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Segregation of co-transduced streptomycin and tetracycline resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

W. B. Grubb ,
R. J. O'Reilly  and
J. W. May
W. B. Grubb
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia, School of Medicine, Victoria Square, Perth, Western Australia 6000
R. J. O'Reilly
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia, School of Medicine, Victoria Square, Perth, Western Australia 6000
J. W. May
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia, School of Medicine, Victoria Square, Perth, Western Australia 6000

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Extrachromosomal streptomycin and tetracycline resistance in Staphylococcus aureus E169 has been transduced to three different recipients. An analysis of the transductants demonstrates that: (1) in most cases the behaviour of the markers in the transductants is similar to that in the donor; (2) the markers are co-transduced at frequencies of 2–44% and the frequency is highest when the selected marker is streptomycin resistance; (3) in the co-transductants the markers segregate independently, suggesting that they are unlinked.

Type
Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , August 1972 , pp. 43 - 50
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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