TABLE 5.
Marker replacement frequencies for mutS+ and mutS mutant Acinetobacter recipients
| Recipient mutation | No. of transformants/viable recipient
cella
|
|
|---|---|---|
| mutS+ | mutS mutant | |
| pcaH12 (C→T transition) | 4.6 × 10−4 (±1.3 × 10−4) | 40.0 × 10−4 (±1.3 × 10−3) |
| ΔpcaH20 (1-bp frameshift) | 4.4 × 10−4 (±7.1 × 10−3) | 40.0 × 10−4 (±1.0 × 10−3) |
| pcaH9 (G→T transversion) | 36.0 × 10−4 (±1.1 × 10−3) | 42.0 × 10−4 (±1.1 × 10−3) |
| ΔpcaH19 (128-bp deletion) | 24.0 × 10−4 (±4.3 × 10−4) | 26.0 × 10−4 (±9.2 × 10−4) |
a
Mean (±standard deviation) of at least 10 replicates.