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Plasmid Profiles of Mycobacterium avium Complex Isolated from Swine
Author(s) -
Masaki Shunichiro,
Konishi Takao,
Sugimori Giichi,
Okamoto Atuko,
Hayashi Yoshiyuki,
Kuze Fumiyuki
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1989.tb01991.x
Subject(s) - plasmid , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , dna , mycobacterium , bacteria , homologous chromosome , virology , drug resistance , genetics , gene
Twenty strains of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) isolated from swine and five strains from humans were examined for drug susceptibility and plasmid content. Four strains of swine origin and two strains of human origin harbored plasmid DNAs differing in molecular weights. No relationship between plasmid contents and drug resistance was observed. Southern DNA‐DNA hybridization showed that small plasmids from swine MAC strains were homologous to those from human origin at the nucleotide level.