Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering >> 2019, Volume 13, Issue 3 doi: 10.1007/s11783-019-1119-2
Characteristics of two transferable aminoglycoside resistance plasmids in
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Abstract
pRKZ3 is a non-conjugative IncQ plasmid, while pKANJ7 is a conjugative IncX plasmid. The optimal mating time of pKANJ7 varied under different conditions. Both of the two transferable ARPs had little impact on the growth of their hosts. A relatively high level of fitness cost was observed for pKANJ7. The fitness cost of ARPs depended on their hosts.
Keywords
Escherichia coli ; Characteristics ; Aminoglycoside resistance plasmids ; Transfer ; Persistence