Properties of an R Factor from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Naomi Datta; R. W. Hedges; Elizabeth J. Shaw; R. B. Sykes; M. H. Richmond

doi:10.1128/jb.108.3.1244-1249.1971

Abstract

An R factor from Pseudomonas aeruginosa , which confers resistance to penicillins, kanamycin, and tetracycline, was studied in Escherichia coli K-12. The R factor could coexist with F-like or I-like plasmids and therefore constituted a novel compatibility group. The R factor was transferable from E. coli to bacterial genera outside the Enterobacteriaceae (Pseudomonas and members of the Rhizobiaceae ) to which transfer of F-like and I-like plasmids could not be demonstrated.

Keywords

BiologyKanamycinPseudomonas aeruginosaMicrobiologyEscherichia coliEnterobacteriaceaePlasmidCarbenicillinTetracyclinePseudomonasPseudomonadaceaeBacteriaAntibioticsGeneticsDNAGene

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Year: 1971
Type: article
Volume: 108
Issue: 3
Pages: 1244-1249
Citations: 580
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                                    Naomi Datta, 
                                
                                    R. W. Hedges, 
                                
                                    Elizabeth J. Shaw
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1971). 
                            Properties of an R Factor from <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>. 
                            Journal of Bacteriology
                            , 108
                            (3)
                            , 1244-1249.
                            https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.108.3.1244-1249.1971
                        

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DOI: 10.1128/jb.108.3.1244-1249.1971