Membrane vesicles derived from Enterococcus faecalis promote the co-transfer of important antibiotic resistance genes located on both plasmids and chromosomes.

Mengyu ZhaoShuang HeRenqiao WenChao LiXinggui ChenXiaolong LinHongning WangYizhi Tang

Published in: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2024)

To our knowledge, this is the first report of MV-mediated co-transfer of ARG-carrying plasmids and transposons in the Gram-positive bacterium E. faecium.

Keyphrases

antibiotic resistance genes
escherichia coli
wastewater treatment
microbial community
klebsiella pneumoniae
healthcare
anaerobic digestion
gram negative
multidrug resistant
electron transfer