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A new sex factor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

J. M. Pemberton  and
B. W. Holloway
J. M. Pemberton
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
B. W. Holloway
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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Of 150 wild-type strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa examined, 48 formed recombinants when mated to P. aeruginosa strain PAO FP− and hence presumably possess sex factors. Three different types of sex factor were distinguished by the pattern of transfer of particular markers in different regions of the chromosome and by the ability to confer resistance to mercury in strain PAO. One new sex factor, FP39, was studied in detail, and while similar to the previously studied FP2 in terms of transfer kinetics, natural stability and resistance to curing by acridines, it differed from FP2 in promoting chromosome transfer from a site 10 min to the left of the FP2 origin and in showing apparently aberrant entry kinetics for a leucine marker situated 48 min from the FP2 origin. This was due to FP39 having a genetic determinant either for a structural gene of leucine biosynthesis or a specific suppressor gene for this locus. PAO strains carrying both FP2 and FP39 were unstable for both sex factors, suggesting a relationship between them.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , June 1973 , pp. 263 - 272
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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