Comparative Genomics of Multidrug Resistance-Encoding IncA/C Plasmids from Commensal and Pathogenic Escherichia coli from Multiple Animal Sources

Claudia Fernández-Alarcón; Randall S. Singer; Timothy J. Johnson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023415

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Comparative Genomics of Multidrug Resistance-Encoding IncA/C Plasmids from Commensal and Pathogenic Escherichia coli from Multiple Animal Sources

Claudia Fernández-Alarcón,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
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Randall S. Singer,

Affiliations Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Instituto de Medicina Preventiva Veterinaria, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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Timothy J. Johnson

* E-mail: joh04207@umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
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Comparative Genomics of Multidrug Resistance-Encoding IncA/C Plasmids from Commensal and Pathogenic Escherichia coli from Multiple Animal Sources

Claudia Fernández-Alarcón,
Randall S. Singer,
Timothy J. Johnson

Published: August 12, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023415

About the Authors

Claudia Fernández-Alarcón

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Randall S. Singer

Affiliations Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Instituto de Medicina Preventiva Veterinaria, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

Timothy J. Johnson

* E-mail: joh04207@umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS TJ. Performed the experiments: CF. Analyzed the data: CF RS TJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS TJ. Wrote the paper: CF RS TJ.

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