Starikova, I;
Al-Haroni, M;
Werner, G;
Roberts, AP;
Sørum, V;
Nielsen, KM;
Johnsen, PJ;
(2013)
Fitness costs of various mobile genetic elements in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
, 68
(12)
, Article dkt270v1. 10.1093/jac/dkt270.
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Abstract
To determine the fitness effects of various mobile genetic elements (MGEs) in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis when newly acquired. We also tested the hypothesis that the biological cost of vancomycin resistance plasmids could be mitigated during continuous growth in the laboratory.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Fitness costs of various mobile genetic elements in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jac/dkt270 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkt270 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
| Keywords: | PAI, Tn6000, Tn916, Adaptation, Antimicrobial resistance, Directional selection, Horizontal gene transfer, Plasmids |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Eastman Dental Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1399314 |
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