Nature of the elimination of the penicillinase plasmid from Staphylococcus aureus by surface-active agents.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 111 ·No. 1 ·1972-07-00 ·Pages 152-5

Sonstein SA, Baldwin JN

Abstract

Growth of Stapylococcus aureus in various ionic surface-active agents resulted in loss of the ability to produce penicillinase, whereas growth in nonionic surface-active agents had no effect on penicillinase production. The curing effect of various alkyl sulfates was found to be dependent upon the chain length. Curing by surface-active agents could be inhibited by magnesium. Reciprocal transduction experiments showed that curing by a surface-active agent was a property of the plasmid, not of the bacterial strain in which the plasmic resides.

MeSH Terms

Culture Media Deoxycholic Acid/pharmacology Edetic Acid/pharmacology Extrachromosomal Inheritance Genes/drug effects Magnesium/pharmacology Penicillin Resistance Penicillinase/biosynthesis Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate/pharmacology Staphylococcus/enzymology,growth & development Surface-Active Agents/pharmacology Transduction, Genetic

Chemicals

Culture Media Surface-Active Agents Deoxycholic Acid Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Edetic Acid Penicillinase Magnesium

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Sonstein S A

Baldwin J N

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of bacteriology

Abbr.

J Bacteriol

ISSN

0021-9193

DOI

10.1128/jb.111.1.152-155.1972

Published

1972-07-00

Pages

152-5

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

2985120R

PMCID

PMC251251

Subset

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