TWiM #129: Dried and Wrin­kled, Smooth and Mu­coid.

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The ar­rival in the U.S. of plas­mid-me­di­ated re­sis­tance to col­istin an­tibi­otics, a last line of de­fense against many gram-neg­a­tive bacilli, and a quo­rum sens­ing sys­tem in a eu­kary­ote are top­ics of this episode hosted by Vin­cent, Michael, and Michele.

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Au­dio player thumb­nail im­age: Etest used to de­ter­mine the min­i­mum in­hibitory con­cen­tra­tion of an an­tibi­otic for a par­tic­u­lar bac­terium.

Links for this episode

• E. coli with mcr‑1 on a plas­mid in the US (AAC)
• Emer­gence of plas­mid me­di­ated col­istin re­sis­tance in China (The Lancet)
• Ma­jor breach in last line of de­fense (The Lancet)
• Re­sis­tance plas­mid fam­i­lies in En­ter­obac­te­ri­aceae (AAC)
• EUCAST MIC break­points (Clin­Calc)
• Role of ASM in mi­cro­bial re­sis­tance one, two (bLog­phase)
• Quo­rum sens­ing in fungi (Cell Host Mi­crobe)
• Im­age credit
• Let­ters read on TWiM 129

 

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