Vancomycin resistance is encoded on a pheromone response plasmid in Enterococcus faecium 228
| Autor: | M J Pucci, A Kolokathis, Sandra Handwerger |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
| Předmět: |
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
medicine.disease_cause Pheromones Enterococcus faecalis Microbiology Plasmid Vancomycin medicine Pharmacology (medical) Pharmacology biology Streptococcus Genetic transfer Drug Resistance Microbial biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition biology.organism_classification Streptococcaceae Infectious Diseases Conjugation Genetic Electrophoresis Polyacrylamide Gel Bacteria Plasmids Research Article medicine.drug Enterococcus faecium |
| Zdroj: | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 34:358-360 |
| ISSN: | 1098-6596 0066-4804 |
| Popis: | In Enterococcus faecium 228, vancomycin resistance is encoded on a 55-kilobase conjugative plasmid, pHKK100. This plasmid was transferred with high frequency into susceptible strains of Enterococcus faecalis and conferred responses to pheromones produced by E. faecalis and Streptococcus sanguis. pHKK100 is the first plasmid described that mediates both vancomycin resistance and pheromone response. |
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