Fig. 6: Horizontal and vertical transfer risk analysis of colistin resistance of Ralstonia pickettii MCR.

a Quantitative analysis of MGEs. b Conjugative and transformative transfer experiments. c Growth curves of wild types and different generations. d Colistin resistance in different generations. e Colony phenotypes of the first (G0) and 50th generation (G50). f Single bacterial phenotypes of G0 and G50.