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We retrospectively characterized the genetic composition and epidemiology of plasmids from <jats:italic>mcr-1-<\/jats:italic>positive bacterial isolates identified from patients from a large academic hospital in the Netherlands. Clinical Gram-negative bacteria with an MIC &amp;gt; 2 \u03bcg\/mL for colistin, obtained from patients hospitalized at the Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam during the years 2010\u20132018, were screened for presence of the <jats:italic>mcr-1<\/jats:italic> gene. Extracted plasmids from <jats:italic>mcr-1<\/jats:italic>-positive isolates were sequenced using a combination of short- and long-read sequencing platforms, characterized by incompatibility type and genetic composition and compared to publicly available <jats:italic>mcr-1-<\/jats:italic>carrying plasmid sequences. In 21 isolates from 14 patients, <jats:italic>mcr-1<\/jats:italic> was located on a plasmid. These plasmids were of diverse genetic background involving Inc types IncX4, IncI2(delta), IncHI2, as well as double Inc types IncHI2\/IncN and IncHI2\/IncQ. <jats:italic>mcr-1<\/jats:italic>-carrying plasmids were found in <jats:italic>Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Kluyvera georgiana<\/jats:italic>, and within the chromosome of an ST147 <jats:italic>K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> isolate. In depth analysis indicated intrapatient, interpatient, and interspecies transmission events of <jats:italic>mcr-1-<\/jats:italic>carrying plasmids. In addition, our results show that the <jats:italic>mcr-1<\/jats:italic> gene resides in a rich environment full of other (<jats:italic>mcr-1<\/jats:italic> negative) plasmids and of many different Inc types, enabling interplasmidal transfer events and facilitating widespread dissemination of the <jats:italic>mcr-1<\/jats:italic> gene. Multiple <jats:italic>mcr-1<\/jats:italic>-carrying plasmid transmission events had likely occurred among isolates from hospitalized patients. 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