A cadmium resistance plasmid, pXU5, in Staphylococcus aureus, strain ATCC25923

Authors
Udo, EE Jacob, LE Mathew, B
Citation
Ee. Udo et al., A cadmium resistance plasmid, pXU5, in Staphylococcus aureus, strain ATCC25923, FEMS MICROB, 189(1), 2000, pp. 79-80
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
03781097 → ACNP
Volume
189
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
79 - 80
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1097(20000801)189:1<79:ACRPPI>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A 25.9-kb plasmid, pXU5, encoding high level cadmium resistance was isolate d From Staphylococcus aureus strain ATCC25923. A labelled cadA probe from p lasmid pI258 hybridised to a 2.3-kb EcoRI fragment of pXU5. pXU5 was incomp atible with an S. aureus incompatibility group 1 plasmid. (C) 2000 Federati on of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V . All rights reserved.