Chromosome transfer and R-prime formation by an RP4::mini-Mu derivative in Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Proteus mirabilis |
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Authors: | F Van Gijsegem A Toussaint |
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Affiliation: | Laboratoire de Génétique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium |
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Abstract: | We have introduced into the wide host range conjugative plasmid RP4, a mini-Mu derivative which was known to be able to transpose spontaneously in E. coli K-12, and to induce in such a host several kinds of chromosomal rearrangements including replicon fusions. Unlike RP4, RP4::mini-Mu can mediate the transfer of the host chromosome to a recipient bacterium and generate R primes at high frequencies (10?4 for the transfer of a given marker, 10?5 for the formation of R primes carrying a given marker). Two such RP4::mini-Mu plasmids were introduced into one Salmonella typhimurium strain, one Klebsiella pneumoniae strain, and one Proteus mirabilis strain. Each of these three strains were mated with an E. coli K-12 recipient and transconjugants carrying R primes were recovered in all three cases at frequencies ranging from 5 × 10?6 to 10?7. |
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