title: Integration of R91-5::Tn501 into the Pseudomonas putida PPN chromosome and genetic circularity of the chromosomal map.
abstract: Derivatives of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa plasmid R91-5, loaded with the transposon Tn501, were transferred to P. putida PPN. Over 90% of exconjugants, which arose at a frequency of ca. 10(-6) per donor cell, exhibited high-frequency (greater than 10(-2) per donor cell) polarized transfer of chromosomal markers. In one instance it was demonstrated by transduction that the plasmid had been inserted into a gene required for serine biosynthesis. The integrated nature of the plasmid in this and other P. putida (R91-5::Tn501) derivatives was supported by the failure to detect covalently closed circular DNA in these strains. The transfer origins of six different Hfr donors have been characterized genetically, and time-of-entry kinetics obtained from interrupted matings have enabled the construction of a circular genetic map 103 min in length and containing 35 markers. The genetic map of P. putida PPN shows significant differences in marker order to that of P. aeruginosa PAO.
mesh_terms: D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005819:Genetic Markers; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011815:R Factors; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D014161:Transduction, Genetic
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D005819:Genetic Markers