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Plasmids and bacterial resistance to biocides
Author(s) -
Russell A. D.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 1364-5072
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1997.00198.x
Subject(s) - biocide , ethidium bromide , microbiology and biotechnology , plasmid , staphylococcus epidermidis , bacteria , polymyxin , antibiotic resistance , antibiotics , biology , staphylococcus aureus , chemistry , biochemistry , genetics , organic chemistry , dna
Plasmid‐encoded fu1 bacterial resistance to antibiotics and to anions and cations (including important mercurial and silver compounds) has been widely studied. Plasmid‐mediated resistance to organic cationic agents which are important biocides has been described for chlorhexidine and quaternary ammonium compounds (and also for the less important acridines, diamidines and ethidium bromide) in antibiotic‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staph. epidermidis strains. Plasmids may also encode reduced biocide susceptibility of Gram‐negative bacteria, but intrinsic resistance is likely to be of greater significance. Antibiotic resistance and biocide resistance may be linked but this is not always found clinically.