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. 1975 Sep;8(3):227–230. doi: 10.1128/aac.8.3.227

Third Type of Plasmid Conferring Gentamicin Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

David I Smith *,†, R Gomez Lus *,†, M C Rubio Calvo *,†, Naomi Datta *,†, A E Jacob *,†, R W Hedges *
PMCID: PMC429298  PMID: 810080

Abstract

R1033 is a plasmid of compatibility group P (= P1) transferred from a wild strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It confers resistance to gentamicin by gentamicin acetyl-transferase 1 and to kanamycin and neomycin by neomycin phosphotransferase 1.

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