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  • Title: Lysogeny of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and the role of prophages in transfer of conjugative and non-conjugative plasmids.
    Author: Zueva VS, Nesterenko LN, Dmitrenko OA, Akatov AK.
    Journal: J Chemother; 1991 Oct; 3(5):279-82. PubMed ID: 1839741.
    Abstract:
    The lysogenicity of 49 strains of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolated in Moscow clinics in the 1970s and '80s was studied by the method of mitomycin C induction. It was found that one strain had phage of serogroup B, 33 strains had serogroup F phages and 15 strains had phages of both serogroups. In the course of genetic crossing on nitrocellulose filters it was demonstrated that serogroups B and F prophages contained in recipient cells 1) increase the frequency of transfer of conjugative plasmid pG873 and 2) mobilize transfer of non-conjugative plasmids pE994 and rms7.
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