Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Lead Resistance and Sensitivity in Staphylococcus aureus

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

FEMS Microbiology Letters

ISSN

0378-1097

Publication Date

12-1996

Keywords

Staphylococcus aureus, Lead resistance, Lead uptake

Abstract

Five lead-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus were isolated. Plasmid-free lead-sensitive variants were obtained from the three plasmid-bearing strains. Lead-resistant strains tolerated an approximately 600 × higher Pb(NO3)2 concentration than lead-sensitive strains. Both types of strains initially bound lead, but only the resistant strains accumulated the metal as an intracellular lead-phosphate.

DOI

10.1111/j.1574-6968.1996.tb08610.x

Volume

145

Issue

3

First Page

421

Last Page

425

Comments

©1996 Federation of European Microbiological Societies.

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