Fig. 4: Infection-associated genes are present on large, conjugative plasmids. | Nature Communications

Fig. 4: Infection-associated genes are present on large, conjugative plasmids.

From: Combined comparative genomics and clinical modeling reveals plasmid-encoded genes are independently associated with Klebsiella infection

Fig. 4

a Plasmid map of Kp11407 plasmid 1. b Plasmid map of Kp5854 plasmid 1. c Alignment of Kp7637 chromosome and Kp5854 plasmid 1. d Transconjugation rates using Kp3155, Kp5854, Kp6653, Kp8946, Kp10193, and Kp11407 as donor strains to Kp4236, Kp4505, and Kp7994, which are K. quasipneumoniae, K. pneumoniae, and K. variicola, respectively, as recipient strains (mean displayed, N.D. = none detected). For d, each data point represents a single biological replicate. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.

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