#FEMSmicroBlog: Plasmids as key drivers of the antibiotic resistance crisis
Sarah Wettstadt
Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest threats to public health. Each year, resistant bacterial infections kill hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, and the numbers are rising. But where does this resistance come from, and how does it spread so quickly between bacteria, even across diverse environments? The article “Genomic Analysis of IncH Plasmids Reveals Their Role as Drivers of Antimicrobial Resistance and Adaptive Traits in Enterobacterales” in FEMS Microbiology Letters...