Alafate Ayibieke: Role: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing
– review & editing
Wakana Sato: Role: Data curationRole: Investigation
Samiratu Mahazu: Role: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Isaac Prah: Role: Data curationRole: Investigation
John Addow-Thompson: Role: Data curationRole: Investigation
Mitsuko Ohashi: Role: Funding acquisitionRole: Writing – review & editing
Toshihiko Suzuki: Role: Funding acquisitionRole: Writing – review & editing
Shiroh Iwanaga: Role: Funding acquisitionRole: Writing – review & editing
Anthony Ablordey: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review
& editing
Ryoichi Saito:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3398-8572
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: SupervisionRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Yung-Fu Chang: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
21
December
2018
Publication date Collection: 2018
Volume: 13
Issue: 12
Electronic Location Identifier: e0209623
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Molecular Microbiology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate
School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
[2
]
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
[3
]
Department of Environmental Parasitology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate
School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
[4
]
Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate
School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
Cornell University, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-18-28006
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209623
PMC ID: 6303030
PubMed ID: 30576382
SO-VID: ae193c6c-28b2-4030-bc24-67f1b7031b86
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the original author and source are credited.
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009619, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development;
Award ID: 17fm0108010h0003
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3398-8572
Ryoichi Saito
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009619, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development;
Award ID: 17fm0108010h0003
Award Recipient
:
Mitsuko Ohashi
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009619, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development;
Award ID: 17fm0108010h0003
Award Recipient
:
Toshihiko Suzuki
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009619, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development;
Award ID: 17fm0108010h0003
Award Recipient
:
Shiroh Iwanaga
This study was supported by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
(AMED, URL:
http://www.amed.go.jp/en/) under Grant Number 17fm0108010h0003 (MO, TS, SI, RS). The funder had no role in
study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of
the manuscript.
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Microbial Control
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Pharmacology
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Antimicrobial Resistance
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Antibiotic Resistance
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DNA
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Forms of DNA
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Plasmids
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Genetic Elements
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Mobile Genetic Elements
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Plasmids
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Database and Informatics Methods
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Bioinformatics
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Sequence Analysis
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Phylogenetic Analysis
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Phylogenetics
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Phylogenetic Analysis
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Computer and Information Sciences
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Taxonomy
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Phylogenetics
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