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Unusual resistance and acquired tolerance to cadmium chloride in Enterococcus faecalis
Author(s) -
Paplace JeanMarie,
Boutibonnes Philippe,
Auffray Yanick
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of basic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1521-4028
pISSN - 0233-111X
DOI - 10.1002/jobm.3620360504
Subject(s) - cadmium , enterococcus faecalis , cadmium chloride , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , cadmium exposure , acquired resistance , biology , biochemistry , drug resistance , escherichia coli , organic chemistry , gene
Enterococcus faecalis exhibits an extremely high natural resistance to cadmium which can be even raised by a conditioning treatment at a lower cadmium concentration as well as by a previous exposure to a sublethal temperature. By contrast, thermotolerance is not significantly induced by previous exposure to low cadmium concentration. The synthesis of several proteins is markedly enhanced by a low concentration of the chemical agent.