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Le et al. detected historical leaks of laboratory-evolved plasmid genes evolved in into environmental strains.

They also confirm that Birmingham-group IncP-1α plasmids of different names (RP4, RP1 & RK2) are identical.

in Microbial Genomics (@microbiologysociety.org)

doi.org/10.1099/mgen...
Birmingham-group IncP-1α plasmids revisited: RP4, RP1 and RK2 are identical and their remnants can be detected in environmental isolates
RP4, RP1, RK2 and R68 were isolated from the multidrug-resistant bacterial wound isolates in 1969 in the Birmingham Accident Hospital, Birmingham, England, and collectively called Birmingham-group Inc...
doi.org
March 31, 2025 at 12:05 PM