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Letter

Discovery of a mcr-1-bearing plasmid in commensal colistin-resistant Escherichia coli from healthy broilers in Faisalabad, Pakistan

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Pages 994-999 | Received 28 Feb 2018, Accepted 03 Apr 2018, Published online: 21 Jun 2018
 

Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest

No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.

Author contributions

YF and MM designed and supervised this project; YF, MM, JL, SL, SS, RW, and J-X L performed experiments; YF, JL, MM, and SL analyzed the data and prepared figures; YF, MM, SS and SL drafted this manuscript.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFD0500202, YF), National Key Basic Research Program of China (2016YFC1200100, YF), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (31570027 & 81772142, YF). Dr. Feng is a recipient of the “Young 1000 Talents” Award.