title: Transformation of various species of gram-negative bacteria belonging to 11 different genera by electroporation.
abstract: We have undertaken a systematic study to test the transformation of various species of gram-negative bacteria using the electroporation method. The data obtained show very clearly that a great variety of gram-negative bacteria--15 different species belonging to 11 different genera--including freshly isolated wild-type strains can be transformed efficiently by use of the electric-field mediated transformation technique. These include species of the families Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonadaceae, Rhizobiaceae, photosynthetic bacteria and strains for which transformation could not be achieved, up to now, by other methods.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität München, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wirth
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Friesenegger
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fiedler
mesh_terms: D004560:Electricity; D005821:Genetic Techniques; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D010957:Plasmids; D013045:Species Specificity; D014170:Transformation, Genetic