TABLE 5.
Conjugal transfer rates of the sul1, sul2, and sul3 genes from the 12 bacterial host isolates carrying the three known sul genes into either an E. coli K-12 CV601 or P. putida UWC1 recipient
| Donor isolatea | Transfer rates of indicated sul genes for recipients E. coli and P. putidac:
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sul1
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sul2
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sul3
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| E. coli | P. putida | E.coli | P. putida | E. coli | P. putida | |
| Pseudomonas sp. DY9-2 (C711) | 4.3 × 10−4 | 7.3 × 10−3 | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| P. frigidicola (C712) | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| P. ikaiteb (C713) | 6.5 × 10−5 | 1.9 × 10−3 | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| A. lwoffi (C15) | 2.6 × 10−4 | 7.5 × 10−3 | 7.2 × 10−5 | 2.5 × 10−3 | ND | ND |
| P. ikaite (C20) | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| A. calcoaceticus (C35) | 9.5 × 10−4 | 1.1 × 10−3 | 7.5 × 10−4 | 1.9 × 10−3 | ND | ND |
| A. lwoffi (C37) | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| A. rhizosphaera (C44) | 9.0 × 10−4 | 2.4 × 10−2 | 2.5 × 10−4 | 7.1 × 10−2 | ND | ND |
| A. lwoffi (C141) | 4.2 × 10−4 | 3.4 × 10−3 | 4.2 × 10−4 | 3.4 × 10−3 | ND | ND |
| B. psychrodurans (C328) | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| A. baumannii (C442) | 3.5 × 10−4 | 1.7 × 10−3 | ND | ND | ND | ND |
a
Isolate A. calcoaceticus (C36) failed to grow when tested for transfer.
b
This isolate carried an intI2 gene.
c
Number of transconjugants per donor. ND, not detected.