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. 1988 Jul;54(7):1855–1857. doi: 10.1128/aem.54.7.1855-1857.1988

Isolation of Plasmid-Harboring Serratia plymuthica from Facultative Gut Microflora of the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta

Cynthia Toth-Prestia 1,†, Irvin N Hirshfield 1,*
PMCID: PMC202757  PMID: 16347696

Abstract

Aseptic isolation of the facultative gut microflora of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, yielded four microorganisms. Two were gram-positive Bacillus spp., one was Serratia plymuthica, and another was the yeast Candida guilliermondii. The three bacterial species were screened for extrachromosomal DNA, and S. plymuthica was found to have a 6.4-kilobase plasmid, which was designated pCP-1.

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