Detection of a small IncX4 plasmid carrying the mcr-1.1 gene in a pig oral fluid sample by shotgun metagenomic sequencing

• Leonard Schuele,
• Giuseppe Fleres,
• Katrin Strutzberg-Minder,
• Sabine Schütze,
• Sandra Löbert,
• Claudia Lambrecht,
• Jürgen Harlizius,
• Silke Peter,
• John W.A. Rossen,
• Natacha Couto

Affiliations

Leonard Schuele

University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Groningen, The Netherlands; University of Tübingen, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Tübingen, Germany; Corresponding author.

Giuseppe Fleres

University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Groningen, The Netherlands

Katrin Strutzberg-Minder

IVD Innovative Veterinary Diagnostics (IVD GmbH), Seelze, Germany

Sabine Schütze

Animal Health Services, Chamber of Agriculture of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bad Sassendorf, Germany

Sandra Löbert

Animal Health Services, Chamber of Agriculture of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bad Sassendorf, Germany

Claudia Lambrecht

Animal Health Services, Chamber of Agriculture of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bad Sassendorf, Germany

Jürgen Harlizius

Animal Health Services, Chamber of Agriculture of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bad Sassendorf, Germany

Silke Peter

University of Tübingen, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Tübingen, Germany

John W.A. Rossen

University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Groningen, The Netherlands; University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Salt Lake City, USA

Natacha Couto

University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Groningen, The Netherlands; University of Bath, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Milner Centre for Evolution, Bath, UK