Mbr. Steffens et al., CLONING OF A RECA-LIKE GENE FROM THE DIAZOTROPH HERBASPIRILLUM-SEROPEDICAE STRAIN Z78, Canadian journal of microbiology, 39(12), 1993, pp. 1096-1102
A recombinant plasmid, pBMR5, carrying a recA-like gene of Herbaspiril
lum seropedicae, was isolated from a H. seropedicae genomic library by
intergeneric complementation of Escherichia coli recA mutant strain H
B101. Quantitative survival experiments showed that pBMR5 restored the
ultraviolet radiation and methyl methanesulfonate resistances and rec
ombinational proficiency of this strain. Hybridization studies showed
that there is DNA sequence homology between the recA gene of E. coli K
12 and that of H. seropedicae. Restriction sites for EcoRI, HindIII, B
amHI, and Bg/II were found in the DNA insert derived from H. seropedic
ae in pBMR5. A Tn5 insertional mutant of pBMR5, called pBMR26.2, faile
d to restore recombination proficiency and methyl methanesulfonate and
ultraviolet resistance to recA mutants of E. coli.