title: Transfer of invertase production from a wild strain of Escherichia coli.
abstract: A wild type strain of E. coli which produced an invertase capable of hydrolysing sucrose and raffinose transmitted this ability at high frequency to a recipient strain. E. coli C. The ability to ferment both sucrose and raffinose was lost both in the wild type parent and recombinant strains by treatment with ethidium bromide.
mesh_terms: D004790:Enzyme Induction; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology*; D004996:Ethidium / Q000494:pharmacology; D005111:Extrachromosomal Inheritance; D011887:Raffinose; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D013393:Sucrase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013395:Sucrose
chemical_list: D013395:Sucrose; D013393:Sucrase; D004996:Ethidium; D011887:Raffinose