title: [Spontaneous transformation in mixed cultures of various types of Acinetobacter and during joint growth of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus with Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa].
abstract: The transfer of chromosomal and plasmid genes was studied via spontaneous transformation is mixed cultures of Acinetobacter spp. It turned out that any Acinetobacter strain, irrespective of its species specificity, serves as chromosomal DNA donor in case the mixed culture contains competent cells of the recipient strain. No transfer took place when non-related bacteria were used as donors. We also studied the transfer into Ac. calcoaceticus competent strain cells of small non-conjugative plasmids having broad host range (RSF1010, pAK1). In these cases, DNA donors could be not only acinetobacters of other species, but bacteria belonging to other systematic groups (families)--E. coli and P. aeruginosa. The transfer of plasmids from cells of unrelated bacteria took place with a frequency of about 10(-5)-10(-6). The possible role of spontaneous transformation in horizontal gene transfer is discussed.
authors: S Z
authors: SZ
authors: Mindlin
authors: Zh M
authors: ZhM
authors: Gorlenko
authors: I A
authors: IA
authors: Bass
authors: N A
authors: NA
authors: Khachikian
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000235:genetics*; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D010957:Plasmids; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013045:Species Specificity; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Spontannaia transformatsiia v smeshannykh kul'turakh razlichnykh vidov Acinetobacter i pri sovmestnom roste Acinetobacter calcoaceticus s Escherichia coli i Pseudomonas aeruginosa.