Impact of conjugal transfer on the stability of IncP-1 plasmid pKJK5 in bacterial populations
Open Access
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 266 (2), 250-256
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00536.x
Abstract
The intrinsic stability of IncP-1 plasmid pKJK5 was assessed in both an Escherichia coli and a Kluyvera sp. population maintained in bacterial mats and in liquid nutrient broth without selective pressure. A fluorescence tagging/flow cytometry approach was used to detect and quantify plasmid loss from populations harboring either conjugation-proficient or -deficient pKJK5 derivatives. The results show that the plasmid's ability to conjugate plays an important role in its stable maintenance in populations of both species. This effect was most pronounced in dense bacterial populations and to a far lesser extent during growth in liquid broth. Furthermore, conjugation-proficient plasmids were able to spread infectiously in the bacterial mats initiated with various ratios of plasmid-harboring cells, resulting in a nearly exclusively plasmid-harboring population.Keywords
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