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. 1987 Dec;84(24):9128–9130. doi: 10.1073/pnas.84.24.9128

Genetic transfer in Desulfovibrio desulfuricans

Barbara J Rapp 1, Judy D Wall 1,*
PMCID: PMC299705  PMID: 16578824

Abstract

An apparently defective bacteriophage capable of mediating transduction has been identified in culture filtrates of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (American Type Culture Collection 27774). Phage-mediated intraspecies transfer of antibiotic resistance markers occurs with a frequency of 10-5 to 10-6 per recipient cell. The vector contains linear fragments of double-stranded DNA of about 13.5 kilobase pairs, which appear to be random pieces of bacterial DNA. As yet, neither induction nor plaque formation has been observed. To our knowledge, a system of genetic exchange has not been described before for a member of the sulfate-reducing bacteria.

Keywords: bacteriophage, genetic recombination, sulfate-reducing bacteria, transduction

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