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. 1990 May;56(5):1492–1493. doi: 10.1128/aem.56.5.1492-1493.1990

Transconjugation between Bacteria in the Digestive Tract of the Cutworm Peridroma saucia

John L Armstrong 1,*, Nathan D Wood 1, L Arlene Porteous 1
PMCID: PMC184436  PMID: 16348197

Abstract

Transconjugants arising from transfer of plasmid R388::Tn1721 between donor and recipient strains of Enterobacter cloacae were detected in samples from the digestive tracts and fecal pellets of variegated cutworms (Peridroma saucia).

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