Newly identified colistin resistance genes, mcr-4 and mcr-5, from upper and lower alimentary tract of pigs and poultry in China

• Li Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Li Chen, Jilei Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

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• Jilei Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Li Chen, Jilei Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

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• Jiawei Wang,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

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• Patrick Butaye,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Biosciences, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, St. Kitts, West Indies, Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Patrick Kelly,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, St. Kitts, West Indies

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• Min Li,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

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• Feng Yang,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

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• Jiansen Gong,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Poultry Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

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• Afrah Kamal Yassin,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China, Department of Food Hygiene and safety, Faculty of Public and Environmental Health, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

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• Weina Guo,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation College of Animal Science, Anhui Science and Technology University, Bengbu, Anhui, China

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• Jing Li,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

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• Chunlian Song,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation College of Animal Science & Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

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• Chengming Wang

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wangche@auburn.edu

  Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7874-8340

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