Mapping of Virginiamycin S Resistance in Bacillus Subtilis

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Journal Mol Gen Genet

Specialties Genetics
Molecular Biology

Date 1980 Jan 1

PMID 6780761

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Authors

E Z Ron

M P De Bethune

C G Cocito

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Abstract

Resistance to virginiamycin S (VS, a type B synergimycin) has been mapped in Bacillus subtilis. Transduction experiments with phage PBS1 indicate that the gene for virginiamycin S resistance (VSR) is cotransduced with the markers pur A16 (20%) and cys A14 (46-49%). Transformation experiments indicate that the gene for virginiamycin S resistance maps between the markers for elongation factor G and erythromycin resistance, and is therefore located within the gene cluster of ribosomal proteins.

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