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Recipient characteristics in the transduction of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus epidermidis.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy ·Vol. 29 ·No. 3 ·1986-03-00 ·Pages 539-41

Blanchard TJ, Poston SM, Reynolds PJ

Abstract

Methicillin resistance (Mecr) was transduced into a methicillin-susceptible variant of the Mecr donor Staphylococcus epidermidis BS10. UV irradiation of phage stimulated Mecr transduction frequency. If loss of Cd and Hg ion resistance occurred in this recipient, or if the three markers Mecr, Cdr, and Hgr were co-eliminated from the donor, neither strain acted as a recipient for Mecr.

MeSH Terms
Methicillin/pharmacology Penicillin Resistance Plasmids Staphylococcus Phages/genetics Staphylococcus epidermidis/drug effects,genetics Transduction, Genetic
Chemicals
Methicillin
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Blanchard T J
Poston S M
Reynolds P J
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Article Info
Journal
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Abbr.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
ISSN
0066-4804
DOI
10.1128/AAC.29.3.539
Published
1986-03-00
Pages
539-41
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0315061
PMCID
PMC180432
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/AAC.29.3.539 PMC Full Text View journal details
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