Transduction of Escherichia coli trp Genes in Salmonella typhimurium and Effect of N-Methyl-N'-Nitro-N-Nitrosoguanidine on Transduction with Heterogenotic DNA

Mergeay, Max; Gerits, J

doi:10.1099/00221287-129-2-321

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Shuttle transfer (or retrotransfer) of chromosomal markers mediated by plasmid pULB113

et al. 1987

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The IncP1 plasmid pULB113 (RP4::miniMu) not only mediates the transfer of chromosomal markers in the classical direction (i.e. from the donor to the recipient cell) but also in the opposite direction (i.e. from the recipient bacterium to the donor). This phenomenon of retrotransfer was observed in homologous matings with Pseudomonas fluorescens, Alcaligenes eutrophus and Salmonella typhimurium. Retrotransconjugants could be discriminated from direct transconjugants by appropriate chromosomal and plasmid markers used to distinguish the mating partners not bearing pULB113. Retrotransfer of chromosomal markers occurred at frequencies equal to, or sometimes greater than, those observed for the direct mobilization, thus allowing the recovery of "recipient" recessive markers in the "donor" with linkage values similar to those found in the normal direction. Retrotransfer was also observed in heterospecific matings involving A. eutrophus and pULB113 bearing P. fluorescens: R-primes carrying different selected and unselected markers were recovered in both bacteria. "Retrotransfer" or "shuttle transfer" seems to be a specific trait of IncP1 plasmids.

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Shuttle transfer (or retrotransfer) of chromosomal markers mediated by plasmid pULB113

et al. 1987

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Poisson-like fluctuation patterns of revertants of leucine auxotrophy (leu-500) in Salmonella typhimurium caused by delay in mutant cell division.

1994

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Leu+ mutants from Salmonella typhimurium leu-500 strain MA412 arise at high frequencies and mutant colonies appear over a broad range of time on selective plates. This observation suggested that these Leu+ mutants might be induced or "directed."= If such a mechanism was responsible, mutants should originate on selective plates rather than in the preceding culture in nonselective conditions and should give rise to Poisson-like fluctuation curves upon plating of sister cultures on selective medium. Poisson-like distribution profiles were indeed observed for Leu+ mutants of S. typhimurium MA412. However, an explanation for the observed Poisson-like fluctuation patterns without a need for selection-induced mutations was found. Microscopical analysis and cell mass/viable count measurements showed that the size of Leu+ mutant cells was often much larger than those of nonmutants. This size difference was a stable characteristic of a large proportion of Leu+ mutants, was observed both in stationary and growing culture and did not measurably affect the division rates of the cells in nutrient broth. As the transition from normal-sized nonmutant to oversized mutant cells during the nonselective culture phase of the fluctuation experiment may have been accompanied by a period with no or few completed cell division cycles, the number of mutant offspring may have been smaller than that of sibling nonmutants. Such underrepresentation of mutants in the final culture is expected to give rise to Poisson-like fluctuation patterns without invoking "directed" mutations.

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Chromosome transfer and R-prime plasmid formation mediated by plasmid pULB113 (RP4::mini-Mu) in Alcaligenes eutrophus CH34 and Pseudomonas fluorescens 6.2

Lejeune¹,

Mergeay²,

Gijsegem³

et al. 1983

J Bacteriol

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Plasmid pULB113 (RP4::mini-Mu), which contains the mini-Mu transposon, promoted both homologous and heterologous gene transfer from Pseudomonas fluorescens 6.2 and Alcaligenes eutrophus CH34. Homologous gene transfer in P. fluorescens 6.2 and A. eutrophus CH34 occurred at a frequency of 10-4 to 10-5, and recombinants inherited unselected recessive markers, suggesting a process of chromosome mobilization. Loci involved in autotrophic growth were among those transferred in A. eutrophus. In heterospecific matings, markers were transferred from P. fluorescens to A. eutrophus, Salmonella typhimurium LT2, and Escherichia coli, from A. eutrophus to P. fluorescens, and from Erwinia carotovora subsp. chrysanthemi to A. eutrophus. Heterospecific matings resulted in the formation of R-prime plasmids at frequencies of 10-7 to 10-4 per transferred plasmid. When S. typhimurium was the recipient, we observed R-prime plasmids with both restriction-proficient and restriction-deficient strains, although restriction markedly affected the frequency of transfer of pULB113. R-prime plasmids were quite stable, but lost the transposed marker more easily in a rec' back

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Transduction of Escherichia coli trp Genes in Salmonella typhimurium and Effect of N-Methyl-N'-Nitro-N-Nitrosoguanidine on Transduction with Heterogenotic DNA

Cited by 5 publications

References 27 publications

Shuttle transfer (or retrotransfer) of chromosomal markers mediated by plasmid pULB113

Shuttle transfer (or retrotransfer) of chromosomal markers mediated by plasmid pULB113

Poisson-like fluctuation patterns of revertants of leucine auxotrophy (leu-500) in Salmonella typhimurium caused by delay in mutant cell division.

Chromosome transfer and R-prime plasmid formation mediated by plasmid pULB113 (RP4::mini-Mu) in Alcaligenes eutrophus CH34 and Pseudomonas fluorescens 6.2

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