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Plasmid pBS501 was detected in the strain Comamonas sp. BS501. This plasmid specifies high level of induced resistance (5 mM) to cobalt/nickel both in the host strain and in related strains C. testosteroni B-1241 and C. acidovorans B-1251. Hybridization analysis revealed a homology of pBS501 restriction fragments with the only well-characterized operon cnrXYHCBAT that resides in plasmid pMOL28 from Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34. Essential differences in the structural organization of the cobalt/nickel resistance determinant were found between plasmid pBS501 and the cnr operon.
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Original Russian Text © T.V. Siunova, A.V. Siunov, V.V. Kochetkov, A.M. Boronin, 2009, published in Genetika, 2009, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 336–341.
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Siunova, T.V., Siunov, A.V., Kochetkov, V.V. et al. The cnr-like operon in strain Comamonas sp. encoding resistance to cobalt and nickel. Russ J Genet 45, 292–297 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795409030053
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