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Variable phenotypes of Providencia stuartii due to plasmid-encoded traits

Year: 1985

Type: article

Abstract: Weekly urine specimens from 51 long-term catheterized patients yielded 699 isolates of Providencia stuartii. Urease-positive strains represented 23.7% (166) of the isolates, sucrose-positive strains represented 24.5% (171), and lactose-utilizing strains represented 0.7% (5). Urease and sucrose traits were transferred by conjugation to Escherichia coli via an 82-kilobase plasmid; lactose fermentation was transferred by a 150-kilobase plasmid.

Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/jcm.22.5.851-853.1985

Authors: H L Mobley, G R Chippendale, M H Fraiman, J H Tenney, J W Warren

Institution: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Language: English

Topic: Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

Subfield: Molecular Medicine

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute on Aging