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. 1998 Feb;64(2):626–632. doi: 10.1128/aem.64.2.626-632.1998

TABLE 2.

Transfer efficiencies of various genetic elements from E. faecalis OG1X to strain FA2-2 in liquid

Conditions Transfer efficiency
pAD1 pIP1017 pIP501 Tn916
Laboratory, Munich 5.5 × 10−1 2.1 × 10−1 5.4 × 10−7 5.2 × 10−9
Laboratory, Regensburg 3.4 × 10−1 1.1 × 10−1 1.9 × 10−7 9.3 × 10−9
Activated sludge basin, Munich NAa 5 × 10−5 8.8 × 10−4 5.2 × 10−5
Activated sludge basin, Regensburg NA  1.4 × 10−7 <8.1 × 10−9 <5 × 10−9
a

NA, not applicable, but clearly less than 10−5 (see text).