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. 1989 Aug;57(8):2331–2338. doi: 10.1128/iai.57.8.2331-2338.1989

Interaction of drug resistance plasmids and bacteriophages with diarrheagenic strains of Escherichia coli.

D E Bradley 1
PMCID: PMC313451  PMID: 2473034

Abstract

Seven transfer-derepressed plasmids from different incompatibility groups in Escherichia coli K-12 were tested for their ability to enter 43 strains of diarrheagenic E. coli (mostly enteropathogenic E. coli clinical isolates) representing 12 serogroups and including rough and semirough mutants (characterized by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis). Strains in some serogroups were more competent as recipients of plasmids than were those in others. Five test plasmids in an E. coli K-12 (rough) donor transferred significantly less efficiently to two smooth strains than to their rough or semirough isogenic derivatives. When the same smooth and rough strains were used as donors, the plasmids transferred to E. coli K-12 equally well. These results suggested that the O-antigenic lipopolysaccharide side chains of diarrheagenic E. coli isolates shielded the outer membrane receptors for conjugative pili, thus preventing plasmid entry. The different receptors for eight bacteriophages were also covered by O side chains. In addition, a limited survey of clinical isolates for drug resistance markers and resident plasmids was carried out.

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