Klebsiella pneumoniae Multiresistance Plasmid pMET1: Similarity with the Yersinia pestis Plasmid pCRY and Integrative Conjugative Elements

Alfonso J. C. Soler Bistué; Daniel Birshan; Andrew P. Tomaras; Manisha Dandekar; Tung Tran; Jason Newmark; Duyen Bui; Nisha Gupta; Keziah Hernandez; Renee Sarno; Angeles Zorreguieta; Luis A. Actis; Marcelo E. Tolmasky

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001800

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Klebsiella pneumoniae Multiresistance Plasmid pMET1: Similarity with the Yersinia pestis Plasmid pCRY and Integrative Conjugative Elements

Alfonso J. C. Soler Bistué,

Affiliation Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America
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Daniel Birshan,

Affiliation Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America
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Andrew P. Tomaras,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America
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Manisha Dandekar,

Affiliation Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America
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Tung Tran,

Affiliation Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America
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Jason Newmark,

Affiliation Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America
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Duyen Bui,

Affiliation Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America
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Nisha Gupta,

Affiliation Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America
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Keziah Hernandez,

Affiliation Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America
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Renee Sarno,

Affiliation Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America
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Angeles Zorreguieta,

Affiliation Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America
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Luis A. Actis,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America
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Marcelo E. Tolmasky

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mtolmasky@fullerton.edu

Affiliation Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States of America
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Klebsiella pneumoniae Multiresistance Plasmid pMET1: Similarity with the Yersinia pestis Plasmid pCRY and Integrative Conjugative Elements

Alfonso J. C. Soler Bistué,
Daniel Birshan,
Andrew P. Tomaras,
Manisha Dandekar,
Tung Tran,
Jason Newmark,
Duyen Bui,
Nisha Gupta,
Keziah Hernandez,
Renee Sarno

Published: March 19, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001800

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