Plasmid-determined resistance to tellurium compounds
10.1128/jb.129.1.276-281.1977
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American Society for Microbiology
Journal of Bacteriology (235)
Abstract

Transferable plasmids in gram-negative bacteria that confer resistance to potassium tellurite or tellurate were found. This re-istance was distinct from resistance to mercury, silver, or arsenic compounds and was unrelated to antibiotic resistance. In Escherichia coli, plasmids determine a 100-fold increase in the minimal inhibitory concentration for tellurite and a 10-fold increase in tellurate resistance. Many, but not all, of the plasmids belong to incompatibility group S. In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, tellurium resistance is specifically associated with incompatibility group P-2 and involves a 5- to 10-fold increase in tellurite or tellurate resistance.

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Summers, A. O., & Jacoby, G. A. (1977). Plasmid-determined resistance to tellurium compounds. Journal of Bacteriology, 129(1), 276–281.

Authors 2
  1. A O Summers (first)
  2. G A Jacoby (additional)
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