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A syringotoxin-producing strain of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae (B457) was subjected to Tn5 mutagenesis by the transposon vector pSUP1011. Analyses of auxotrophs obtained suggested simple random insertions of Tn5. Syringotoxin-negative mutants arose at a frequency of about 0.28%. In a Southern blot analysis, the loss of toxin production was associated with Tn5 insertions into chromosomal EcoRI fragments of about 10.5, 17.8, and 19.3 kilobases. Data from a Southern blot analysis of SstI-digested DNA from these mutants suggest that the 10.5- and 17.8-kilobase EcoRI fragments may be adjacent to or near each other. Mutants that produced only 3 to 4% wild-type toxin levels also were identified.
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