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. 1987 Mar;53(3):567-70.
doi: 10.1128/aem.53.3.567-570.1987.

Enterococcus faecalis hemolysin-bacteriocin plasmids belong to the same incompatibility group

I Colmar, T Horaud

Enterococcus faecalis hemolysin-bacteriocin plasmids belong to the same incompatibility group

I Colmar et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1987 Mar.

Abstract

Plasmid pair coexistence was studied both among nine Enterococcus faecalis hemolysin-bacteriocin (Hly-Bcn) plasmids, including pJH2, pAD1, pAM gamma 1, and pIP964, and between pIP964 and five R plasmids. Some of the Hly-Bcn plasmids used were derivatives encoding resistance to erythromycin or tetracycline. The Hly-Bcn plasmids were incompatible with each other; 40 to 100% displacement was observed bilaterally for eight pairs and unilaterally for one pair. In contrast, pIP964 stably coexisted with each of the R plasmids. Entry exclusion was associated with incompatibility for most of the Hly-Bcn plasmids. The nine Hly-Bcn plasmids harbored by E. faecalis form a distinct incompatibility (Inc) group, designated IncHly.

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