{
  "id": 8408532,
  "title": "Pathogenome and Plasmid-Borne Antimicrobial Resistance Phenotypes in a Multidrug-Resistant O111:H8 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strain",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/pathogenome-and-plasmid-borne-antimicrobial-resistance-phenotypes-in",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.16.752176v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Plasmids contribute to virulence and antimicrobial resistance in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). Here, the mobility, gene content, and evolutionary context of four plasmids carried by an O111:H8 STEC strain designated UTAK-22: pUTAK-22.1-MDR, pUTAK-22.2-MDR, pUTAK-22.3-P1, and pUTAK-22.4-pO111 were characterized. Conjugation experiments, phenotype-based selective readouts, and…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}