Table 3.
Antibiotic resistance and plasmid transfer by conjugation from the donor Salmonella typhi isolates to the Escherichia coli j53-2 recipient
| Donor S. typhi isolate
|
E. coli j53-2 transconjugant
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strain ID | Plasmid profile, kb | Antibiotic resistance profile | Plasmid transferred, kb | Transferred antibiotic resistant profile |
| Lag-001 | 30.5, 23, 9.0, 2.1 | AMPTETCOTCOLAUGCROCTX | 23 | AMPCOTAUGCTX |
| Lag-004 | 23, 9.0 | AMPTETCOTAUGCAZCROCTX | 23 | AMPAUGCAZCTX |
| Lag-007 | 23, 17, 2.1 | AMPNALAUGCROCTX | 23 | AMPAUGCTX |
| Lag-010 | 23, 9.0, 5.1 | AMPCOTAUGCAZCTX | 23 | AMPCTX |
Abbreviations: ID, identification; AMP, ampicillin; TET, tetracycline; COT, cotrimoxazole; NAL, nalidixic acid; COL, colistin; AUG, augmentin; CRO, ceftriaxone; CAZ, ceftazidime; CTX, cefotaxime.