Genomic characterization of plasmid-borne colistin resistance variants, mcr-1.1 and mcr-1.26, in multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from backyard farm animals

• Dina Daaboul,
• Issmat I. Kassem,
• Khaled El Omari,
• Nahla O. Eltai,
• Jouman Hassan,
• Hadi Al Jamal,
• Souad Fayad,
• Rayane Salma,
• Anahita Ghorbani Tajani,
• Bledar Bisha,
• Monzer Hamze,
• Saoussen Oueslati,
• Kevin J. Cummings,
• Fouad Dabboussi,
• Thierry Naas,
• Marwan Osman

Affiliations

Dina Daaboul

Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon; Team 'ReSIST' UMR1184, Immunology of Viral, Auto-Immune, Hematological and Bacterial diseases (IMVA-HB), INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, LabEx LERMIT, Faculty of Medicine, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

Issmat I. Kassem

Center for Food Safety, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA 30223-1797, USA

Khaled El Omari

Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon; Quality Control Center Laboratories at the Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture of Tripoli & North Lebanon, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon

Nahla O. Eltai

Biomedical Research Centre, Microbiology Department, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar

Jouman Hassan

Center for Food Safety, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA 30223-1797, USA

Hadi Al Jamal

Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon

Souad Fayad

Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon

Rayane Salma

Quality Control Center Laboratories at the Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture of Tripoli & North Lebanon, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon

Anahita Ghorbani Tajani

Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA

Bledar Bisha

Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA

Monzer Hamze

Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon

Saoussen Oueslati

Team 'ReSIST' UMR1184, Immunology of Viral, Auto-Immune, Hematological and Bacterial diseases (IMVA-HB), INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, LabEx LERMIT, Faculty of Medicine, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

Kevin J. Cummings

Department of Public and Ecosystem Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

Fouad Dabboussi

Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon

Thierry Naas

Team 'ReSIST' UMR1184, Immunology of Viral, Auto-Immune, Hematological and Bacterial diseases (IMVA-HB), INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, LabEx LERMIT, Faculty of Medicine, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Bacteriology-Hygiene unit, Bicêtre Hospital, APHP Paris-Saclay, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; French National Reference Center for Antibiotic Resistance: Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

Marwan Osman

Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Corresponding author: Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA