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PSE-4 enzyme is the most common plasmidic lactamase in but its production is invariably non-transferable by conjugation. Of 20 PSE-4 isolates from 10 separate sources, 16 were serotype 0:16 and two belonged to the related 0:2(b) serotype. One of the two remaining organisms was not O-typable and the other was agglutinated by several unrelated antisera. Examination of additional 0:16 strains confirmed the unusual frequency of PSE-4 enzyme in this serotype. None of the PSE-4 strains was able to transfer carbenicillin resistance in mating experiments and none contained extrachromoso-mal DNA. Two explanations of the relationship between enzyme production and O antigenicity are proposed. PSE-4 production may be transmissible, perhaps by transduction, between strains of 0:16 or related serotypes, or PSE-4 may represent a disseminated subtype. A third hypothesis, that the PSE-4 coding element carried serotype determinants, was discounted. PSE-4+ and PSE-4 strains of 0:16 and related serotypes were found to represent a definite cluster by their phage-susceptibility pattern and pyocin type (type 1). The only characters linked to PSE-4 production were resistance to spectinomycin, streptomycin and sulphonamide and the genes responsible for these characters seemed to occur on the PSE-4 coding element.

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