title: Plasmids in group JK coryneform bacteria isolated in a single hospital.
abstract: Investigation of 39 JK-type coryneform isolates from patients at a single hospital revealed that 23 possessed plasmids, which formed six groups on restriction endonuclease analysis. Four of the groups were associated with production of similar bacteriocin-like substances, and shared a minimum of 6.4 kilobase pairs of DNA. These plasmids, found in isolates from different patients, provide strong direct evidence that person-to-person transmission of JK bacteria had occurred within the hospital.
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D001430:Bacteriocins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D003428:Cross Infection; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D010957:Plasmids
chemical_list: D001430:Bacteriocins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes