The most common mechanism of resistance to the drug in staphylococcus is
b-Lactamase production is common, is under plasmid control, and makes the organisms resistant to many penicillins (penicillin G, ampicillin, ticarcillin, piperacillin,and similar drugs). The plasmids are transmitted by transduction.Jawetx 27e pg:204
Conjugation
Plasmids
Episomes
Transduction
general microbiology