TABLE 8.

Host range, among moderate halophiles, of native plasmid-derived vectors and cloning vectors of the incompatibility groups IncP, IncQ, IncW, and IncN

Host	Conjugation frequency (no. of transconjugants/recipient cell) of:
	pHS15	pEE5/pEE3	pVK102 (IncP)	pKT230 (IncQ)	pGV1124 (IncW)	pCU1 (IncN)
C. marismortui ATCC 17056	3.2 × 10−3	10−2–10−3	3.3 × 10−4	7.2 × 10−3	0	0
H. halophila CCM 3362	6.3 × 10−4	10−4–10−5	8.3 × 10−2	2.5 × 10−1	0	0
H. canadensis ATCC 43984	2.9 × 10−3	NDa	2.0 × 10−3	2.4 × 10−2	0	0
H. halodurans ATCC 29629	2.5 × 10−3	ND	6.2 × 10−2	2.1 × 10−1	0	0
H. israelensis ATCC 19717	8.3 × 10−2	10−5–10−6	5.0 × 10−1	3.3 × 10−2	0	0
H. elongata ATCC 33173	1.6 × 10−1	10−4–10−5	7.6 × 10−2	9.5 × 10−2	4.2 × 10−6	0
H. elongata ATCC 33174	4.0 × 10−2	ND	3.2 × 10−3	5.0 × 10−2	3.9 × 10−6	0
H. meridiana DSM 5425	1.4 × 10−1	ND	6.8 × 10−3	7.4 × 10−2	0	0
H. subglaciescola UQM 2927	1.1 × 10−2	10−4–10−5	5.0 × 10−2	3.9 × 10−2	0	0
H. eurihalina ATCC 49336	4.1 × 10−2	10−3–10−4	6.0 × 10−3	5.0 × 10−2	0	0
S. costicola NCIMB 701	1.7 × 10−4	0	7.0 × 10−4	1.3 × 10−3	0	0

^aND, not determined.