Open AccessProteus mirabilis Converting Phage 5006Mp has an Oversized Genome
Author(s) -
G. H. J. Pretorius,
W. F. Coetzee
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of general virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1465-2099
pISSN - 0022-1317
DOI - 10.1099/0022-1317-57-1-211
Subject(s) - proteus mirabilis , biology , genome , amp resistance , transposable element , proteus , virology , population , ampicillin , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , bacteria , escherichia coli , sociology , demography
Proteus mirabilis phage 5006Mpa is a converting variant for ampicillin resistance of phage 5006M. We show here that the ampicillin resistance marker of transposon Tn1 is located on a 9.8% insertion with respect to the wild-type phage genome. This renders the 5006Mpa genome 5% oversized, albeit without loss of wild-type genetic material from the phage population.