IN VIVO TRANSMISSION OF DRUG RESISTANCE FACTORS BETWEEN STRAINS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS

1. Multiply resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus often harbor one or more extrachromosomal drug resistant factors as well as temperate prophages capable of mediating generalized transduction. 2. Spontaneous transduction occurs in mixed cultures of such staphylococcal strains, and the extrachr...

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Main Authors: Novick, Richard P., Morse, Stephen I.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1967
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2138339/