A TRANSFERABLE PLASMID ASSOCIATED WITH AS-48 PRODUCTION IN ENTEROCOCCUS-FAECALIS

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作者
MARTINEZBUENO, M [1 ]
GALVEZ, A [1 ]
VALDIVIA, E [1 ]
MAQUEDA, M [1 ]
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[1] UNIV GRANADA,FAC CIENCIAS,DEPT MICROBIOL,E-18071 GRANADA,SPAIN
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10.1128/jb.172.5.2817-2818.1990
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Enterococcus faecalis S-48 produces a peptide antibiotic, AS-48, and a bacteriocin, Bc-48. We have isolated mutants that lack these inhibitory characteristics. Further analysis of the mutants indicates that a plasmid of 56 kilobases (pMB2) may harbor the genes for AS-48. In conjugation experiments, pMB2 has been transferred into a plasmid-free OG1X strain of E. faecalis. The OG1X(pMB2) transconjugant produces the antibiotic AS-48 in solid medium, and the MIC of AS-48 for this strain is the same as that of the donor strain.
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