ISSN:
1574-6968
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract The production of aerobactin has been suggested to be a virulence factor in Escherichia coli. We have studied the production of aerobactin in 155 E. coli strains, isolated from sewage, which carry conjugative antibiotic resistance plasmids, and 88 (57%) of these strains produced aerobactin, and 59 (38%) co-transferred production of the siderophore and antibiotic resistance. In 35 (22%) of the transconjugants, both characters seemed to be encoded into the same plasmid. Those aerobactin-producing-antibiotic resistance plasmids had different sizes and antibiotic resistance patterns. The ecological implications of these results are discussed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1988.tb02911.x