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Kanamycin-resistant Scenedesmus obliquus showing simultaneous resistance to other antibiotics and polychlorinated biphenyls

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WE have been studying the effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and DDT on several planktonic algae, and report here that we have isolated a kanamycin-resistant strain of Scenedesmus obliquus which shows simultaneous resistance to other antibiotics, PCBs and Cetavlon (ICI), a quaternary ammonium compound with algicidal properties2. This novel observation suggests a possible genetic control of sensitivity to PCBs in Scenedesmus.

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MAHANTY, H. Kanamycin-resistant Scenedesmus obliquus showing simultaneous resistance to other antibiotics and polychlorinated biphenyls. Nature 277, 562–563 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/277562a0

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