Isolation of plasmids in Legionella pneumophila and Legionella-like organisms.

Infection and immunity ·Vol. 31 ·No. 3 ·1981-03-00 ·Pages 1270-2

Mikesell P, Ezzell JW, Knudson GB

Abstract

Agarose gel electrophoresis was employed to screen nine strains of Legionella-like bacteria and one strain of Legionella pneumophila for the presence of extrachromosomal deoxyribonucleic acid. Cryptic plasmids with molecular weights ranging from 46.6 x 10(6) to 59.8 x 10(6) were found in three of the isolates examined.

MeSH Terms

DNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification Legionella/genetics Molecular Weight Plasmids

Chemicals

DNA, Bacterial

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Mikesell P

Ezzell J W

Knudson G B

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Article Info

Journal

Infection and immunity

Abbr.

Infect Immun

ISSN

0019-9567

DOI

10.1128/iai.31.3.1270-1272.1981

Published

1981-03-00

Pages

1270-2

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0246127

PMCID

PMC351451

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/iai.31.3.1270-1272.1981 PMC Full Text View journal details

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