Cryptic plasmids in Lactobacillus strains isolated from the murine gastrointestinal tract.
Ten of twenty Lactobacillus strains isolated from the gastrointestinal tracts of animals of several species contained plasmids of 80 to 90 megadaltons or less than 2.6 megadaltons in size, as analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis. The large plasmids were found only in strains originally isolated from the keratinized epithelium of the murine stomach.
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology; D004064:Digestive System / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice / Q000382:microbiology*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010957:Plasmids; D051381:Rats / Q000382:microbiology; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology