Table 4 Conjugal transfer of antibiotic resistance and plasmids to E. coli DH5α by some of the selected bacterial isolates recovered from patients with conjunctivitis
From: Bacteriologic and plasmid analysis of etiologic agents of conjunctivitis in Lagos, Nigeria
Donor strain | Antibiotype | Plasmid profile | Antibiotype transferred to E. coli DH5α | R plasmid transferred to E. coli DH5α | Conjugation frequencya |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P. aeruginosa NG-02 | Chl Str Amp Gen | 21.3, 5.0, 1.2, 1.0 | Chl Str Amp | 21.3, 5.0 | 1.8 × 10–7 |
P. aeruginosa NG-07 | Amo Amp Ctx Ofl | 21.3 | Amp | – | 1.4 × 10–5 |
E. coli NG-05 | Chl Amp Str Amk | 21.3, 5.0 | Amp Str | 21.3 | 1.9 × 10–7 |
E. coli NG-01 | Chl Amp Gen Amo | 15.2, 10.0, 4.1 | Chl Amp | 15.2 | 1.8 × 10–6 |
Klebsiella oxytoca NG-03 | Chl Str | 4.1, 2.7 | Chl | – | 2.1 × 10–7 |
S. aureus NG-18 | Amp Str Amo | 15.2, 9.0, 5.0, 2.0 | Str | – | 1.9 × 10–5 |
S. epidermidis NG-22 | Chl Amp Str | 15.2, 2.0 | – | – | ND |