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. 2021 Aug 24;6(4):e00729-21. doi: 10.1128/mSystems.00729-21

TABLE 1.

Antibiotic-resistant E. coli genomes found in the ceca of broiler chicks

Isolate identifier Resistance phenotypea Antibiotic resistance gene(s)b Plasmidsc Phylogroup MLST
Ec-FL1-1X Amp Gen Str Fis Tet aac(3)-Iid aph(3′)-Ia aph(6)-Id aph(3″)-Ib blaTEM-1B tet (B) sul2 IncF:B:A-, IncI1 D 69
Ec-FL2-2X Amp Gen Str Fis Tet aac(3)-Iid aph(3′)-Ia aph(6)-Id aph(3″)-Ib blaTEM-1B tet (B) sul2 IncF:B:A-, IncI1 D 69
Ec-FL2-5X Amp Gen Str Fis Tet aac(3)-Iid aph(3′)-Ia aph(6)-Id aph(3″)-Ib blaTEM-1B tet (B) sul2 IncF:B:A-, IncI1 D 69
Ec-FL1-2Xd Gen Str Tet aadA1 aac(3)-Via tet(A) IncF:B:A- IncI1 IncI2 Col8282 ColRNAI F 6858
Ec-FL1-5Xd Gen Str Tet aadA1 aac(3)-Via tet(A) IncF:B:A- IncI1 IncI2 Col8282 ColRNAI F 6858
a

Amp, ampicillin; Gen, gentamicin; Str, streptomycin; Tet, tetracycline; Fis, sulfisoxazole.

b

Boldface denotes antibiotic resistance genes and phenotype carried on the chromosome.

c

Illumina short reads and PacBio long reads were combined to assemble the plasmids of E. coli strains Ec-FL1-1X and Ec-FL1-2X.

d

E. coli isolates carrying IncI1-pST26 with >99% identical DNA sequence with p2ST26 acquired by S. Heidelberg.