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Generalized transduction in Bacillus thuringiensis var. aizawai
Author(s) -
Inal J.R.M.,
Karunakaran V.,
Burges H.D.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1992.tb01807.x
Subject(s) - transduction (biophysics) , serotype , auxotrophy , bacillus thuringiensis , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , signal transduction , bacteria , genetics , biochemistry , gene , escherichia coli
J.R.M. INAL. V. KARUNAKARAN AND H.D. BURGES. 1992. Four temperate phages, ØHD67, ØHD130, ØHD228 and ØHD248, which were isolated from Bacillus thuringiensis H‐serotype 7 strains, were tested for their ability to mediate transduction within H‐serotype 7 and also between H‐serotype 7 and 3a3b. The optimum conditions to facilitate transduction were determined. The four phages successfully mediated transduction within serotype 7 of all five auxotrophic markers tested and thus seem to have the ability to mediate generalized transduction. The phages also mediated transduction between H‐serotype 7 and H‐serotype 3a3b of 10 of 11 auxotrophic markers tested.