| Literature DB >> 7000024 |
V Krishnapillai, J R Postgate.
Abstract
Plasmid pRD1, an R plasmid of the P incompatibility group which carries his and nif genes from Klebsiella pneumoniae in addition to drug resistance markers derived from RP4, was transferred to His- mutants of Serratia marcescens, Erwinia herbicola and Proteus mirabilis. His+ transconjugants were obtained at low but different frequencies according to recipient genus. Transconjugants all acquired the drug resistance, and were Nif+ in S. marcescens and E. herbicola, having acetylene-reducing activities of the same order of magnitude as the parent K. pneumoniae and fixing 15N2. No evidence for nif expression in P. mirabilis transconjugants was obtained though the nif genes were present.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 7000024 DOI: 10.1007/bf00428014
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Microbiol ISSN: 0302-8933 Impact factor: 2.552