Open AccessFunctional Tn 5393 -Like Transposon in the R Plasmid pRAS2 from the Fish Pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida subspecies salmonicida Isolated in Norway
Author(s) -
Trine M. L’Abée-Lund,
Henning Sørum
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.66.12.5533-5535.2000
Subject(s) - aeromonas salmonicida , pathogen , biology , plasmid , microbiology and biotechnology , transposable element , aeromonas , subspecies , human pathogen , bacteria , gene , ecology , genetics , genome
Tn5393 c containingstrA-strB was identified as part of R plasmid pRAS2 from the fish pathogenAeromonas salmonicida subsp.salmonicida . This is the first time an intact and active transposon in the Tn5393 family has been reported in an ecological niche other than an agricultural habitat.