TABLE 2.

Mobilization of plasmids from P. gingivalis to E. coli DH5α

Strain	Plasmid	Conjugation efficiency
W83	pFD340	<10−9
	pT-COW	<10−9
W50	pT-COW	<10−9
5083	pFD340	<10−9
	pT-COW	<10−9
49417	pT-COW	1.4 × 10−5
33277	pFD340	9.0 × 10−9
	pT-COW	3.4 × 10−6
381	pFD340	1.6 × 10−8
	pT-COW	5.6 × 10−5
A1A7-28	pT-COW	3.8 × 10−7
A1A7-28 ΔTraIM	pT-COW	1.9 × 10−6
MP4-504	pT-COW	1.4 × 10−5