US PATENT SUBCLASS 435 / 482
.~.~.~ Plasmid or episome contains a gene which confers resistance to metal, silicon, selenium, or tellurium toxicity

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435 /   HD   CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY

440  DF  PROCESS OF MUTATION, CELL FUSION, OR GENETIC MODIFICATION {6}
471  DF  .~ Introduction of a polynucleotide molecule into or rearrangement of nucleic acid within a microorganism (e.g., bacteria, protozoa, bacteriophage, etc.) {6}
476  DF  .~.~ The polynucleotide is a plasmid or episome {13}
482.~.~.~ Plasmid or episome contains a gene which confers resistance to metal, silicon, selenium, or tellurium toxicity

DEFINITION

Classification: 435/482

Plasmid or episome contains a gene which confers resistance to metal, silicon, selenium, or tellurium toxicity:

(under subclass 476) Processes wherein the plasmid or episome contains a gene which confers resistance to metals, silicon, selenium, or tellurium which are toxic to a microorganism.

(1) Note. The conferred resistance in the microorganism permits growth of said microbe or growth of said microbe which is more rapid or vigorous than for the wild type, when said microbe is exposed to a toxic metallic element or silicon, selenium, or tellurium in either the ground or ionized state.