Plasmid characterization and pulsed-field electrophoretic analysis demonstrate that ampicillin-resistant strains of Salmonella enteritidis phage type 6a are derived from Salm. enteritidis phage type 4. Export

@article{ridley-entphageplasmid-1996, abstract = {Plasmid incompatibility studies have demonstrated that strains of Salmonella enteritidis phage type (PT) 6a resistant to ampicillin possess a 36 megadalton incompatibility group (Inc) X plasmid coding for resistance to ampicillin which is capable of converting strains of Salm. enteritidis belonging to PTs 1 and 4 to PT 6a, and PT 8 to PT 13. However, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) has demonstrated that all clinical isolates of PT 6a have a characteristic XbaI pulsed-field profile which is distinct from that of PT 1 and which can only be differentiated from that of PT 4 by the presence of plasmid-associated fragments of less than 45 kb. It is concluded that ampicillin-resistant strains of Salm. enteritidis PT 6a are derived from strains of Salm. enteritidis PT 4 by acquisition of an Inc X ampicillin resistance plasmid.}, author = {Ridley, A. M. and Punia, P. and Ward, L. R. and Rowe, B. and Threlfall, E. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {5191839}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8972088}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=8972088}, issn = {0021-8847}, journal = {The Journal of applied bacteriology}, keywords = {conversion, enteritidis, phage, plasmid, salmonella}, month = {December}, number = {6}, pages = {613--618}, posted-at = {2009-07-17 12:30:38}, priority = {2}, title = {Plasmid characterization and pulsed-field electrophoretic analysis demonstrate that ampicillin-resistant strains of Salmonella enteritidis phage type 6a are derived from Salm. enteritidis phage type 4.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8972088}, volume = {81}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - ridley-entphageplasmid-1996 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5191839 N2 - Plasmid incompatibility studies have demonstrated that strains of Salmonella enteritidis phage type (PT) 6a resistant to ampicillin possess a 36 megadalton incompatibility group (Inc) X plasmid coding for resistance to ampicillin which is capable of converting strains of Salm. enteritidis belonging to PTs 1 and 4 to PT 6a, and PT 8 to PT 13. However, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) has demonstrated that all clinical isolates of PT 6a have a characteristic XbaI pulsed-field profile which is distinct from that of PT 1 and which can only be differentiated from that of PT 4 by the presence of plasmid-associated fragments of less than 45 kb. It is concluded that ampicillin-resistant strains of Salm. enteritidis PT 6a are derived from strains of Salm. enteritidis PT 4 by acquisition of an Inc X ampicillin resistance plasmid. IS - 6 JF - The Journal of applied bacteriology SN - 0021-8847 EP - 618 TI - Plasmid characterization and pulsed-field electrophoretic analysis demonstrate that ampicillin-resistant strains of Salmonella enteritidis phage type 6a are derived from Salm. enteritidis phage type 4. VL - 81 SP - 613 KW - conversion KW - enteritidis KW - phage KW - plasmid KW - salmonella AU - Ridley, AM AU - Punia, P AU - Ward, LR AU - Rowe, B AU - Threlfall, EJ PY - 1996/12// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8972088 ER -