ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ARSENIC-RESISTANT BACTERIAL STRAINS

Authors
PIMENOV EV DARMOV IV POGORELSKII IP YANOV SN KULIKOV OA KALINICHENKO VB
Citation
Ev. Pimenov et al., ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ARSENIC-RESISTANT BACTERIAL STRAINS, Microbiology, 65(2), 1996, pp. 187-191
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00262617
Volume
65
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
187 - 191
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-2617(1996)65:2<187:IACOAB>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Bacterial strains resistant to arsenical compounds were isolated. Plas mids with molecular masses from 2.4 to 87 MDa were revealed in nine st rains. Two conjugative plasmids, pBK1 and pBK2, determined resistance to arsenical compounds and multiple drug resistance in strains Klebsie lla pneumoniae 3-129 and Enterobacter aerogenes 3-28, respectively. Th e genetic determinants of arsenical resistance contained in plasmids p BK1 and pBK2 can be expressed in Escherichia coli cells, but with lowe r efficiency than in the donor strains.