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SUBMITTER: Franklin AB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7064522 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Franklin Alan B AB Ramey Andrew M AM Bentler Kevin T KT Barrett Nicole L NL McCurdy Loredana M LM Ahlstrom Christina A CA Bonnedahl Jonas J Shriner Susan A SA Chandler Jeffrey C JC
Scientific reports 20200310 1
In 2015, the mcr-1 gene was discovered in Escherichia coli in domestic swine in China that conferred resistance to colistin, an antibiotic of last resort used in treating multi-drug resistant bacterial infections in humans. Since then, mcr-1 was found in other human and animal populations, including wild gulls. Because gulls could disseminate the mcr-1 gene, we conducted an experiment to assess whether gulls are readily colonized with mcr-1 positive E. coli, their shedding patterns, transmission ...[more]