Mutants of Enterococcus faecalis deficient as recipients in mating with donors carrying pheromone-inducible plasmids.

doi:10.1016/0147-619x(90)90025-8

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Mutants of Enterococcus faecalis deficient as recipients in mating with donors carrying pheromone-inducible plasmids.

Plasmid - 1 Jul 1990

Trotter K M, Dunny G M

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From Enterococcus faecalis cells containing random chromosomal insertions of Tn916, strains resistant to a lytic phage were selected and tested for conjugal mating ability. The phage-resistant strains all showed decreased recipient ability (Con-) in broth matings with donors carrying pheromone-in...

Topics

Bacteriophages
Cell Membrane
Conjugation, Genetic
Enterococcus faecalis
Fatty Acids
Lipopolysaccharides
Mutation
Pheromones
Plasmids
Teichoic Acids
Transformation, Genetic

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