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Plasmids and bacterial resistance to biocides
1 Jul 1997
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Plasmid-encoded bacterial resistance to antibiotics and to anions and cation (including important mercurial and silver compounds) has been widely studied. Plasmid-mediated resistance to organic cationic agents which are important biocides has been described for chlorhexidine and quaternary ammonium compounds (and also for the less important acridine, diamidines and ethidium bromide) in antibiotic-resistant...
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