Linkage of heat-stable enterotoxin activity and ampicillin resistance in a plasmid isolated from an Escherichia coli strain of human origin | Zendy

Heather Stieglitz | Zendy; Rodrigo Nunes da Fonseca | Zendy; J Olarte | Zendy; Yankel M. Kupersztoch-Portnoy | Zendy

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Linkage of heat-stable enterotoxin activity and ampicillin resistance in a plasmid isolated from an Escherichia coli strain of human origin

Author(s) -

Heather Stieglitz,

Rodrigo Nunes da Fonseca,

J Olarte,

Yankel M. Kupersztoch-Portnoy

Publication year - 1980

Publication title -

infection and immunity

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.508

H-Index - 220

eISSN - 1070-6313

pISSN - 0019-9567

DOI - 10.1128/iai.30.2.617-620.1980

Subject(s) - enterotoxin , escherichia coli , plasmid , biology , ecori , heat stable enterotoxin , microbiology and biotechnology , ampicillin , amp resistance , strain (injury) , restriction enzyme , enterobacteriaceae , genetics , dna , gene , antibiotics , anatomy

In an Escherichia coli strain of human origin, ampicillin resistance and heat-stable enterotoxin activity were shown by EcoRI restriction endonuclease and genetic analysis to be in an 80-megadalton plasmid.

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