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Plasmids fromZ. mobilis could be stably maintained inE. coli HB101 in which the expression of various drug resistance markers could be monitored. A large molecular weight plasmid (5.2 kbp) ofZ. mobilis was found to harbour the genes for mercuric chloride degradation and to confer uponE. coli, resistance to a higher mercuric chloride concentration as compared toZ. mobilis. The introduction of this plamsid madeE. coli sensitive to concentrations of cadmium acetate which were originally non-inhibitory to it.
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Ogale, S.S., Deobagkar, D.N. A high molecular weight plasmid ofZymomonas mobilis harbours genes for HgCl2 resistance. Biotechnol Lett 10, 43–48 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01030022
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