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Divalent cations increase the conjugation efficiency of the incompatibility P-7 group plasmid pCAR1 among different Pseudomonas hosts.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jan 2018
Sakuda Ayako, Suzuki-Minakuchi Chiho, Matsui Kazuhiro, Takahashi Yurika, Okada Kazunori, Yamane Hisakazu, Shintani Masaki, Nojiri Hideaki
Abstract excerpt
The incompatibility (Inc) P-7 group plasmid pCAR1 can be efficiently transferred among bacteria in artificial microcosms in the presence of divalent cations Ca2+ and Mg2+. One-on-one mating assays between Pseudomonas strains with different plasmids showed that the promotion of conjugation efficiency by divalent cations was exhibited in other plasmids, including pB10 and NAH7; however, this effect was larger in...
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