Table 2.
Properties of known HI incompatibility group (IncHI) plasmids containing genes coding for silver resistance, including either the complete sil operon or some sil genes.
| Genus/species | Plasmid | sil genes | Size (bp) | Conjugative | GenBank acc. no. | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. typhimurium | pMG101 | ESRCABGP | 14,211 | Y | AF067954 | Gupta et al., 1999 |
| Serratia marcescens | R476b |
E
P S |
424 1,362 1,154 |
Y |
AY009372 AH011380 AH011381 |
Gupta et al., 2001 |
| Salmonella enterica | MIP233 |
E
P S |
424 1,356 1,154 |
Y |
AY009382 AH011384 AH011385 |
Gupta et al., 2001 |
| S. enterica | pWR23 |
E
P S |
424 1,356 1,154 |
Y |
AY009387 AH011388 AH011389 |
Gupta et al., 2001 |
| S. enterica | MIP235 |
E
P S |
424 1,356 1,154 |
Y |
AY009392 AH011386 AH011387 |
Gupta et al., 2001 |
| S. marcescens | R478 | ESRCABGP | 274,762 | Y | BX664015 | Gilmour et al., 2004 |
| E. coli | pAPEC-O1-R | ESRCABGP | 241,387 | Y | DQ517526 | Johnson et al., 2006 |
| Salmonella typhi | R27 | ESRCABGP | 180,461 | Y | AF250878 | Sherburne et al., 2000 |
| A. baumannii | pUPI199 | nk1 | ~50,000 | Y | nk2 | Deshpande and Chopade, 1994 |
1
Unknown if detected silver resistance genes are sil genes.
2
Accession number could not be found in GenBank.