Constitutive erythromycin resistance plasmid in Staphylococcus aureus
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Journal of General Microbiology
|December 1, 1980
Abstract:
A plasmid with a molecular mass of 1.4 x 10(6) daltons has been identified in Staphylococcus aureus. This plasmid determines constitutive resistance to erythromycin and lincomycin and is the smallest naturally occurring element coding for antibiotic resistance in this species.