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Sensitivity to antimicrobial agents of some mercury-sensitive and mercury-resistant strains of Gram-negative bacteria

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Abstract

The sensitivity and resistance of some Gram-negative mercury (Hg2+)-sensitive and-resistant strains to chemotherapeutic agents and to disinfectants and preservatives are described.Escherichia coli andPseudomonas aeruginosa strains harboring plasmid pUB 1351 [pUB 367:Tn 501] andE. coli bearing R100-1 were resistant to inorganic mercury and to various antibiotics, but were not more resistant to organic mercury and other preservatives and disinfectants than plasmidless strains.

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  1. Welsh School of Pharmacy, University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, Cathays Park, CF1 3XF, Cardiff, Wales

    Ijeoma Ahonkhai, W. John Pugh & A. Denver Russell

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Ahonkhai, I., Pugh, W.J. & Russell, A.D. Sensitivity to antimicrobial agents of some mercury-sensitive and mercury-resistant strains of Gram-negative bacteria. Current Microbiology 11, 183–185 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01567347

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