Enzymatic Activity and Horizontal Gene Transfer of Heavy Metals and Antibiotic Resistant Proteus vulgaris from Hospital Wastewater: An Insight

Table 9

Incidence of resistance transfer among the antibiotic/heavy metal-resistant P. vulgaris isolates to E. coli K-12 from hospital wastewater.

Donor Strains	Pattern of donor strains	Recipient strains	Frequency of transfer in nutrient broth	Frequency of transfer in wastewater	Pattern of transconjugants	Markers transferred
PR 17	Hg, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Cd, Zn	E.coli K-12	3.3 × 10^−1	1.1 × 10^−1	Cr, Cu, Ni, Zn	Ni, Cr
PR 17	M, NA, AMX, AMP, P	E.coli K-12	2.9 × 10^−1	0	M, AMX, AMP, K, P	AMX, AMP