title: Conditions for transformation of Pasteurella multocida by electroporation.
abstract: Conditions for electroporation of plasmid DNA into Pasteurella multocida were determined for use in developing a cloning system to study virulence factors of P. multocida. The highest efficiency of transformation (1.25 x 10(7) cfu/micrograms DNA) was obtained when 7.6 x 10(10) cells of P. multocida strain R473 were electroporated at 12.5 kV/cm (10 ms, 5 ng of pVM109). Transformation efficiencies of cells prepared at mid-log-phase were approximately 0.5 log10 lower than early, late, or stationary phases. Neither pBR322 nor pUC-19 were able to transform strain R473 under these conditions, even when DNA concentrations were increased to 1 microgram. When pBR322 was ligated with a Pasteurella plasmid, pLAR-1, the hybrid was able to transform strain R473 at an efficiency between 4.5 x 10(2) and 8 x 10(4) cfu/micrograms DNA. Six strains of P. multocida including serotypes A, B, D, and E were transformed successfully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jablonski
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sriranganathan
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Carter
mesh_terms: D004558:Electric Stimulation; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D010957:Plasmids; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial