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Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1977 June; 11(6): 952-955
Copyright © 1977 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Cyclic Adenylic Acid-Dependent and -Independent Production of Chloramphenicol Acetyltransferase in Escherichia coli Carrying R Plasmids

¹ Department of Bacteriology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Toyko 113
^* Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo 143, Japan

ABSTRACT

A plasmid-specified, inducible, but cyclic adenylic acid (cAMP)-independent resistance to chloramphenicol (CM) is reported. The resistance level to CM was increased two- to fourfold by treatment with a small amount of CM for a short period in Escherichia coli strains carrying the R plasmid pJY1, which was obtained from a clinical isolate of Vibrio cholerae. Though cAMP was required for production of CM acetyltransferase (CATase) in cAMP-deficient mutants of E. coli carrying the R100 plasmid, the same species harboring pJY1 did not require cAMP for production of the enzyme. The possibility of a mechanism other than CATase activity for the CM resistance conferred by R plasmids is discussed.