Lead Resistance and Sensitivity in Staphylococcus aureus

Authors

Hillel S. Levinson, Brandeis University
Inga Mahler, Brandeis University
Patricia Blackwelder, University of MiamiFollow
Terri Hood, University of Miami

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1996

Publication Title

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Keywords

Staphylococcus aureus, Lead resistance, Lead uptake

ISSN

0378-1097

Volume

145

Issue/No.

3

First Page

421

Last Page

425

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.

Comments

©1996 Federation of European Microbiological Societies.

NSUWorks Citation

Hillel S. Levinson, Inga Mahler, Patricia Blackwelder, and Terri Hood. 1996. Lead Resistance and Sensitivity in Staphylococcus aureus .FEMS Microbiology Letters , (3) : 421 -425. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/439.

DOI

10.1111/j.1574-6968.1996.tb08610.x