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Convergence of genetic variants in MCR-1 and O-antigen conferring polymyxin resistance and fitness cost.
Journal of global antimicrobial resistance - 1 Dec 2025
Lu Jinfeng, Zhou Aiping, Wang Dongjiang, Wan Shuang, Yang Yuting, Lv Na, Li Jun, Wu Guoping
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OBJECTIVE: The emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria alongside the extensive spread of opportunistic pathogens with a diversity of serotypes threatens public health. Fitness cost and morphological variation are hypothesised to result from O-antigen diversity and lipid A modification, whereas these reconfigurations within lipopolysaccharides (LPS) confer polymyxin resistance. METHODS: In this study, a...
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