Restriction of DNA in Yersinia enterocolitica Detected Recipient Ability for a Derepressed R Factor from Escherichia coli

作者：Guy R. Cornelis, Charles Colson · 发表于：Journal of General Microbiology · 年份：1975 · DOI：10.1099/00221287-87-2-285 · 被引用次数：109 · 研究领域：Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research、Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds、Gut microbiota and health

A derepressed R factor, RY2drd2, was transferred at a frequency of 5x10minus 3 between two strains of Yersinia enterocolitica mated on a membrane. Under the same conditions transfer of this R factor from Escherichia coli to Y. enterocolitica was observed at a frequency of only 7-7x10minus 6. This frequency was greatly increased when the recipient strain was heat-treated before mating. Heat exposure for optimum fertility was 50 to 52 degrees C for a period of 2 to 3 min. Mutants of Y. enterocolitica were isolated which were infected by RY2drd2 from E. coli or from Y. enterocolitica at the same frequency. These observations strongly suggest that a DNA restriction and modification system in Y. enterocolitica causes its low recipient ability for plasmids from other species.