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. 1963 Dec;86(6):1332–1338. doi: 10.1128/jb.86.6.1332-1338.1963

DRUG RESISTANCE OF ENTERIC BACTERIA II.

Transduction of Transmissible Drug-Resistance (R) Factors with Phage Epsilon1

Kenji Harada a, Mitsuo Kameda a, Mitsue Suzuki a, Susumu Mitsuhashi a
PMCID: PMC283650  PMID: 14086110

Abstract

Harada, Kenji (Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan), Mitsuo Kameda, Mitsue Suzuki, and Susumu Mitsuhashi. Drug resistance of enteric bacteria. II. Transduction of transmissible drug-resistance (R) factors with phage epsilon. J. Bacteriol. 86:1332–1338. 1963.—Transmissible drug-resistance (R) factors, which transfer resistance to tetracycline (TC), chloramphenicol, streptomycin, and sulfonamide by cell-to-cell contact, were found to be transduced in the system of Salmonella E group with phage epsilon (ε15 and ε34). The R+ transductants of S. newington (S-84) and S. chittagong (S-224) were all found to be unable to transfer their R factors by conjugation, and their R factors were not eliminated by treatment with acridine dyes so far as tested. The R factors containing TC resistance were consistently segregated when transduced. At low multiplicities of infection, the R+ transductants with ε15 were all nonlysogenic and unable to produce normal ε15 phage particles; among the R+ transductants with ε34, 34% were lysogenic and 66% were sensitive to ε34.

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