title: Two-dimensional electrophoresis method used for determination of plasmid profiles of Escherichia coli isolated from a sewage treatment plant.
abstract: The plasmid contents of 306 strains of Escherichia coli isolated from raw and treated sewage from a treatment plant as well as from the water 1 km downstream were determined. The number and molecular weight of plasmids isolated from a representative sample of these strains were also measured. It was observed that biological treatment did not significantly alter these parameters. In contrast, statistically significant differences in plasmid number and size were observed when strains from sewage (raw and treated) were compared with strains isolated from brackish water. In raw and treated sewage, more than 96% of the strains contained plasmids, compared with 85% in brackish water. Nine to 13% of the strains from sewage contained plasmids with more than 56 kilobases, while only 5% of the strains from brackish water reached this size.
authors.affiliation: Unité de recherche marine n.10, Faculté de sciences pharmaceutiques et biologiques, Université de Rennes I, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arturo
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tamanai-Shacoori
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mamez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pommepuy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cormier
mesh_terms: D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010957:Plasmids / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012722:Sewage
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage