Plasmid classification in an era of whole-genome sequencing: Application in studies of antibiotic resistance epidemiology

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue FEB, 2017, Pages

  Orlek, Alex ^a,b   Stoesser, Nicole ^a   Anjum, Muna F ^b,c   Doumith, Michel ^d   Ellington, Matthew J ^b,d   Peto, Tim ^a,b   Crook, Derrick ^a,b   Woodford, Neil ^b,d   Sarah Walker, A ^a,b   Phan, Hang ^a,b   Sheppard, Anna E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Genomic epidemiology; Network analysis; Plasmid typing; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHROMOSOME; CLASSIFICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; FAMILY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST CELL; INHERITANCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPLICON; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 85014521862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00182     Document Type: Short Survey

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