Excision of a conjugative plasmid from the staphylococcal chromosome.

doi:10.1099/00222615-33-4-227

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Excision of a conjugative plasmid from the staphylococcal chromosome.

Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Dec 1990

Udo E E, Grubb W B

Abstract excerpt

Staphylococcus aureus isolate WBG1003 resistant to benzyl penicillin, cadmium, arsenate and streptomycin harbours two plasmids of 38.8 (pWBG621) and 4.4 (pWBG625) kb. In conjugation experiments two types of streptomycin-resistant transconjugants were obtained; one carried a 4.4-kb plasmid and the...

Topics

Blotting, Southern
Chromosomes, Bacterial
Conjugation, Genetic
DNA Restriction Enzymes
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Penicillin G
Penicillin Resistance
Phenotype
Plasmids
R Factors
Staphylococcus aureus
Streptomycin

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