THE GENETIC-BASIS OF THE AGGREGATION SYSTEM IN BACILLUS-THURINGIENSISSUBSP ISRAELENSIS IS LOCATED ON THE LARGE CONJUGATIVE PLASMID PXO16

Authors
JENSEN GB WILCKS A PETERSEN SS DAMGAARD J BAUM JA ANDRUP L
Citation
Gb. Jensen et al., THE GENETIC-BASIS OF THE AGGREGATION SYSTEM IN BACILLUS-THURINGIENSISSUBSP ISRAELENSIS IS LOCATED ON THE LARGE CONJUGATIVE PLASMID PXO16, Journal of bacteriology, 177(10), 1995, pp. 2914-2917
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of bacteriology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219193
Volume
177
Issue
10
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2914 - 2917
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9193(1995)177:10<2914:TGOTAS>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The aggregation phenotypes Agr(+) and Agr(-) of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis are correlated with a conjugation-like plasmid tra nsfer and characterized by the formation of aggregates when the bacter ia are socialized during exponential growth. We present evidence for t he association of the Agr(+) phenotype with the presence of the large (135-MDa) self-transmissible plasmid pXO16.