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RefNoEC/1985/11
Previous numbersCert XXI, 193
LevelItem
TitleDatta, Naomi: certificate of election to the Royal Society
Date1980
DescriptionCitation typed
CitationDistinguished for her work on bacterial plasmids carrying the genetic determinants for resistance to drugs and antibiotics. The first drug resistance factors to be reported outside Japan were found by Naomi Datta in strains of Salmonella typhimurium causing an outbreak of gastroenteritis in London in 1962. Since then she has made many important studies on the occurrence and significance of drug resistance plasmids in enterobacterial infections. She has made distinguished contributions to research on the molecular biology of R factors and pioneered the classification of R factors and other plasmids by their incompatibilities. She found that some resistance genes, including those for gentamycin resistance, are located on transposons and are readily transferred between replicons.
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CodePersonNameDates
NA5407Datta; Naomi (1922 - 2008)1922 - 2008
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