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Table 1 Frequency of P1 transduction of plsB::kan, plsX::kan, and ygiH::kan mutations into W3110 cells harboring various plasmids

From: Involvement of the YneS/YgiH and PlsX proteins in phospholipid biosynthesis in both Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli

Recipient strain

Relative transduction frequency*

 

Chromosomal gene

Harboring plasmids

P1 donor strain

Strain

plsX

ygiH

pSTV29

pSTV29 plsB

pSTV28 EcplsX

pSTV29 ygiH

pSTV28 BsplsX

pSTV29 yneS

ΔplsB::kan

ΔplsX::kan

ΔygiH::kan

W3110

+

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

100

100

MEC104

+

+

+

-

-

-

-

-

0

50

64.3

MEC105

+

+

-

+

-

-

-

-

100

65.5

58.9

MEC106

+

+

-

-

+

-

-

-

0

80

50.9

MEC107

+

+

-

-

-

+

-

-

0

100

78

MEC108

+

+

-

-

-

-

+

-

0

63.6

100

MEC109

+

+

-

-

-

-

-

+

0

81.8

70.6

  1. *Transduction frequencies are expressed as percentages of the highest number of Kmr colonies recorded in each experiment, and are depicted as blocks.