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. 1988 Aug;170(8):3761–3764. doi: 10.1128/jb.170.8.3761-3764.1988

Transduction in Bacillus stearothermophilus.

N E Welker 1
PMCID: PMC211359  PMID: 2841302

Abstract

Temperate and virulent bacteriophages isolated from soil were shown to carry out generalized transduction of Bacillus stearothermophilus NUB36. A transducing frequency of 1 X 10(-5) to 7 X 10(-4) was obtained for temperate phages TP-42 and TP-56. The transducing frequency for virulent phage TP-68 was two to three orders of magnitude lower. Cotransfer analysis with the three phages showed that hom-1 is linked to thr-1 and that gly-1 is linked to his-1.

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