Novel Plasmids and Resistance Phenotypes in Yersinia pestis: Unique Plasmid Inventory of Strain Java 9 Mediates High Levels of Arsenic Resistance

Mark Eppinger; Lyndsay Radnedge; Gary Andersen; Nicholas Vietri; Grant Severson; Sherry Mou; Jacques Ravel; Patricia L. Worsham

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032911

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Novel Plasmids and Resistance Phenotypes in Yersinia pestis: Unique Plasmid Inventory of Strain Java 9 Mediates High Levels of Arsenic Resistance

Mark Eppinger,

Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Lyndsay Radnedge,

Current address: Monogram Biosciences, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Affiliation Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, United States of America
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Gary Andersen,

Current address: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Affiliation Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, United States of America
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Nicholas Vietri,

Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Bacteriology Division, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America
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Grant Severson,

Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Bacteriology Division, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America
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Sherry Mou,

Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Bacteriology Division, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America
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Jacques Ravel ,

* E-mail: jravel@som.umaryland.edu (JR); patricia.worsham@us.army.mil (PLW)

Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Patricia L. Worsham

* E-mail: jravel@som.umaryland.edu (JR); patricia.worsham@us.army.mil (PLW)

Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Bacteriology Division, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America
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Novel Plasmids and Resistance Phenotypes in Yersinia pestis: Unique Plasmid Inventory of Strain Java 9 Mediates High Levels of Arsenic Resistance

Mark Eppinger,
Lyndsay Radnedge,
Gary Andersen,
Nicholas Vietri,
Grant Severson,
Sherry Mou,
Jacques Ravel,
Patricia L. Worsham

Published: March 30, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032911

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