A penicillin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain was isolated. The resistance was due to the production of TEM-1 β-lactamase encoded by a plasmid. This 6.6-kilobase plasmid was compared with the previously known 7.4- and 5.3-kilobase penicillin R plasmids of N. gonorrhoeae.
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Gouby, A., Bourg, G., & Ramuz, M. (1986). Previously undescribed 6.6-kilobase R plasmid in penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 29(6), 1095–1097. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.29.6.1095
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