The complete genome, comparative and functional analysis of Stenotrophomonas maltophiliareveals an organism heavily shielded by drug resistance determinants

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Authors

Lisa Crossman · Wellcome Sanger Institute

Virginia C. Gould · University of Bristol

J. Maxwell Dow · National University of Ireland

Georgios S Vernikos · Wellcome Sanger Institute

Aki Okazaki · University of Bristol

Mohammed Sebaihia · Wellcome Sanger Institute

David Saunders ·

Abstract

The panoply of antimicrobial drug resistance genes and mobile genetic elements found suggests that the organism can act as a reservoir of antimicrobial drug resistance determinants in a clinical environment, which is an issue of considerable concern.

Topics & Keywords

Infections and bacterial resistance Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing Microbial Applications in Construction Materials

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Genome biology

Volume 9, Issue 4, pp. R74-R74

DOI: 10.1186/gb-2008-9-4-r74

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