Summary of plasmid content.

aPlasmid references: pEK516 ([93]; EU935738); pEK499 ([93]; EU935739); pJIE186-2 ([56]; NC_020271); pGUE-NDM (in [119]; JQ364967); pEK204 ([93]; EU935740); pKC394 ([120]; HM138652); pKC396 ([120], HM138653); pNDM-ECS01 (Unpublished; KJ413946); pECN580 ([121]; KF914891); pJIE143 ([94]; JN194214).bpBIDMC20B_1 and pBWH24_1 plasmids lacked the REL domain of the TrwC protein.cPlasmid pJIE186-2 was isolated from strain JIE186 [94], although GenBank acc. n° NC_020271 specifies it is located at EC958 strain. Strain JIE186 also contains plasmid pJIE186-1, not included in this study as it is not available at public DBs.dNo correlation with RIP typing methods.Summary of plasmid content.