Plasmid-determined inducible efflux is responsible for resistance to cadmium, zinc, and cobalt in Alcaligenes eutrophus. |
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| Authors: | D H Nies and S Silver |
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| Institution: | Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago 60680. |
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| Abstract: | In Alcaligenes eutrophus CH34, resistance to chromate is plasmid determined, inducible, and based on decreased net accumulation of the metal anion. Plasmid-encoded resistances to zinc, cadmium, cobalt, and nickel are resulting from inducible, energy-dependent cation efflux systems. |
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