Southern hybridization of various chloramphenicol-resistant Arthrobacter sp. mutants generated with pKGT452Cβ. Total DNA was digested with SphI (A) or BglII (B) and probed with the internal 1-kb SstI fragment of tnpA. As no SphI and BglII site occurs in the tnpA gene, one signal with a minimal size of 3.4 or 1.4 kb (SphI/BglII) is expected after insertion of Tn1409Cβ. Lane 1, digoxigenin-labeled λEcoRI/HindIII; lane 2 Arthrobacter sp. strain SU; lanes 3 to 23, Arthrobacter sp. strain SUX mutants D1 to D21; lane 24, Arthrobacter sp. strain SUX; lane 25, digoxigenin-labeled λEcoRI/HindIII. Mutants D4 and D5 (lanes 6 and 7) seem to be identical. All other mutants display different hybridization patterns, indicating a random insertion.