Victoria A. Barcus

TL;DR: Comparative analysis of sequence variations of comC and comD shows that, despite evidence for horizontal gene transfer at this locus and the lack of transformability of many S. pneumoniae strains in the laboratory, there is a clear correlation between the presence of a particular comC allele and the cognate comD allele.

TL;DR: Mosaic penicillin-binding proteins (PBP) 1A, 2X and 2B genes were cloned from four clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae with levels of susceptibility toPenicillin with clearances to determine whether alterations to PBP1A,2X and2B alone were sufficient to attain high levelpenicillin resistance.

TL;DR: This chapter will be confined to Once present within the population these successful mosaics looking at examples of gene transfer of chromosomally encan themselves then spread horizontally from species to speccoded determinants.

TL;DR: Mosaic penicillin-binding proteins (PBP) 1A, 2X and 2B genes were cloned from four clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae with levels of susceptibility toPenicillin to determine whether alterations to PBP1A,2X and2B alone were sufficient to attain high levelpenicillin resistance.

TL;DR: Bacteria responses to human-mediated selection on antibiotic and heavy metal resistances and pesticide degradation ability and those features which distinguish resistance traits are likely to be important for implementing intervention schemes to reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance and exploiting bacterial traits for bioremediation.