title: Survey of drug and phage resistance and colicin and hemolysin production among coliforms isolated in the Ivory Coast.
abstract: Analysis of 178 strains isolated as total and fecal coliforms in the Ivory Coast revealed that (i) hemolytic activity was scarce (0.6%) among this bacterial population; (ii) the most prevalent colicins detected were, in decreasing order, E, I, A, and G; (iii) the frequency of coliphage and drug resistance was similar to that observed in other countries, except for those of drug-resistant strains in animal feces, which were lower than in countries where animals are antibiotic fed; and (iv) one of the drug resistance plasmids seemed to possess a restriction-modification system and another seemed to code for capsular material.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D003087:Colicins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D003090:Coliphages; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003087:Colicins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins