A multidrug resistance plasmid contains the molecular switch for type VI secretion in Acinetobacter baumannii

July 2015

Authors:
Brent S. Weber, Pek Man Ly, Joshua N. Irwin, Stefan Pukatzki, Mario F. Feldman

Info:
Scientists from the University of Alberta and Washington University published results in PNAS showing that a large plasmid is important to Acinetobacter baumannii’s ability to resist antibiotic treatment. The team prepared 20 Kb libraries for PacBio sequencing, using BluePippin for size selection.

Citation:
PNAS vol. 112 no. 309442-9447
doi:10.1073/pnas.1502966112

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