Abstract

Multiple antibiotic resistance was transferred from a clinical isolate of Bacteroides fragilis to a strain of Escherichia coli K12. Resistance to ampicillin, amoxicillin, cephalothin, tetracycline, minocydine, and chloramphenicol was transferred as a unit, but the resistance markers became segregated during storage of the recipient strains.

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