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. 2004 Mar;70(3):1858–1864. doi: 10.1128/AEM.70.3.1858-1864.2004

TABLE 3.

Comparisons of transformation efficiencies using thyA and ermA

Plasmid Selection marker Selection mediuma No. of transformants/ μg of plasmid DNA
pSYTLb thyALb LM17 6.4 × 104
ermA LM17 + Em + Thy 6.2 × 104
pXTLb thyALb LM17 2.8 × 102
ermA LM17 + Em + Thy 3.0 × 102
pX4041 thyASt LM17 2.0 × 102
ermA LM17 + Em + Thy 2.3 × 102
a

Erythromycin (Em) and thymidine (Thy) were added at 25 and 20 μg/ml, respectively.