« Previous AbstractThynnine wasps discriminate among heights when seeking mates: tests with a sexually deceptive orchid    Next AbstractRhizosphere-associated Pseudomonas induce systemic resistance to herbivores at the cost of susceptibility to bacterial pathogens »

Antimicrob Agents Chemother

Title:		Vancomycin resistance is encoded on a pheromone response plasmid in Enterococcus faecium 228
Author(s):		Handwerger S; Pucci MJ; Kolokathis A;
Address:		"Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10003"
Journal Title:		Antimicrob Agents Chemother
Year:		1990
Volume:		34
Issue:		2
Page Number:		358 - 360
DOI:		10.1128/AAC.34.2.358
ISSN/ISBN:		0066-4804 (Print) 1098-6596 (Electronic) 0066-4804 (Linking)
Abstract:		"In Enterococcus faecium 228, vancomycin resistance is encoded on a 55-kilobase conjugative plasmid, pHKK100. This plasmid was transferred with high frequency into susceptible strains of Enterococcus faecalis and conferred responses to pheromones produced by E. faecalis and Streptococcus sanguis. pHKK100 is the first plasmid described that mediates both vancomycin resistance and pheromone response"
Keywords:		"Conjugation, Genetic Drug Resistance, Microbial Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel Microbial Sensitivity Tests Pheromones/biosynthesis/*genetics Plasmids Streptococcus/drug effects/*genetics Vancomycin/*pharmacology;"
Notes:		"MedlineHandwerger, S Pucci, M J Kolokathis, A eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 1990/02/01 Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1990 Feb; 34(2):358-60. doi: 10.1128/AAC.34.2.358"