TY - JOUR
T1 - Escherichia coli contains plasmids coding for heat-stable b, other enterotoxins, and antibiotic resistance
AU - Echeverria, Peter
AU - Seriwatana, Jitvimol
AU - Taylor, David N.
AU - Tirapat, Chalard
AU - Rowe, Bernard
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - Plasmid DNAs obtained from 18 escherichia coli isolates that hybridized with the heat-stable b (ST-b) enterotoxin gene probe were examined by Southern blot analysis for genes coding for heat-labile, ST-a, and ST-b enterotoxins with specific rabiolabeled DNA probes. Four E. coli isolates contained plasmids coding for both heat-labile and ST-b enterotoxins, and one isolate contained a plasmid coding for ST-a and ST-b. Five of 11 isolates of antibiotic-resistant enterotoxigenic E. coli isolates containing ST-b-coding DNA transferred a plasmid coding for both antibiotic resistance and ST-b to E. coli K-12, suggesting that the widespread use of antibiotics could increase the distribution of genes coding for ST-b.
AB - Plasmid DNAs obtained from 18 escherichia coli isolates that hybridized with the heat-stable b (ST-b) enterotoxin gene probe were examined by Southern blot analysis for genes coding for heat-labile, ST-a, and ST-b enterotoxins with specific rabiolabeled DNA probes. Four E. coli isolates contained plasmids coding for both heat-labile and ST-b enterotoxins, and one isolate contained a plasmid coding for ST-a and ST-b. Five of 11 isolates of antibiotic-resistant enterotoxigenic E. coli isolates containing ST-b-coding DNA transferred a plasmid coding for both antibiotic resistance and ST-b to E. coli K-12, suggesting that the widespread use of antibiotics could increase the distribution of genes coding for ST-b.
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U2 - 10.1128/iai.48.3.843-846.1985
DO - 10.1128/iai.48.3.843-846.1985
M3 - Article
C2 - 3888846
AN - SCOPUS:0021997002
SN - 0019-9567
VL - 48
SP - 843
EP - 846
JO - Infection and immunity
JF - Infection and immunity
IS - 3
ER -