Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Volume 6 Issue 2
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- Pages.145-146
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- 1996
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- 1017-7825(pISSN)
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- 1738-8872(eISSN)
Characterization of Cryptic Plasmid of Multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus SA2
- Im, Sung Hwan (College of Pharmacy, Kyungsung University) ;
- Sung Joon Yoon (College of Pharmacy, Kyungsung University) ;
- Woo Koo Kim (College of Pharmacy, Kyungsung University) ;
- Chul Kyo Shin (College of Pharmacy, Kyungsung University) ;
- Dae Woon Lee (College of Pharmacy, Kyungsung University) ;
- Kyung Ho Moon (College of Pharmacy, Kyungsung University)
- Published : 1996.04.01
Abstract
The 2.4-kb cryptic plasmid (pKH8) of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus SA2 was characterized by complete nucleotide sequencing and homology comparison. pKH8 was found to contain three open reading frames. Protein analysis of pKH8 showed that pKH8 was a multidrug resistance plasmid and mediated resistance to ethidium bromide and quaternary ammonium compounds.