcr-3</i>, in an IncP plasmid. The variant of the <i>mcr-3</i> gene, named <i>mcr-3.11</i>, encoded two amino acid substitutions compared with the <i>mcr-3</i> gene. A novel genetic structure, IS<i>Kpn40-mcr-3-dgkA</i>-IS<i>Kpn40</i>, might be the key element mediating the translocation of <i>mcr-3</i> through the formation of a circul ...[more]