Molecular Biology, Pathogenicity, and Ecology of Bacterial Plasmids

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Evolution among Antibiotic Resistance Plasmids in the Hospital Environment....Pages 1-10
R Factors Present in Epidemic Strains of Shigella and Salmonella Species Found in Mexico....Pages 11-19
Trimethoprim-Resistant Bacteria in Hospital and in the Community: Spread of Plasmids and Transposons....Pages 21-30
Ecological Factors That Affect the Survival, Establishment, Growth and Genetic Recombination of Microbes in Natural Habitats....Pages 31-42
Epidemiology and Genetics of Hemolysin Formation in Escherichia coli ....Pages 43-50
Chromosomal and Plasmid-Mediated Transfer of Clindamycin Resistance in Bacteroides fragilis ....Pages 51-59
 Campylobacter jejuni : Characteristic Features of the Organism and Identification of Transmissible Plasmids in Tetracycline-Resistant Clinical Isolates....Pages 61-70
Studies on Drug Resistance Transposons in Haemophilus influenzae R Plasmids....Pages 71-80
Plasmids in Streptococci: A Review....Pages 81-90
Bacterial Pathogenicity, an Overview....Pages 91-100
Cloning and Expression of the Genes Encoding for the Adhesive Antigens K88 and K99....Pages 101-109
Invasive Bacterial Pathogens of the Intestine: Shigella Virulence Plasmids and Potential Vaccine Approaches....Pages 111-121
Plasmid-Specified Iron Uptake by Bacteraemic Strains of Escherichia coli ....Pages 123-132
Serum Resistance in E . coli ....Pages 133-144
Antibiotic Resistance — A Survey....Pages 145-156
Regulation of Plasmid Specified MLS-Resistance in Bacillus subtilis by Conformational Alteration of RNA Structure....Pages 157-167
Control and DNA Structure of the ampC β-Lactamase Gene of Escherichia coli ....Pages 169-178
Mechanisms of Plasmid-Determined Heavy Metal Resistances....Pages 179-189
Conjugation and Resistance Transfer in Streptococci and Other Gram Positive Species: Plasmids, Sex Pheromones and “Conjugative Transposons” (A Review)....Pages 191-205
Sites and Systems for Conjugal DNA Transfer in Bacteria....Pages 207-215
Conjugative Pili of Plasmids in Escherichia coli K-12 and Pseudomonas Species....Pages 217-226
The Pathway of Plasmid Transformation in Pneumococcus....Pages 227-235
Plasmids of the Gonococcus....Pages 237-246
Genetic Organization and Expression of Non-Conjugative Plasmids....Pages 247-258
Sturcture-Function Relationships in Essential Regions for Plasmid Replication....Pages 259-270
Control of Plasmid Replication and Its Relationship to Incompatibility....Pages 271-278
Structure and Function of the Replication Origin Region of the Resistance Factors R100 and R1....Pages 279-289
Plasmid R1 Incompatibility. Contribution from the cop / rep and from the par Systems....Pages 291-301
Copy Number Control and Incompatibility of inc FII R Plasmids....Pages 303-315
Replication and Incompatibility Functions in Mini-F Plasmids....Pages 317-325
Plasmid Mini-F Encoded Functions Involved in Replication and Incompatibility....Pages 327-336
Nucleotide Sequence Change in A Cole1 Copy Number Mutant....Pages 337-348
Transposition and Rearrangements in Plasmid Evolution....Pages 349-358
Complementation of Transposition Functions Encoded by Transposons Tn501(Hg R ) and Tn1721(Tet R )....Pages 359-370
The Structure of Tn 5 ....Pages 371-380
Transposition of the Inverted Repeats of Tn 5 ....Pages 381-390
Host Functions Required for Transposition of Tn 5 from λ b 221 c I857 rex ::Tn 5 ....Pages 391-400
Plasmid Mobilization as a Tool for in Vivo Genetic Engineering....Pages 401-409
Proinsulin from Bacteria....Pages 411-419
Construction and Properties of Plasmid Vectors Containing the trp Regulatory Region Suitable for Expressing Foreign Genes....Pages 421-428
Isolation and Analysis of a Cosmid Hybrid Containing the Human Genomic Interferon Gene, HuIFNβ1....Pages 429-438
Development of Broad Host-Range Plasmid Vectors....Pages 439-448
The Survival of EK1 and EK2 Systems in Sewage Treatment Plant Models....Pages 449-460
 cos Plasmid in Bacillus Subtilis....Pages 461-466
A Mutational and Transcriptional Analysis of a Tumor Inducing Plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens ....Pages 467-476
Transfer, Maintenance and Expression of Genes Introduced into Plant Cells via the Ti Plasmid....Pages 477-486
Rhizobium Plasmids: Their Role in the Nodulation of Legumes....Pages 487-497
Metabolic Plasmid Organization and Distribution....Pages 499-509
Degradative Plasmids: TOL and Beyond....Pages 511-517
Plasmids in the Biodegradation of Chlorinated Aromatic Compounds....Pages 519-528
Antibiotic Resistance of Gram Negative Bacteria in Mexico: Relationship to Drug Consumption....Pages 529-537
Plasmid Mediated Ampicillin Resistance in a Strain of Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae Isolated from Swine....Pages 539-545
R Plasmids in Pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae from Calves....Pages 547-555
Effects of Antibiotics in Animal Feed on the Antibiotic Resistance of the Gram Positive Bacterial Flora of Animals and Man....Pages 557-565
Multiply-Resistant Clones of Salmonella typhimurium in Britain: Epidemiological and Laboratory Aspects....Pages 567-573
Brief Reports on All Topics....Pages 575-677
Back Matter....Pages 679-708