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Plasmid transfer and plasmid-mediated genetic exchange in Brucella abortus
C E Rigby et al. Can J Vet Res. 1989 Jul.
Abstract
Naturally-occurring plasmids and gene transfer mechanisms have not yet been reported in brucellae. Here we show that Brucella abortus is capable of maintaining and transferring the broad-host-range plasmids pTH10 (IncP), pSa (IncW) and R751 (IncP), and describe pTH10-mediated transfer of B. abortus chromosomal genes to Escherichia coli. All three plasmids transferred by conjugation from E. coli to B. abortus S19, and from B. abortus S19 to B. abortus 292 (biovar 4). They were stably maintained with no effect on biotyping characteristics. Plasmid pTH10 is a Tn1-containing derivative of RP4. It confers temperature-sensitive resistance to kanamycin, tetracycline and ampicillin to E. coli, but its tetracycline resistance and temperature sensitivity were poorly expressed in B. abortus. Plasmids pTH10 and pSa both transferred from B. abortus to E. coli DP50, a strain that is auxotrophic for diaminopimelic acid (DAP) Plasmid pTH10 (but not pSa) mobilized Brucella chromosomal gene(s) for DAP synthesis to DP50, yielding non-DAP-requiring (NDR) transconjugants. Neither plasmid transferred the NDR marker from their original E. coli host strains, nor did pTH10 transfer it from NDR transconjugants. Escherichia coli NDR transconjugant EP8.11 was cured of pTH10 by passage at the nonpermissive temperature, but retained the NDR marker and the Tn1-encoded resistance to ampicillin, indicating Tn1-mediated integration of Brucella chromosomal DNA into the E. coli chromosome.
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