Article
Genetic characterization of the mechanism by which certain strains of Escherichia coli survive in high kanamycin concentrations.
Revista latinoamericana de microbiologia - 1 Jan 2000
Cisneros Benavides M E
Abstract excerpt
By genetic studies, it was tried to find the mechanism by which a bacterial fraction from different isolated clinical cultures resistant to 25 micrograms/ml of kanamycin can grow in media containing 500 micrograms/ml of kanamycin (at a frequency of about 10(-5)). This study was done in six clinical isolates of Escherichia coli resistant to more than three antibiotics. The results from the bacterial fraction...
Topics
- Conjugation, Genetic
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Escherichia coli
- Gene Amplification
- Kanamycin
- Kanamycin Resistance
- Osmolar Concentration
- Phenotype
- R Factors
- Transduction, Genetic