title: Conjugal plasmid transfer (pAM beta 1) in Lactobacillus plantarum.
abstract: The streptococcal plasmid pAM beta 1 (erythromycin resistance) was transferred via conjugation from Streptococcus faecalis to Lactobacillus plantarum and was transferred among L. plantarum strains. Streptococcus sanguis Challis was transformed with pAM beta 1 isolated from these transconjugants, and transformants harboring intact pAM beta 1 could conjugate the plasmid back to L. plantarum.
mesh_terms: D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000235:genetics; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000235:genetics*; D011815:R Factors; D013298:Streptococcus sanguis / Q000235:genetics; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial