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. 1984 Apr;158(1):389–392. doi: 10.1128/jb.158.1.389-392.1984

Plasmid-determined silver resistance in Pseudomonas stutzeri isolated from a silver mine.

C Haefeli, C Franklin, K Hardy
PMCID: PMC215434  PMID: 6715284

Abstract

A silver-resistant strain of Pseudomonas stutzeri was isolated from a silver mine. It harbored three plasmids, the largest of which (pKK1; molecular weight, 49.4 X 10(6)) specified silver resistance. Plasmid pKK1 was apparently nonconjugative but could be transferred to Pseudomonas putida by mobilization with plasmid R68.45.

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