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SALMONELLA ANTIBIOTICS
Author(s) -
Atkinson Nancy
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1966.51
Subject(s) - salmonella , serotype , microbiology and biotechnology , colicin , escherichia coli , strain (injury) , plasmid , biology , antibiotics , enterobacteriaceae , bacteria , genetics , gene , anatomy
Summary The production and characteristics of salmonellin, a new colicin‐like antibiotic, are described. It is produced by a strain of S. bergedorf and inhibits a wide range of Salmonella serotypes from many different Kaufmann‐White (K.W.) groups. It is relatively heat stable, relatively resistant to trypsin and highly diffusible. The ability to produce salmonellin is transmissible from the producer strain to members of Salmonella, Arizona and Escherichia, and is considered to be under the control of a plasmid which has been called the Salm factor. So far only one Salmonella strain has been found which is naturally Salm + although over 2,000 were examined.