Isolation of High-frequency Recombining Strains from Escherichia Coli Containing the V Colicinogenic Factor

Overview

Journal J Bacteriol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1968 Jul 1

PMID 4874307

Citations 31

Authors

P L KAHN

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

The isolation and characterization of high-frequency recombining strains from different Escherichia coli host cells containing either the F factor or the Col V factor are described. The strains (with one exception) formed from three of the V(+) parents showed the same origin and polarity of transfer (xyl-arg-pro-trp-his-mal). The Hfr strains formed from the one remaining V(+) and the F(+) host cells showed a greater variety in their points of origin. In addition, several Hfr strains isolated from V(+) parents lost the ability to produce colicin V. F(v) (+) segregants of these were isolated, and the F(v) factors appeared to retain their preferential site for Hfr formation, but they lacked other propertes controlled by the Col V factor. Chromosomal integration of episomes and its relation to the fertility of F(+) and V(+) strains are discussed. Production of colicin V appeared to be uninfluenced by the state of the Col V factor within the cell.

Citing Articles

Horizontal gene transfer converts non-toxigenic Clostridium difficile strains into toxin producers.

Brouwer M, Roberts A, Hussain H, Williams R, Allan E, Mullany P Nat Commun. 2013; 4:2601.

PMID: 24131955 PMC: 3826655. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3601.

DNA sequence of a ColV plasmid and prevalence of selected plasmid-encoded virulence genes among avian Escherichia coli strains.

Johnson T, Siek K, Johnson S, Nolan L J Bacteriol. 2005; 188(2):745-58.

PMID: 16385064 PMC: 1347294. DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.2.745-758.2006.

An alkane-responsive expression system for the production of fine chemicals .

Panke , MEYER , HUBER , Witholt , Wubbolts Appl Environ Microbiol. 1999; 65(6):2324-32.

PMID: 10347009 PMC: 91344. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.65.6.2324-2332.1999.

Mechanism and control of interspecies recombination in Escherichia coli. I. Mismatch repair, methylation, recombination and replication functions.

Stambuk S, Radman M Genetics. 1998; 150(2):533-42.

PMID: 9755187 PMC: 1460348. DOI: 10.1093/genetics/150.2.533.

Molecular keys to speciation: DNA polymorphism and the control of genetic exchange in enterobacteria.

Vulic M, Dionisio F, Taddei F, Radman M Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997; 94(18):9763-7.

PMID: 9275198 PMC: 23264. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.18.9763.

References

Nagel de Zwaig R . Association between colicinogenic and fertility factors. Genetics. 1966; 54(2):381-90. PMC: 1211169. DOI: 10.1093/genetics/54.2.381. View

LEDERBERG E, LEDERBERG J . Genetic Studies of Lysogenicity in Escherichia Coli. Genetics. 1953; 38(1):51-64. PMC: 1209586. DOI: 10.1093/genetics/38.1.51. View

Taylor A, Trotter C . Revised linkage map of Escherichia coli. Bacteriol Rev. 1967; 31(4):332-53. PMC: 408288. DOI: 10.1128/br.31.4.332-353.1967. View

Scaife J . Episomes. Annu Rev Microbiol. 1967; 21:601-38. DOI: 10.1146/annurev.mi.21.100167.003125. View

Hirota Y . THE EFFECT OF ACRIDINE DYES ON MATING TYPE FACTORS IN ESCHERICHIA COLI. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1960; 46(1):57-64. PMC: 285015. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.46.1.57. View

Matney T, Goldschmidt E, ERWIN N, Scroggs R . A preliminary map of genomic sites for F-attachment in Escherichia coli K12. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1964; 17(3):278-81. DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(64)90397-3. View

Herschman H, Helinski D . Comparative study of the events associated with colicin induction. J Bacteriol. 1967; 94(3):691-9. PMC: 251940. DOI: 10.1128/jb.94.3.691-699.1967. View

Bernstein H . Fertility factors in Escherichia coli. Symp Soc Exp Biol. 1958; 12:93-103. View

Kahn P, Helinski D . RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COLICINOGENIC FACTORS E1 AND V AND AN F FACTOR IN ESCHERICHIA COLI. J Bacteriol. 1964; 88:1573-9. PMC: 277454. DOI: 10.1128/jb.88.6.1573-1579.1964. View

10.

Beckwith J, Signer E, Epstein W . Transposition of the Lac region of E. coli. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 1966; 31:393-401. DOI: 10.1101/sqb.1966.031.01.051. View

11.

Hickson F, Roth T, Helinski D . Circular DNA forms of a bacterial sex factor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1967; 58(4):1731-8. PMC: 223987. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.58.4.1731. View

12.

DEMEREC M, Adelberg E, Clark A, Hartman P . A proposal for a uniform nomenclature in bacterial genetics. Genetics. 1966; 54(1):61-76. PMC: 1211113. DOI: 10.1093/genetics/54.1.61. View

13.

Nomura M . Colicins and related bacteriocins. Annu Rev Microbiol. 1967; 21:257-84. DOI: 10.1146/annurev.mi.21.100167.001353. View

14.

FREDERICQ P . Colicins. Annu Rev Microbiol. 1957; 11:7-22. DOI: 10.1146/annurev.mi.11.100157.000255. View

15.

Beckwith J, Signer E . Transposition of the lac region of Escherichia coli. I. Inversion of the lac operon and transduction of lac by phi80. J Mol Biol. 1966; 19(2):254-65. DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(66)80003-7. View

16.

KAHN P, Helinski D . Interaction between colicinogenic factor V and the integrated F factor in an Hfr strain of Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol. 1965; 90(5):1276-82. PMC: 315813. DOI: 10.1128/jb.90.5.1276-1282.1965. View