Fig. 3: Formation of conjugative fusion virulence plasmid p17ZR-91-Vir-KPC.
From: Clinical evolution of ST11 carbapenem resistant and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae
Alignment of virulence plasmid p17ZR-91-Vir and blaKPC-2-bearing plasmid p17ZR-91-KPC with fusion plasmid p17ZR-91-Vir-KPC recovered from K. pneumoniae 17ZR-91 using BRIG (a) and Easyfig (b). c Potential mechanism of plasmid fusion through homologous recombination. Two plasmids were integrated at the HR region (HR1, black and HR2, red) and underwent homologous recombination, resulting in a fusion plasmid.
