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. 1968 Nov;96(5):1791–1795. doi: 10.1128/jb.96.5.1791-1795.1968

Transduction of Various R Factors by Phage P1 in Escherichia coli and by Phage P22 in Salmonella typhimurium

Tsutomu Watanabe 1, Chizuko Furuse 1, Sachiko Sakaizumi 1
PMCID: PMC315242  PMID: 4882025

Abstract

R factors fi+ and fi−, with various combinations of drug-resistance markers and isolated from independent sources, were transduced by phage P1kc in Escherichia coli and by phage P22 in Salmonella typhimurium. Usually the entire R factor was transduced by P1kc in E. coli, as indicated by the absence of segregation of the drug-resistance markers from their conjugal transferability. In contrast, the patterns of segregation of the drug-resistance markers and their conjugal transferability differed considerably among various R factors after transduction by P22 in S. typhimurium. Transduction frequencies varied among R factors in both transduction systems.

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