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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
Cell culturability and plasmid stability in Escherichia coli containing plasmids RP1, R388 and pUB824 were studied in raw and treated wastewater, and in brackish water. The E. coli strain survived well in the three samples of water employed. Moreover, the three plasmids were maintained under all conditions studied. Interestingly, plasmid DNA concentration of individual plasmids followed the same evolution as the culturable bacteria in the corresponding selective medium when the bacteria grew in raw or treated wastewater. In contrast, in brackish water, the stress due to the oligotrophic and salinity conditions of the medium produced an initial paradoxical increase in plasmid DNA concentration, followed by a decrease in the number of culturable bacteria in the corresponding selective medium. Maintenance of RP1 (56 kbp) and R388 (33 kbp) was markedly influenced by nutritive conditions, which caused a segregation of the plasmids from cells. The results of the present study suggest that variations in plasmid DNA concentrations in an aquatic environment depend on the quality of the water and also on the molecular weight of the plasmid considered.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-8847
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
80
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
117-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Variations in R-plasmid DNA concentrations of Escherichia coli during starvation in sewage and brackish waters.
pubmed:affiliation
Unité de recherche marine no. 10, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Immunologie Pharmaceutique, Faculté de Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université de Rennes, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article