Cloning and physical characterization of chromosomal conjugative elements in streptococci

Journal Article · Sun Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986 · J. Bacteriol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6958246

Vijayakumar, M N; Priebe, S D; Pozzi, G; Hageman, J M; Guild, W R

A directed insertion method was used to introduce a nonreplicating vector plasmid into the large conjugative cat-tet element found in the chromosome of Streptococcus pneumoniae BM6001 and derivatives. To direct insertion preferentially to the conjugative element, we transferred it by conjugation to Streptococcus faecalis and then used DNA from this strain as a source of restriction nuclease fragments for ligation to digests of the vector pVA891, which can replicate in Escherichia coli but not in streptococci. This ligation mix was used to transform pneumococcal cells carrying the cat-tet element, with selection for the erythromycin resistance carried by pVA891. Eight such isolates were found, and transformation and conjugation tests showed that in each case the vector had inserted into the conjugative element, as expected. DNA from these pneumococcal strains generated a variety of E. coli plasmids which provide tools for obtaining a detailed restriction map and for defining other structural features of the streptococcal conjugative element.

• Research Organization: Duke Univ., Durham, NC
• DOE Contract Number: AS05-76EV03941
• OSTI ID: 6958246
• Journal Information: J. Bacteriol.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Bacteriol.; (United States) Vol. 166:3; ISSN JOBAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

550400* -- Genetics
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS
ANTIBIOTICS
BACTERIA
CELL CONSTITUENTS
CHROMOSOMES
CLONING
DATA
DNA
DRUGS
ESCHERICHIA COLI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GENETIC ENGINEERING
GENETIC MAPPING
INFORMATION
MAPPING
MICROORGANISMS
NUCLEIC ACIDS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PLASMIDS
RECOMBINANT DNA
STREPTOCOCCUS
TOLERANCE
TRANSCRIPTION