title: Instability and linkage of silver resistance, lactose fermentation, and colony structure in Enterobacter cloacae from burn wounds.
abstract: A strain of Enterobacter cloacae from a burn wound has displayed unstable resistance to silver nitrate and a linkage of this characteristic to that for rapid lactose fermentation and mucoidcolony structure. Attempts to demonstrate transferability of these unstable determinants gave negative results.
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002056:Burns / Q000382:microbiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007785:Lactose / Q000378:metabolism*; D012835:Silver Nitrate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D012835:Silver Nitrate; D007785:Lactose