Complete DNA sequence, comparative genomics, and prevalence of an IncHI2 plasmid occurring among extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli isolates.
We have sequenced a large plasmid that occurs among avian pathogenic Escherichia coli isolates. This plasmid, pAPEC-O1-R, is a 241,387-bp IncHI2 plasmid which is cotransmissible via bacterial conjugation with a ColBM virulence plasmid, encodes resistance to eight antimicrobial agents, and appears to occur at low rates among extraintestinal E. coli isolates.
Johnson
Timothy J
TJ
Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1802 Elwood Drive, VMRI 2, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
Wannemeuhler
Yvonne M
YM
Scaccianoce
Jennifer A
JA
Johnson
Sara J
SJ
Nolan
Lisa K
LK
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002645:Chickens; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D023281:Genomics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
D004269:DNA, Bacterial