Study of Virulence and Immunogenic Properties in Recombinants of the Plague Microbe: Imparted Episomal Polyresistance to Antibiotics as a Result of Conjugation with a Strain of Intestinal Bacillus Possessing the R Episome,

Abstract

Recombinants resistant to streptomycin, chloramphenicol, and tetracycline were obtained possessing the high virulence and immunogenic properties of the receptor strain of plague microbe (Pasteurella pestis). Conjugation of a less virulent plague microbe strain with polyresistant E. coli resulted in a loss of virulence due to genetic heterogeneity of the receptor strain rather than to the effect of the R-episome received. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 20, 1973
Accession Number
AD0772447

Entities

People

  • P. I. Anisimov

Organizations

  • United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Bacteria
  • Gammaproteobacteria
  • Genetic Variation
  • Heterogeneity
  • Microorganisms
  • Virulence

Readers

  • Microbial Pathology
  • Molecular Genetics

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology