Open AccessTransposon Tn5 confers streptomycin resistance to Myxococcus xanthus
Author(s) -
Breton Annick M.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1984.tb00701.x
Subject(s) - myxococcus xanthus , streptomycin , kanamycin , transposable element , genetics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , gene , antibiotics , mutant
In addition to resistance to kanamycin, transposon Tn 5 confers resistance to streptomycin in Myxococcus xanthus . The streptomycin determinant is located within the Bgl II fragment of Tn 5 . The level of resistance varies among strains bearing Tn 5 insertions in different chromosomal loci and there is a correlation between the levels of resistance to streptomycin and to kanamycin.