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Synopsis (240 words) 19Klebsiella-associated plasmid pKpQIL and its variant have been isolated globally. Our 20 study aimed to determine whether a naturally occurring variant has altered host range 21 and impacts on the fitness of different bacterial host strains. The plasmids pKpQIL-UK 22 and pKpQIL-D2 were transferred from the original clinical isolate host strains of Klebsiella 23 pneumoniae into Escherichia coli, Salmonella Typhimurium, Enterobacter cloacae and 24 Serratia marcescens strains by filter-ma… Show more
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