A new class of conjugative plasmid in Staphylococcus aureus.
Plasmid pWBG637, a Staphylococcus aureus conjugative plasmid having no known resistance phenotype, was compared with other conjugative plasmids in S. aureus by restriction endonuclease analysis, incompatibility testing and DNA-DNA hybridisation. It differed from the other conjugative plasmids on all three criteria and thus belongs to a new class of conjugative plasmids.
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School of Medical Technology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia.
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D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics*; D014161:Transduction, Genetic
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes